Fixed, sort of
I'm not sure I'd trust it as I used to, but I'm getting the data off. Here it is, in process:
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Why I don't like Dongles
What is a Dongle? A dongle is a small piece of hardware that connects to a computer. Dongles stick out in places where they can get broken. Like when you put your foot down near a computer on the floor. This was my main Thumb drive, where I kept all the little utilities I could carry from PC to PC. It had data files, and all sorts of other goodies I used frequently. Of course, we Montoya's , er, I mean Kenyon's, have never taken defeat easily. Let's see what we will have to work with: Hmm... I don't think anything got shorted, I think it just snapped cleanly off. Nothing was being read/written, so we should be good. Not a lot to solder back together, but I may be able to make do. I may also be able to pick up another connector with good terminals. Anybody ever attempt this before? This is a broken 2Gb Kingston DataTraveler if anybody's googling for it. I'll report my results.