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Bilgus:
You should run fdisk and lsblk first with nothing connected to get an idea of what already exists on the system

The method for entering recovery is simply shorting out the flash so the device will go into a error mode then unshorting it so you can read the flash
I usually use a screw driver the method goes like this with device off plugged into the usb and usb cable unplugged from the PC I hold my screwdriver to the contacts I then plug in the usb to the pc wait 3 seconds and pull the screwdriver away

next I type
--- Code: ---sudo fdisk -l
--- End code ---
and look for the new device its usually sdb or sdc but yours could be different

it isn't a valid partition and you usually get a message stating such

Windows even if it does manage to format it is not going to do anything besides brick the device

Minada:
Ok thanks, I'll try again tonight with a screwdriver.

I did fdisk and lsblk with nothing connected, and after connecting the Clip Zip nothing changed.

What's weird is that now Windows detects that something is connected, but I can't see it on Ubuntu.
I'm using the image you provided the link for.

Bilgus:
Sorry, you'll need to go to the Devices menu of VirtualBox and add a USB filter
when you create it leave all fields blank except for NAME set that to Sandisk
and possibly Vendor ID = 0781
if that fails do the recovery method and plug the device and see whats in the menu and add that device

Minada:
When I plug the device using the recovery method, I can select a "Sandisk M200Plus [0402]" USB filter.

I finally managed to get something with sudo fdisk -l, but this does not look encouraging ...


--- Code: ---Disk /dev/sdb: 30.6 MiB, 32096256 bytes, 62688 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
--- End code ---

File produced by dd is exactly the same size and such ...

Is there a way to try to put a firmware on it ?

Bilgus:
I'm pretty sure a 30mb partition means its toast was the file you pulled with dd completely empty?

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