Topic: Anyone seen and been able to resolve this USB folder/file gibberish problem?

[328]

Try Photorec  using the deep scan. It will takes days


'inode' is Unix/Linux file systems only, and of those, just the earlier ones
Modern Linux files are more secure

P.S. - you're bringing back scary memories of corrupt graphics philes on SGI boxes.... 

[vanark]

He doesn't need to recover the files. He had other copies.