In full disclosure I have to say that I Invested in this company (Mozenda Inc.) after trying their tool. The down side is that they charged a monthly fee.

Hope this helps,
Jon

There has been a number of Python tools out there that can help parsing out data structures from a web page, log file or general text files. Just to name a few of these tools:

PyGgy
PyGgy is a python package for generating parsers and lexers in python. The PyGgy distribution contains two tools:

• PyLly – (Pronounced "pile-ey") A lexer generator that generates DFA tables for lexing tokens.
• PyGgy – (Pronounced "piggy") A parser generator that generates SLR tables for a GLR parsing engine.

Pyparsing
pyparsing is a general parsing module for Python. Grammars are implemented directly in the client code using parsing objects, instead of externally, as with lex/yacc-type tools. Includes simple examples for parsing SQL, CORBA IDL, and 4-function math.

picoparse
Picoparse is a very small parser / scanner library for Python. It is built to make constructing parsers straight forward, and without the complications regular expressions bring to the table.

Parsing web pages with Python does require a pretty good understanding of the Python programming language but if you already know it then getting the results should not be a big hassle.

For your readers to review the HTML Parser program, here’s the link.
http://htmlparser.sourceforge.net/

It is a global problem. There is good news thought. The FrankenFlash Project was created about 20 months ago to try and address the issue.

A number of different groups have joined together to fight the issue and promote consumer awareness.

The main site is SOSFakeFlash.

There are also four other sites, each with a different subject matter, from counterfeit brand names, current prices for nand flash chips to how to fix fake flash devices.

One site is agressive, in reporting suspected sellers on eBay, fightflashfraud.

SOSFakeFlash publishes on confirmed fake flash sellers.

The sad thing is that most consumers have no idea on the real costs of nand flash based technology – it is frightening. It leads to so much data being lost.

The best advice is that people should only buy locally from a reputable seller and of course test the device for it’s real capacity prior to storing any data. Consumers also need to be aware that many brand names are being counterfeited now too. Most brand names have validation sites and all buyers should check the serial numbers at these sites to be sure, better to only buy from authorized dealers.

It is not worth trying to save a few dollars and have a nightmare.

There is absolutely no way to recover data. If the device has been reprogrammed to report 16GB and the flash storage chip is only 2GB, anything copied beyond 2GB is gone. Why? Exactly were are the files supposed to go? There is no place to put them. The usb controller chips have been digitally altered. The only thing that is copied to the fake is information about the file, not the file itself. So there is nothing you can recover, it is not there.

Be safe, research and do not expect super bargains on the internet , the true profit margin for this technology for genuine capacity is small.

Data recovery software means discounts for everyone at least compared to services. Undelete will cost you a couple of days of lunch money while a full blown data recovery product will set you back more. A data recovery agent can be contacted for in-lab…