Hi I posted a while ago about rescuing some data from a formatted hard drive. I have managed to do so using r-studio but there are some critical jpeg files that seem to be corrupted/damaged. When opened in Infranviewer they are reported as having corrupted headers!!?? Is there anything I can do to rescue these photos? The data seems to be there but nothing is able to read the files.
Corrupted JPG's
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angry_geek
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Contrary to what CSI would have us believe, data recovery is not so easy. If part of the data has been over-written, the chances of recovery are slim to none. You may still be able to recover some of this, however, you're probably looking at a forensic level analysis. Basic recovery tools are not capable of reconstructing pieces of data.
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Have you tried renaming files to different extensions.
Might as well try if you haven't.
Regards,
Might as well try if you haven't.
Regards,
codegreen
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There are several Windows programs that claim to be able to repair JPEG headers (assuming all the actual image data is present). Just google "jpeg repair". None are free, and I have no experience with any of them.
If you still have the hard drive image you took during data recovery, you might try using PhotoRec to re-recover the images.
If you still have the hard drive image you took during data recovery, you might try using PhotoRec to re-recover the images.
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how many pictures you talking about?
Hi,
I tried the renaming trick first out, but no luck
I've also run Photorec but can't seem to get this to recognize the image created with R-Studio. Any ideas? I could always run it on the original hard drive, which I still have, but will it find photos/jpegs if a drive has been reformatted?
I've also trawled Google and found the various Jpeg recovery applications. I tried a couple of the trial versions on my recovered broken photos, but none worked so far!
I wish I had one of those CSI machines! or the massive computer in Hawaii five O that scans broken kit and media by them placing it on the glass...(wouldn't relish changing the glass on that sucker)
I tried the renaming trick first out, but no luck
I've also run Photorec but can't seem to get this to recognize the image created with R-Studio. Any ideas? I could always run it on the original hard drive, which I still have, but will it find photos/jpegs if a drive has been reformatted?I've also trawled Google and found the various Jpeg recovery applications. I tried a couple of the trial versions on my recovered broken photos, but none worked so far!
I wish I had one of those CSI machines! or the massive computer in Hawaii five O that scans broken kit and media by them placing it on the glass...(wouldn't relish changing the glass on that sucker)
mm201
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I found this thread over at MajorGeeks that had a few suggestions for doing header repair on images using a hex editor. It sounds pretty labor intensive.
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=170029
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=170029
Thanks for taking the time to find this info. Although labour intensive it looks like it could work.
