Large files after recovery

Using PhotoRec to recover lost data
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Kinghovey
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Large files after recovery

#1 Post by Kinghovey »

I used the program to recover data from my hard drive - ran it twice. It seems to recover several large files (the drive had about 1.5tb) and then hundreds of smaller files (around 1 - 3 kb). None of the files are executable, all appear with strange extensions. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Large files after recovery

#2 Post by cgrenier »

I assume you have uses PhotoRec.
What are the extension of the recovered files ?

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Re: Large files after recovery

#3 Post by Kinghovey »

The massive files are:
.gpg
.rw2
.tib
.wdp
.ab
.dad
.mp4

The 3kb ones are:
.html
.txt
.java

But none of them are valid. If you try to open them - you get a fail message.

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