Photorec 7.1 recovers a file and starts from the beginning

Using PhotoRec to recover lost data
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billy142
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Photorec 7.1 recovers a file and starts from the beginning

#1 Post by billy142 »

I'm recovering files from a .dd (100 gb) image of a hard disk for about 8 days and it's 80% .. is it normal that every time a file is found, photorec starts from 10%?
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Re: Photorec 7.1 recovers a file and starts from the beginning

#2 Post by cgrenier »

Do you have the same problem when using latest 7.1-WIP ?

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Re: Photorec 7.1 recovers a file and starts from the beginning

#3 Post by billy142 »

I'm using Photorec 7.1-WIP July 2017

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