Great software. Saved my butt a few times, and I'm sure it will a few more.
Any suggestions on hunting for a specific file? I deleted (rm -r) a DVR recording (.ts file) from Plex, and my re-recording failed. I ran Photorec on the drive that stored my recordings, but since its a DVR drive, Photorec found thousands of .ts files.
I thought I could search by size, since I know I was looking for a 10+gb file, but everything that Photorec found was 1.5gb and smaller. Seems that the original file I was looking for is broken up into a bunch of small .ts files. They all seem to be in the same folder, though (Recup_dir.1 - Recup_dir.59)
If I know exactly what I'm looking for, is there a better way to hunt for it other folder by folder, looking for pieces of an originally larger file?
Tips for finding a specific file
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Re: Tips for finding a specific file
I don't understand you. "(Recup_dir.1 - Recup_dir.59)" is an enumeration of 59 folders not just one.ckronengold wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 19:24 I thought I could search by size, since I know I was looking for a 10+gb file, but everything that Photorec found was 1.5gb and smaller. Seems that the original file I was looking for is broken up into a bunch of small .ts files. They all seem to be in the same folder, though (Recup_dir.1 - Recup_dir.59)
If the volume on the disk is fragmented your chances are diminished to find the original file in its total length.
If you already found a ts-file that belongs to that particular file that has a size of more than 10 GB you might keep the recup_dir - folder where it is located in your mind and sort the Photorec recovery folder by size. Then I would check the biggest ts-files which are in the same recup_dir-folder as your 1,5 GB piece that you already found. Afterwards I would check the neighbouring ones.
The biggest files are the most rewarding fruits to check.
I don't have a better proposal unfortunately.