Nested Zip Files
Posted: 03 Jun 2020, 20:46
I'm trying to recover some zip files from a partition that used to be NTFS. Specifically, these files are products of archives that are created by Crestron SIMPL Windows and VTPro-e, which produce zip archives that contain other zip archives.
When I ran photorec on the partition in question (searching for zip archives only), I was able to retrieve one zip archive that I made manually with zip(1) and had .zip as a file extension, but was unable to retrieve any other zip archive, including other zip archives that I made manually with zip(1), but did not have a file extension of .zip.
I have tested similar files with fidentify, and they all come back as "zip" (including one file that I *know* should be on the partition, but was not recovered).
Is it possible that photorec might be confused by nested zips? Is there anything else I should try to recover these files?
When I ran photorec on the partition in question (searching for zip archives only), I was able to retrieve one zip archive that I made manually with zip(1) and had .zip as a file extension, but was unable to retrieve any other zip archive, including other zip archives that I made manually with zip(1), but did not have a file extension of .zip.
I have tested similar files with fidentify, and they all come back as "zip" (including one file that I *know* should be on the partition, but was not recovered).
Is it possible that photorec might be confused by nested zips? Is there anything else I should try to recover these files?