I am using Qphotorec 7.2 WIP to attempt recovery from WD 1 TB HDD on Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19042
At a certain point in recovery, qphotorec creates a directory and inside, a docx file. And apparently it recognizes this docx as a folder, because a file that should have been 60 MB, grows to 15 GB on my last attempt.
A problem similar to that of this colleague in the link: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10616&p=32654&hilit=stuck#p32654
I don't understand programming. I would just like to recover the files and photorec did a great job.
Please help me !
BUG: Qphotorec created a giant file.
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Re: BUG: Qphotorec created a giant file.
The end of a file is determined by a new fingerprint of another file. That's why files can get extremely long.MatNoturno wrote: 04 Feb 2021, 13:22 At a certain point in recovery, qphotorec creates a directory and inside, a docx file. And apparently it recognizes this docx as a folder, because a file that should have been 60 MB, grows to 15 GB on my last attempt.
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Re: BUG: Qphotorec created a giant file.
I would like to know how to solve this problem. Do you already have a solution?
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Re: BUG: Qphotorec created a giant file.
If you know the maximum length of your docx-files you could use a hex editor to load the file and save just the beginning of it. You would save as much of it as your expected maximum length would suggest you.