recover info select .wd2 file
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recover info select .wd2 file
I need to recover a .wd2 info select database file and am not good enough with programming to figure out how to correctly add the custom extension. Has anyone done this? The raw recovery utilities I am using are recovering the other files but now the .wd2.
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Re: recover info select .wd2 file
If needed, please send a a zip archive with 3 small wd2 files. I will see what I can do.
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Re: recover info select .wd2 file
Thank you!!!
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Re: recover info select .wd2 file
Create a photorec.sig file with
Please tell me if it works as expected
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wd2 0 "ISW WD2.00U"
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Re: recover info select .wd2 file
Thank You. I will try it. Is it ok for me to use notepad to create the file with just:
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wd2 0 "ISW WD2.00U"
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Re: recover info select .wd2 file
Yes, it should work.
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Re: recover info select .wd2 file
No it did not work. I will go ahead and post the photorec.sig file I used. Can you make sure it is correct?
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Re: recover info select .wd2 file
Remove the line "CODE: SELECT ALL"