Hi everyone:
I have recovered some .xls files with Photorec,but they are damaged...If I defrag the disk...it could be a solution?
Thanks a lot
About excel files and disk
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Re: About excel files and disk
Defrag is no solution to improve results for data recovery and can make datarecovery impossible.
Your data are underlying and defrag would override your data/files where you'd like to recover.
That's why you should never write to an affected disk.
Defrag or a disk with low fragmentation can have better results, but only if you used it as maintenance before you lost your data.
Fiona
Your data are underlying and defrag would override your data/files where you'd like to recover.
That's why you should never write to an affected disk.
Defrag or a disk with low fragmentation can have better results, but only if you used it as maintenance before you lost your data.
Fiona
Re: About excel files and disk
Thanks for your help 
