| Author | Message | ||
     ian Username: zag1402 Registered: N/A |
Hi to you all i am new to winhex i have done a data recovery from a seagate that went corupt. now i managed to retrieve 846 mp3's so far but they are all at 2kb it is driving me nuts so why is this happening and what can i do to fix it. it did it with the pdf files too | ||
| Alfons Kramer Username: admin3 Registered: 4-2004 |
Did you use recover by type / file header signature search? Which file system is it? What version/license of WinHex are you using? | ||
| ian Username: zag1402 Registered: N/A |
Hi Alfons i did use recover by type and i have a license for winhex professional and the file system is winxp on ntfs | ||
| Stefan Fleischmann Username: admin Registered: 1-2001 |
If you use that approach, then please ensure that you specificy appropriate parameters for "Default file size" and "Max. file size". | ||
| Alfons Kramer Username: admin3 Registered: 4-2004 |
Recovery by type can not recover fragmented files completely. Did you try recovery by name? But this will work only if a file system gets recognized. Also make sure you have a newer version of WinHex. It has an automatic file length detection build in. | ||
| ian Username: zag1402 Registered: N/A |
ok i will give it a go but i have 846 mp3's to recover i don't have to do one at a time do i ??? i am talking about by name that is i did mention I'm new didn't I..... | ||
| Stefan Fleischmann Username: admin Registered: 1-2001 |
> i don't have to do one at a time do i ??? No, you can either recover many files at a time with File Recovery by Type, or if you find them listed in the directory browser already as deleted/lost files, select multiple files at a time, right-click them and use Recover/Copy command. | ||
| ian Username: zag1402 Registered: N/A |
I took your advice onboard, scanned for PDF Files by type, increased kb size - the files are incomplete and the error message coming up said - *The root object is missing or invalid* - same with MP3 right size, music not playing properly - help........ | ||
| Alfons Kramer Username: admin3 Registered: 4-2004 |
In that case your files are fragmented (not stored in one piece). You hit the limits of file carving (recovery by type). Is the file system completely damaged? | ||
| ian Username: zag1402 Registered: N/A |
Thanks gang good chatting with you, I am learning so much! Ok history of the drive is - it's a seagate 7200.12 1T external, client had it about 2 months and it just crashed on him. So would it be boot section or some other file similar - I have to fix if so, what's my next step? |