I am filing this entry under "Apps and Software" for lack of anything better but still hope, that it will be deemed acceptable.
Here is my problem...
Wayyyyy back in time, I used to have a laptop running Windows XP. Due to some specific circumstances, there came a time where I needed to do a new install of the newest Windows OS on said laptop. As such, I made a manual backup of all my personal and important files to an external harddrive (drag-and-drop) and thought, that I had covered all the important files needed. I then proceeded to initiate the process of formatting and installing the new Windows OS on said laptop. However, after a short while I recalled to my horror, that I had missed an important folder which held my personal photos/videos taken with my digital camera at the time. I immediately ended the process and shut down the laptop and proceeded, to reboot the OS which was still operational. I then found the folder in question, moved it to my external harddrive and restarted the process of installing the Windows OS on the laptop.
After checking the photos/videos on the external harddrive, I found that some of them had been damaged and couldn't be read anymore. Since I was so frustrated with myself and annoyed (these were all originals in high resolution) I simply put off trying to fix this mess. I have to admit with shame, that this is now about 12 years ago. Today, I finally pulled myself together and addressed the issue. To my joy, I found that out of all the photos/videos, only about 15-20% are unreadable/corrupted. Still, I wanted to see if I could repair or recover the damaged part somehow.
I remembered back then that I had seen Piriform's "Recuva" which I thought, could do the trick. However, I realized today that this type of recovery software seems to be designed to be used on the actual harddrive which held the originally damaged files and not a copy of the folder with those files, that I moved to my harddrive.
So my question is now (and I might be in the wrong place here since it is very well possible, that I should have asked the above in a photography forum)..., is there any way that some specific software exists that is tailored to suit my needs of fixing the mess I am in?
I stumbled upon this site...
https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/files-corrupted-after-data-recovery.html
...which touts the software 'EaseUS' and a nice list of alternatives below, should their software fail but I am unsure if this might just mess up the files more as it isn't exactly what should be used or is needed for this type of recovery.
Any input, big or small, is most welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Here is my problem...
Wayyyyy back in time, I used to have a laptop running Windows XP. Due to some specific circumstances, there came a time where I needed to do a new install of the newest Windows OS on said laptop. As such, I made a manual backup of all my personal and important files to an external harddrive (drag-and-drop) and thought, that I had covered all the important files needed. I then proceeded to initiate the process of formatting and installing the new Windows OS on said laptop. However, after a short while I recalled to my horror, that I had missed an important folder which held my personal photos/videos taken with my digital camera at the time. I immediately ended the process and shut down the laptop and proceeded, to reboot the OS which was still operational. I then found the folder in question, moved it to my external harddrive and restarted the process of installing the Windows OS on the laptop.
After checking the photos/videos on the external harddrive, I found that some of them had been damaged and couldn't be read anymore. Since I was so frustrated with myself and annoyed (these were all originals in high resolution) I simply put off trying to fix this mess. I have to admit with shame, that this is now about 12 years ago. Today, I finally pulled myself together and addressed the issue. To my joy, I found that out of all the photos/videos, only about 15-20% are unreadable/corrupted. Still, I wanted to see if I could repair or recover the damaged part somehow.
I remembered back then that I had seen Piriform's "Recuva" which I thought, could do the trick. However, I realized today that this type of recovery software seems to be designed to be used on the actual harddrive which held the originally damaged files and not a copy of the folder with those files, that I moved to my harddrive.
So my question is now (and I might be in the wrong place here since it is very well possible, that I should have asked the above in a photography forum)..., is there any way that some specific software exists that is tailored to suit my needs of fixing the mess I am in?
I stumbled upon this site...
https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/files-corrupted-after-data-recovery.html
...which touts the software 'EaseUS' and a nice list of alternatives below, should their software fail but I am unsure if this might just mess up the files more as it isn't exactly what should be used or is needed for this type of recovery.
Any input, big or small, is most welcome.
Thanks in advance.
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