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HELP NEEDED: Recovery corrupted jpeg files

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Starbuck1975

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I upload all of my photos from my digital SLR via Picasa and then backup to a second internal hard drive.

I was doing some folder clean-up the other day, and decided to use the batch folder rename function in Picasa to better rename some of my photos.

I then ran another back-up, writing over my previous back-up of the same files under their original file names.

Fortunately I didnt get very far in my photo renaming project.

I went to access some of those renamed photos today, and Picasa is not recognizing them. Neither is Windows Picture Viewer. Because I carried this renaming convention over to my backup folders, the corrupted files carried over from my primary hard drive to my backup drive as well.

I can see the files sitting in their original folders, and Windows XP recognizes them as .jpg files.

What is the best tool for recovering corrupted .jpg files where you can still navigate to the folder in which the files reside, but cannot physically open them?

FYI, I tried pulling the files to a new folder, and renaming them. I also tried adding .jpg to the extension during the rename. Neither of those tricks worked.
 
If you happen to have a version of Windows that features Shadow Copy, try recovering them that way. Windows Vista Business/Ultimate and Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate have that capabability, as long as System Restore is enabled (which it is by default).

Right-click the folder where the files are/were, and choose Properties from the right-click menu. Now click the Previous Versions tab and recover the ones you need.
 
mechBgon said:
If you happen to have a version of Windows that features Shadow Copy, try recovering them that way. Windows Vista Business/Ultimate and Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate have that capabability, as long as System Restore is enabled (which it is by default).

Right-click the folder where the files are/were, and choose Properties from the right-click menu. Now click the Previous Versions tab and recover the ones you need.
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I am unfortunately running WINXP, and do not see a System Restore Shadow Copy function. I will probably need a 3rd party utility.

I did discover a tool on CNET named Adriot Photo Recovery. Problem is, it is showing a 22hr countdown to analyze my entire drive. It does not seem like I can point this utility to the specific folder I want to recover.

Since I can physically see the files in their original folder, but cannot open them, are there any other utilities out there?
 
Starbuck1975 said:
I am unfortunately running WINXP, and do not see a System Restore Shadow Copy function. I will probably need a 3rd party utility.

I did discover a tool on CNET named Adriot Photo Recovery. Problem is, it is showing a 22hr countdown to analyze my entire drive. It does not seem like I can point this utility to the specific folder I want to recover.

Since I can physically see the files in their original folder, but cannot open them, are there any other utilities out there?
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When you say cannot open them, what does that exactly mean? What error messages do you get?
 
StormSide said:
When you say cannot open them, what does that exactly mean? What error messages do you get?
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When attempting to open the jpgs via Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, I simply get the message: "No preview available"

When attempting to open via Internet Explorer, I see a red X

When attempting to open via IrfanView, I get the following error message: "Can't read file header. Unknown file format or file not found."
 
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