Hi if anyone can help me on this it will be really REALLY appreciated...
I recently had some files that I wanted to protect on my external harddrive. I used Folder Locker by Softpen. It locked all fine no problems until I then unlocked them, all my files had vanished and all it left me was a folder named 365 with nothing in it. I emailed them and they have basically told me that I need to use an Undelete program to get them back, after trying 30 odd different programs I am now using Final Recovery by Meetsoft, it does list all of the files I am missing, the only problem I have is that once I retrieve them they dont work, all the files are either JPG or AVI, I will have one of the folders that will have one that workes then 20 that dont then 2 that do etc. The files sizes are correct, they are just all unviewable. I have tried media fixers but they dont seem to fix the problem. Can anyone suggest anything I can try or know of a different program that might get my files back in one piece??
Any help will be warmly received!
Thank You
Jay
2006-11-28 01:07:56 · 5 answers · asked by Evilcowstare 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
IN REPLY TO 1ST ANSWER.... I have tried to re-associate them already, they just either dont run or wont load. I tried re-naming them, inserting them and tried different players with the same response
2006-11-28 01:33:50 · update #1
TO 2ND ANSWER
Already tried it, it brought back the folders but they are empty :(
thanks anyway
2006-11-28 02:22:17 · update #2
Have you tried a recovery program from a company called Convar? I've used their free versions on floppy drives and flash cards. They did data recovery from some of the 9/11 hard drives. Worth checking out but be aware you need a second drive (could be a removable disc). Read the documentation as well. It should work so long as the hard drive hasn't suffered physical damage. How big and how numerous are the files?
(Removed - though you may have to pay for the hard drive version.)
2006-11-28 03:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by Si C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like the program you are restoring the files with is restoring them as the wrong file type for some reason. it is very easy to re-associate them with the correct program. all you have to do is right click the icon and choose open with. then you will get a list of programs to chose from. chose the program you would normally use to open these files. once you do this that file will always open with that program. good luck
2006-11-28 09:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by ian6868 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hello dear
Restore your computer to the time you have those files it may help you .
good luck
2006-11-28 10:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by farzad789 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋