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Errors opening psd files
Hey guys,
i had a problem in that some photoshop files got deleted permanently, then needed recovery, so i used a data recovery program to get them back, and most wont open up.. a few will, and others you can see the preview, but most just say that there is some misc error and cant open the file.
im assuming that after recovery, the file is not 100%, but is there a utility that will or has the potential to recover some of the image or even the layers?
i tried the one advanced photoshop recovery program 1.0 but it couldnt do anything.
i have some of the files to test, but thry are big 100MB+
any advice?
- Tom
i had a problem in that some photoshop files got deleted permanently, then needed recovery, so i used a data recovery program to get them back, and most wont open up.. a few will, and others you can see the preview, but most just say that there is some misc error and cant open the file.
im assuming that after recovery, the file is not 100%, but is there a utility that will or has the potential to recover some of the image or even the layers?
i tried the one advanced photoshop recovery program 1.0 but it couldnt do anything.
i have some of the files to test, but thry are big 100MB+
any advice?
- Tom
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well, i think one of the main problems was that after deletion, 15GB or so was transferred to that drive during the course of over a month. i think that alone would make things difficult to recover, then add that the images were 100MB its a miracle even a few were recovered.
the recovery tools i used were r-studio 2 and finalrecovery 1.4
the recovery tools i used were r-studio 2 and finalrecovery 1.4
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Unless things have changed from the days I did some file recoveries (after deleting), "undeleting" files with software should be foolproof as the software should verify every segment/cluster is still intact before it recovers the file. I could go into a description of how a file is layed out on a hard drive but I won't bore you to death (smile). So, what I'm saying is it appears you may have used something that didn't do a good job of verifying each file to be "undeleted" was completely intact and chained. In short, it's also a way of saying things look bad.
Now, IF there are other recovery programs that some other experts are aware of that can salvage portions of Photoshop files, I'll gladly let them step in here while I take notes (smile).
Best of luck!
Slynky