[yabis]

Not sure which forum to post this in... Please redirect me if necessary.

My computer using Windows XP was reformatted. I lost all of my files. I used Piriform's Recuva to recover about 60 gigs of files; however, I am unable to open up any of the files on any computer. I have double checked the extensions, and have even tried re-saving/renaming copies of files. I don't know what to do. It's almost like my files are in a cage and I don't have the key! Please help!

-Yabis

[fairnooks]

If you're not getting permissions errors, and files with known extensions fail to open with otherwise completely compatible programs, sorry to say but it sounds like the data is all or mostly corrupt even though the headers seem good.

If you still have the drive in the state of possible recovery you might try it again with another recovery program and see if the results are any better.

[yabis]

Originally Posted by fairnooks

If you're not getting permissions errors, and files with known extensions fail to open with otherwise completely compatible programs, sorry to say but it sounds like the data is all or mostly corrupt even though the headers seem good.

If you still have the drive in the state of possible recovery you might try it again with another recovery program and see if the results are any better.

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