Mark

Not exactly. The file you are attempting to use is corrupted. But the
original data may still be present.

It depends on the corruption, number of times the file has been modified
(re-saved), method of loss, encryption, etc.
"Corrupted" files are recovered by the feds all the time.


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Corrupted files are just that. Data has gone missing from the file. It is
> unreadable and pretty much useless. There is no way to restore a
> "corrupted" file, other than via your backup. You DID create a backup,
> right?
>
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> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
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> "I'ecus" <iecus@rcn.com> wrote in message
> news:er%23UH%2311HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> guys do you know of any good programs that will recover corrupted files
>> on a formatted/corrupted HD. I have a HD that just crashed, I formatted
>> it and I was able to use getdatarecovery ntfs and some other programs
>> that recovered my formatted data. I got everything but when I open my
>> .docs or pics they're still corrupted. I tried d/ling free and demo
>> software to see if they can fix the corrupted docs and pics I found but
>> so far none have worked. Can anyone think of any software that worked for
>> them or something that may work for me. even if I can find a demo that
>> will show me it really does work. I don't mind having to pay for it. This
>> has my wifes and I wedding pics and some of her art work that I would
>> really love to get back for the both of us....
>>
>> thanks for ANY help I can get.
>