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Help recovering "broken" files ? (kbin.earth)

submitted 1 month ago by veggay@kbin.earth to c/technology@hexbear.net

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Not sure if this is welcome here, if not could I please be directed to a good place to ask this? Usually I'd ask reddit but kinda avoiding that when possible.

Some months ago I accidentally deleted a partition in my drive where I have a bunch of old important files, I managed to recover it and mostly everything was fine except a folder of my art stuff (mostly images and blender files). The files seem to have the exact same size as they did when they worked (I have some of that backed up online) but I can't seem to be able to open them. I looked online but it's a bit overwhelming tbh and some options I tried just made a mess and are more work than it's worth. I'm using Linux Mint but I also have access to Windows 10.

Is there something I could run in specific folders/files to try to un-corrupt them?

Here's a blend and png file as an example: https://drive.proton.me/urls/5572C99S9R#OYmMv4Ek8wPF

Thank you!

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[–] veggay@kbin.earth 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@Majestic@lemmy.ml ooh, I think that my drive has been rewritten enough at this point that what isn't in those specific files is likely lost. In my attempts to recover the files I kinda filled up my storage with garbage :/

That link seems super helpful though, thank you, I'll give it a try!

Also I had not heard of safereddit.com, that's interesting

[–] Majestic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

It's just a reddit front-end. Who knows if it keeps working in future but you can replace reddit links with it by adding safe in the URL.

Still worth a try running free mode of some of those software as you have little to lose. The recovering from the specific folder feature in particular is likely the first thing to fail due to being de-referenced. If you filled up your drive all the way or nearly so then yes very large chance it's gone forever. Take the time to decide on a back-up strategy going forward, commit to copying and backing up your critical files every 6 or 4 months, whatever works as best between maximizing recovery and maximizing your interest in continuing to do it by not making it a too frequent chore. Also you can look into automated back-up software and options that simplify it.