Recuva found 528 files but I cant open them

[Taipan]

I used Recuva and found 528 files with a deep scan ,most are jpg,

I restored them to a usb stick but when I try to open them I get message .

photo gallery cant open this picture or video, The file may be unsupported,damaged or corrupted.

Is there way to open them ??

 

 

Thank you for any help 

 

[DennisD]

Hi Taipan, and welcome to the forum.

 

The usual cause for recovered jpgs failing to open is that they were probably fragmented on the storage device (assuming you've already transferred them from your camera), and if you don't wipe a camera card before each photo session, they were probably already fragmented in your camera before you transferred them.

 

Being fragmented, it's an extremely difficult task for a recovery program to find and recover all the fragmented pieces.

 

Saying that, I've had some success displaying recovered jpgs which wouldn't display in other image handling applications, using a freeware program called "IrfanView". The link takes you to the portable version (no install).

 

If any do open, then you will need to save each one as a new jpg.

 

Sadly it doesn't work all the time, but well worth a try.

 

Regarding corrupted image files, there's an interesting read here ...

 

5 Tools to Repair Corrupted JPEG Photos and Images (Some testing by raymond.cc)

 

Sorry there isn't a magic fix for this.

[Taipan]

The files were deleted from my recycle bin on the pc ..not camera card ,sorry should have put that in op

 

I will give that link a try ..fingers crossed .

 

thank you so much for your help