dungeon Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 hi, i accidenatly deleted some rar and pdf files from the usb pen, i used then the recuva to recover the loed files, after that i tried to open some files but it couldnt be possible, when i open some file it says me that the file is damegem ir in unkcnown format, and so icant open them, what is happening?? why i cant open the files?? i am using xp pro sp3, english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dungeon Posted April 13, 2009 Author Share Posted April 13, 2009 hey nobody can solve my problem( i am using the latest version )?? i hope the forum is seen by the software creators..... isnt it??? or they have some shame when hear something like that about their software???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithuk Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Welcome to Piriform dungeon. Well I've just tried you problem. I've RARed a few files and folder and put a couple of rar files on my pen drive. Gone to the pen drive and deleted them. Ran Recuva which found them and restored them correctly all files are use able. When you say damaged or unknown format. What type of files are they? We did have a problem a long time ago. If you put a jpg on a drive and deleted it Recuva would find it but the recovered file size was 0 bytes. This problem was fixed on a later version. Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twade Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Welcome to Piriform dungeon. Well I've just tried you problem. I've RARed a few files and folder and put a couple of rar files on my pen drive. Gone to the pen drive and deleted them. Ran Recuva which found them and restored them correctly all files are use able. When you say damaged or unknown format. What type of files are they? We did have a problem a long time ago. If you put a jpg on a drive and deleted it Recuva would find it but the recovered file size was 0 bytes. This problem was fixed on a later version. Is there anyone available in this forum right now to answer a couple of questions????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twade Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I have recovered what appears to be data from a USB drive to a directory on my C drive. However, the file name is data_backup.bkf and is reported as a Windows backup file. How do I display the contents of the file and then how do I restore the data to directory structure? The Windows restore program says that the data is not recognized. What do I do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted April 14, 2009 Moderators Share Posted April 14, 2009 What do you do? Ignore it. Why do you want to restore that file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementol Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Dundeon, Did you write anything to the pen after deleting your files or edit it in any way. This may have overwritten certain parts of your file making them unopenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithuk Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Welcome to Piriform twade. I have recovered what appears to be data from a USB drive to a directory on my C drive. However, the file name is data_backup.bkf and is reported as a Windows backup file. How do I display the contents of the file and then how do I restore the data to directory structure? The Windows restore program says that the data is not recognized. What do I do?? Well depending on how big the file is you could probably look at its contents with WordPad or Word. Did you know its a backup file you wanted to recover? Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twade Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Welcome to Piriform twade. Well depending on how big the file is you could probably look at its contents with WordPad or Word. Did you know its a backup file you wanted to recover? This information came from a working external USB hard drive where many different file types had been deleted. My attempt was to undelete those files and save them to a directory on my C drive. I was able to place the recovered files on my C drive in the desired folder. HOWEVER, they (many) are all in a (what appears to be) Windows backup file named data_backup.bkf When I tried to restore the file using Windows restore it said that it did not recognize any of the files and therefore could not restore them. I wonder why it placed them in this kind of file rather than placing them in the directory with their given file names in readable form. Your program reported them to be in excellent condition. Should I run your program using different parameters or can you tell me how to extract these files from the recovered file. Thanks Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 This information came from a working external USB hard drive where many different file types had been deleted. My attempt was to undelete those files and save them to a directory on my C drive.I was able to place the recovered files on my C drive in the desired folder. HOWEVER, they (many) are all in a (what appears to be) Windows backup file named data_backup.bkf When I tried to restore the file using Windows restore it said that it did not recognize any of the files and therefore could not restore them. I wonder why it placed them in this kind of file rather than placing them in the directory with their given file names in readable form. Your program reported them to be in excellent condition. Should I run your program using different parameters or can you tell me how to extract these files from the recovered file. Thanks Tom Recuva does not change the file type or compress/backup them when it recovers them so if it only found .bkf files then that's all that recoverable, they are normally in the same place they were deleted from. Have you tried the "deep scan" option? fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted April 15, 2009 Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2009 These files have been created by Windows Backup (in XP Pro, and add-on in XP Home) and need to be restored using Windows Backup. From Google 'If you make multiple backups a catalog of those backups is kept on the hard disk in the folder \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\catalogs51. If you have a backup file you are trying to recover files from and that file is not listed in the catalog then the Windows Backup program will not restore from that file unless you delete the catalog. Then, because it has no other data to work from, Windows Backup will recover files from the backup.' I don't know how relevant that is. If Win Backup can't read them then it might be a file association problem or some other error. There are applications available to recover files from bkf backups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twade Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 This information came from a working external USB hard drive where many different file types had been deleted. My attempt was to undelete those files and save them to a directory on my C drive.I was able to place the recovered files on my C drive in the desired folder. HOWEVER, they (many) are all in a (what appears to be) Windows backup file named data_backup.bkf When I tried to restore the file using Windows restore it said that it did not recognize any of the files and therefore could not restore them. I wonder why it placed them in this kind of file rather than placing them in the directory with their given file names in readable form. Your program reported them to be in excellent condition. Should I run your program using different parameters or can you tell me how to extract these files from the recovered file. Thanks Tom Yes, it was a deep scan. I saw hundreds of file names, most in Excellent condition, according to your program. However, when recovered, they did not recover as individual files. but as the afore mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dungeon Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 ok, i hav uploaded an file that i want able to open can somebody say my why??? Dundeon, Did you write anything to the pen after deleting your files or edit it in any way. This may have overwritten certain parts of your file making them unopenable. hey i didnt overwrited nothing after deleting the files, when i deleted the files i remembered the recuva and then i downloaded it and instaled. all pdf files have their original dimensions..the same the rar files, and some djvu files, i made adeep scan i was able gest to open 2 pdf files and all notepad files, but ok i will upload some files that i recovered and you will see what hapens. Inequalities.pdf Inequalities.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdPlay Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Recuva does not change the file type or compress/backup them when it recovers themso if it only found .bkf files then that's all that recoverable, they are normally in the same place they were deleted from. Have you tried the "deep scan" option? Hi! I just wonder if its possibly a backup file created by some other backup program, and only opens in the same program? Are backup files encrypted or readable in various programs? Anyway, it sounds like you only "found" them, not lost them. In that case, why bother??? Recovering takes a lot of time, you must be darn curious using that much time on files you didnt loose.... Cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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