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Excel file shows 2.91mb but restores as 0 bytes


zuiko

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Hi, 
I've run Recuva (1.50.1036) and it found my excel .xlsm file:

"Size: 2.91 MB (3,059,712)
State: Not deleted
Creation time: 06/27/18 01:58
Last modification time: 07/03/18 18:33
Last access time: 07/28/16 14:22
Comment: No overwritten clusters detected."

However when I restore (to a new folder) it shows 0 bytes.
(ps: it was the only file affected, I suspect excel corrupted it)
Is there anything that can be done?

Thank you!

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Yes. Open Explorer, navigate to where the file is, right click copy, paste it where you want to (although this exercise does seem rather pointless).

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On 7/31/2018 at 12:53, Augeas said:

Yes. Open Explorer, navigate to where the file is, right click copy, paste it where you want to (although this exercise does seem rather pointless).

That returns a zero byte file.
No way to restore the 2.91 MB Recuva shows?

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Does Recuva show any cluster numbers? I am surprised that a live file is listed by Explorer as 2.9 mb and yet appears to have no cluster addresses associated with it. That is a seriously screwed up folder entry. If there are no clusters shown by Recuva than none can be recovered.

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