File Repair on Jpegs

[simon]

Can anyone tell me what the best software is for jpeg repair.

thanks
Simon

[craig6928]

there not many programs that can total fix jpegs

are you getting draw line failed.

if so that because of the program compressing the file everytime its opened.

[simon]

I've got thumbnails that are showing up but when I click on them they open different pictures. I also have a lot of files with thumbnails but when I click on this nothing comes up.

Simon

[beto]

U should be check on first "headers" did u check it? wich was the problem on first from the hdd" formatted", " bad sectors" " bad heads"?

[simon]

when copying files from a main pc drive to a external drive the copy process failed. From there the folders with all the pictures disappeared. I imaged the drive and used get data back and recovered all the pictures but many of them seem missing, damaged and misrepresented.

sime

[dick]

Hi, sorry but its unclear to me which drive you are working on. Main pc or external?
Take a look at the files you have recovered so far. Check and compare the file sizes.
Are many files showing 0 bytes?

[simon]

i'm running off the destination drive, not the new one. I used my ddi to do a complete clone of the drive. There are many files with 0 file size.

sime

[dick]

Simon, can you clarify what went wrong and what you have done since?

From your description I understand you have since imaged your main pc hard disk to what was the external disk and you are now trying to recover files from the image?

Sorry but I can see 2 or 3 different scenarios here and it needs to be clear.

Recovering files of a 0 bytes size usually means they have been overwritten.

[pcimage]

From the sounds of what's happening here, I would use something like "Recover My Files".

It searches for file signatures and then attempts to ressurrect the file structure, and with this software it give you a "running commentry" of all raw files recovered so far, and you can view them at a good size and evaluate their validity.

[craig6928]

try this program out this might help you out
but it runs in dos

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

[craig6928]

this is another program we use for repairing some jpeg files
your have to buy it but you can test your files before purchasing it

http://www.hketech.com/JPEG-recovery/index.php


Do you find that some photos recovered by digital photo recovery software are corrupted, e.g.:

Splits into two (or even more) parts, and
In between there is part of another photo, and
The color of the lower part(s) may be changed, and
There is a shift of the contents of the photo

if you dont want to buy the product yet send me one of the corrupt files
and i try and fix it for you

[craig6928]

allso this program might help you if the files are corrupted
http://www.irfanview.com/


it supports most images and if it dedect image with wrong extention it ask if u want to rename.

[simon]

thanks guys' very helpful, I'll do some downloading and testing.

sime

[craig6928]

how your getting on with the recovery did any of these programs help you out


whooops i spelt detect wrong allnight recovery work not much sleep

[simon]

I'm just doing recover my files right now. It looks like it'll be going for a day or two... stay tuned.

[drc]

I'm interested to know how well photorec works. I use that guys other software, TestDisk, fairly regularly.