Jim Feeley Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, The Documentary Sound Guy said: Fixing corrupt / missing file headers is a different operation from recovering deleted / formatted cards. Media programs like Audacity can do the former but not the latter. Just to be clear, I was responding to John's "i had a corrupt file... CF media was fine" question from today. Which ya, veers from his 2015 "formatted/erased" issue. No worries all around... For erased files, an IT friend likes Stellar. I think they have a free/demo tier, and I think they're not scammy and don't over email users. No first hand experience, though. https://www.stellarinfo.com There's also Disk Drill for macOS and Windows. Which I used to use, but haven't needed for a while. Looks like it's still maintained. https://www.cleverfiles.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Documentary Sound Guy Posted December 12, 2023 Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 Ah, I hadn't picked up on the fact that the question had shifted. Thanks for pointing that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngooch Posted December 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 Sorry for confusion--- the solution would be the same right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngooch Posted December 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2023 Disk Drill found the corrupt file-- i was able to preview it- sounded fine... After that they wanted payment to go further.. So it worked well for this application.. It also found another partition on the same SD card, that did not get erased when formatting. "Recovered" audio from that partition was garbage..... Good learning day... j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 Just want to mention here that Zaxcom MARF system is a major advantage when it comes to file corruption and recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solowiej Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 11 minutes ago, RadoStefanov said: Just want to mention here that Zaxcom MARF system is a major advantage when it comes to file corruption and recovery. ...ooooh, you're saying the quiet part out loud again. We're all thinking it but don't want to sound smug.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 16 hours ago, solowiej said: ...ooooh, you're saying the quiet part out loud again. We're all thinking it but don't want to sound smug.... Not so quiet. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locationsoundvie Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Something similar happend on a laptop to me and I had very great success using 'Disk Drill'. I think it costs around 100€ but its woth the price. good luck! -- Follow my learning platform @learn_audio on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/learn_audio/ 🚀 Educational news about on location sound and audio postproduction 🎥 ✔️ How-Tos ✔️ Equipment updates ✔️ Problem solving tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 On 12/12/2023 at 9:37 AM, RadoStefanov said: SanDisk free software is ok but you loose metadata. I use LSoft products. Forgot to mention for really advance recovery I use test disk. Free but not easy to use without knowledge. https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 I can recommend Trancends RecoveRx which is built on open source and testdisk but with a nice gui. https://www.transcend-info.com/support/software/recoverx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 I've used Disk Drill with good success before. I bought the license when I needed it and it was worth it. I haven't needed to use it in many years fortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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