Can't determine type?

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I have an external HD which I use to store important data. In this there
is a picture folder. The thumbnails for all most all the pics are there
except a few. when I try to open/click on the icon, I get - can't
determine the type.

How could I repair these jpgs please? Is the hex-editor required, which
one and how to use that --or have I lost those pictures for ever? They
were all good long back.
Please guide?
dkb
 
I have an external HD which I use to store important data. In this there
is a picture folder. The thumbnails for all most all the pics are there
except a few. when I try to open/click on the icon, I get - can't
determine the type.

How could I repair these jpgs please? Is the hex-editor required, which
one  and how to use that --or have I lost those pictures for ever? They
were all good long back.
Please guide?
dkb
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The thumbnail is normally displayed from a separate file.

Change the viewing of the directory to show the file details - and not
thumbnails.

Do these files (probably .jpgs) look the correct size. I would expect
it to be in the region of 300K if the pictures are old.

Repairing a jpeg is not easy. If you can find a file, you can e-mail
me a copy, and I will try and give you an idea of why it will not
open.

(e-mail address removed)

Michael
 
The thumbnail is normally displayed from a separate file.

Change the viewing of the directory to show the file details - and not
thumbnails.

Do these files (probably .jpgs) look the correct size.  I would expect
it to be in the region of 300K if the pictures are old.

Repairing a jpeg is not easy.  If you can find a file, you can e-mail
me a copy, and I will try and give you an idea of why it will not
open.

(e-mail address removed)

Michael
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Thankyou for the two files you sent me

The first file started with a 4 byte header, as used in JPEG files,
but then was text.

The second file was not a jpeg in any shape or form.

Neither of these file can be converted back to jpegs, you will
probably need to try and recover the file from your hard drive by
means of data recovery. I will contact directly with possible ideas

Michael
www.cnwrecovery.com
 
Thankyou for the two files you sent me

The first file started with a 4 byte header, as used in JPEG files,
but then was text.

The second file was not a jpeg in any shape or form.

Neither of these file can be converted back to jpegs, you will
probably need to try and recover the file from your hard drive by
means of data recovery. I will contact directly with possible ideas

Michael
www.cnwrecovery.com
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Thank you very much for the reply.
I do not know as to how these files accrued the present position?
I do not have the original HD that contained the file. These are in my
backup files in my External Hard Drive.
dkb
 
Thank you very much for the reply.
I do not know as to how these files accrued the present position?
I do not have the original HD that contained the file. These are in my
backup files in my External Hard Drive.
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It is just possible that the files have been 'misplaced' on your
backup drive. In this case, a scan of the drive with a recovery
program may find old JPEGS.

If the files were corrupted on your original drive, before copying,
you ae probably stuck.

Michael

www.cnwrecovery.com
 
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