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Hi HannesZ. If the files aren't playing all I can suggest is to make sure that they are carrying the correct file extension. Even though they may have recovered with a green dot, it's also possible parts of the files may be missing. Also try a few different media programs as some have more success than others at playing incomplete files. If the card has had a lot of use without being completely emptied and "clean formatted" occasionally, then it's likely the files were fragmented on the card and not all fragments were restored or even restored in the correct order. You could of course try another free recovery program which may have some success where Recuva didn't, but you may find the same result. Have a look at this, which is freeware ... Lazesoft Recovery Suite: We don't usually recommend competing software, but when recovery can mean getting back personal and irreplaceable data, then the end result is as important as the means used to achieve it. Hope that helps and good luck.

As opinions have already been made pretty clear on this subject and since this topic is 5 years old and an automated reg clean will probably never happen, I think it's time to close it.

Hi taborj, and welcome to Piriform. You have no idea how much we appreciate people who take the trouble to do that as so many folk leave us hanging after spending time trying to help them. Thank you very much. I can't take credit for the fix, but simply remembering it is an achievement in itself for me so I'll take credit for that. Pleased you got your problem sorted.

I haven't actually mta so I'll give it a whirl.

If it's any consolation CCleaner for me lists Real Player and Google Toolbar, none of which I can find any trace of on my computer. I have searched the registry and every location on my computer I can think of and I can find no signs or traces of any of them. It's a complete mystery to me where CCleaner is picking them up from. It's really annoying, but I can live with it.

It doesn't sound as if the lost files were part of the original installation. A little research shows that templates and presets and a bunch of other stuff are made up of everything but wav files. Mostly xml but quite a few program specific file types. I was gonna have a look at the complete program myself under a virtual installation to see as to whether there are any wav files in there, but it's such a huge beast that I gave up on that one I'm sorry to say. And sorry I couldn't be of any help.

What are the sounds (wavs) you're trying to recover? Are they sample sounds, sample compositions or as Augeas mentions ... user created?

Hi Chad, and welcome to the forum. The fact that Windows is giving the drive a drive letter means that Recuva should see it. Can you hear or feel the drive physically spinning while Recuva is trying to access it? I'm wondering how old the drive is and what "went bad" actually means. Can you give more info? A screenshot of what "Disk Management" shows for this drive would maybe help.

Hi Karibou, and welcome to Piriform. Hard to answer your question without more info. How big is the drive, is this a "Deep Scan", and what kind of condition is it in. Large drives (TB's) can take an awful long time to complete and if the drive is physically damaged Recuva could be stuck on damaged sectors. You can stop the scan and it will show what it has scanned up to that point, even if it is the first pass. Was the drive formatted with a "Quick Format"?

Thanks for posting, I've added it to Forum Rule #10 ... http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showannouncement=15&f=13

Were the wav files needed for Cubase 5 to run properly not part of the original installation? If so a re-install of the program would re-install those wav files.

Can you get the "Master Volume" control on screen and make sure that none of the important settings have been muted by accident or whatever? On my XP machine it's "Control Panel\Sounds and Audio Devices\Advanced" I know the "Windows Audio" service can sometimes mysteriously become disabled even when set at "Automatic", or maybe one of it's dependencies and I'm not entirely sure what they are. Possibly "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" or "Plug and Play"? Anyways, worth looking into any services required by Windows sound and make sure they're all running. One of the other guys may have some input if they can add to that.

It's ran successfully by thousands upon thousands of users without an issue like this so I don't think it's a simple problem with Recuva. Have a try at running it in "Safe Mode" is all I can think of, and if that works it suggests there's a conflict of some kind with something else on your computer. You've tried the usual "re-install" suggestion. Which Operating System are you using by the way?

Hi d8ncer, and welcome to Piriform. You do realise that having purchased the program you have the right of direct support from the developers. That's the main advantage of purchasing the commercial versions of Piriform software. Choose the program from the "Select product" drop down menu and get their help directly ... http://www.piriform.com/support By the way, if I knew why that was happening (which I don't) I would help as would the other guys on here, but maybe better to take advantage of the direct developer support.

Not many ships sailing up there now hazel. I've had that pic for years and have always liked it. I keep getting it out now and again to blow the dust off it.

Hi pompste. Try putting a blank disk into the drive and then run CCleaner. This seemingly silly little trick has worked for what is actually a weird Windows bug which can appear in many other situations other than running CCleaner. With any luck, after you remove the blank disk it shouldn't happen any more. Fingers crossed and let us know if it does the trick for you. EDIT: Here's a previous similar example ... http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=33023&do=findComment&comment=196518

Hi Henry, and welcome to Piriform. I'm not sure what help I can give at this stage, but it would assist if you could supply some more info. Which operating system are you using, and what did you use to partition the drive? Usually, providing that there's sufficient space for a new partition and the files which are already there, then a good partitioning program will move the files around and create the space for the new partition. That's my experience anyway. This seems to have happened recently, so have you actively used the drive since, and have you carried out any kind of formating? My first thought is to try and undelete your original partition and maybe recover some files in the process, but it sounds like there may have been some overwriting by the partitioning operation, which won't have helped. Besides the info asked for above, can you give us a screenshot of what "Disk Management" shows for this drive? And when you scanned with Recuva did you have "Scan for non deleted files" selected in "Options\Actions"? If you didn't, try another scan with Recuva with that box checked.

It's your choice what you do Siegfried, but files like banish.exe don't just appear by themselves and it's not part of Windows. It would have been part of something else and if you aren't aware as to what, then even though you've deleted banish.exe, that something else could still be on your computer. Researching that file doesn't bring up a great deal but most of what does come up relates to it being very suspect. Take a chance, or get your computer checked out properly. Up to you.

Nothing. Wow, and that's a pretty good program. Nevertheless, we'll try something else, and that is "PhotoRec", which may put you off at first glance as it looks like Command Line, but it isn't. It does have a structured dialogue to follow, and there are very detailed help files and if you get completely stuck I'll guide you through it's use. Much better if you can follow the help files though as you can have them in front of you instead of going back and forth on here. PhotoRec: PhotoRec Step By Step: It downloads with a sister program "TestDisk" which is also very useful in recovery but stick with PhotoRec for now, and let me know how you get on with it. And don't forget, if you do get stuck, please say so and I'll help.

I agree with Derek. All I can find on banish.exe are reports of it being possible malware. You may be able to exclude those files, but you really need to find out where banish.exe came from, and if it's Malware, is the program it belongs to still active somewhere on your computer. Do you know where it came from? If you don't, I would suggest paying a visit to one of the reputable Malware Removal Forums listed in rule #10 here ... http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showannouncement=15&f=5 They provide a free service and they will check over your computer properly.

Is that the only box you are checking, as that box is a secondary check for the WFS option within "Option\Settings". No WFS is taking place unless you have a drive or drives selected on the "Options\Settings" page. You mention MFT and wipe alternate data streams etc, but you don't mention the drive checkboxes. Just a thought.

Hi Cynyster, and welcome to Piriform. Defraggler doesn't have a problem excluding hidden files or folders. Can you explain what you mean exactly by that, and I mean do the files show up in the Defraggler "Exclude" dialogue but won't stick in the list of excluded files, or are they simply not showing up? I have no experience of PGP (Pretty Good Privacy?) encryption but others here may and may therefore know as to whether it could affect how Defraggler works. Do you have any other encrypted files excluded?

Yea, I could ban Shane until Winter hits down under for bragging about those temperatures.

OK, Recuva is out of the picture for a while, and no worries about making that back up Image at this stage as I only needed to know if you had the space somewhere for a back up Image, which you haven't confirmed by the way. The next option depends upon that error message, "Failed to scan the following drives: E:: Invalid drive size". not having any effect to prevent it. What size is Windows showing for the card? Download the following program, which is reputable and free, and see if it will scan your card. It will scan a RAW file system, so we'll see what your card shows up in it's scan ... Lazesoft Windows Data Recovery: One thing I will mention here, is that images and videos can be difficult to recover if the card or drive has been heavily used and not regularly cleared of files and freshly formatted occasionally. If images and videos are fragmented on the card, it can be hard for software to locate the individual parts, but see what Lazesoft comes up with, and there are other options to look at if the results aren't too positive. Fingers crossed for you.

23 degrees is sunbathing weather in the UK.