Corrupted Image

[MagicHunta]

Hi guys,

 

 

This should probably go to the Lounge section... but I used Recuva to recovered the image. So i'm not sure XD

 

Does anyone know a program to fix corrupted images?

or maybe know how to fix corrupted images?

 

I deleted an image from my camera by accident, then I recovered it with Recuva; however, the image is now corrupted =(

 

Picture viewable in preview:

 

then when you open it:

 

 

I also uploaded the actual corrupted image onto Mediafire. If anyone know how to fix, that can be great!

Download Here

 

 

 

 

Cheers.

[redhawk]

Preview isn't the same as looking at the main image because some jpgs can contain embedded preview data.

If the file you've extracted is corrupted then that's how it will look unfortunately.

 

Did you use Recuva straight after the deletion or did you take more photos??

 

Richard S.

[Nergal]

Strangly, I found something describing your extact problem and solution

 

I had a similar issue.

 

What happened was:

 

1: Stupid me deleted the wrong directory.

 

2: I used an "undelete" Program to recover the lost files.

 

3: This "brought back" the files... but also created new problem.

 

4: In Windows Explorer... I could "see" the thumbnail of the JPEG file... when I tried to open the image with through Windows Explorer / Windows Picture and Fax Viewer)... I kept getting an error message - something like "Drawing could not be rendered"... or something like that.

 

5: I tried several programs - including InfraView... but nothing worked.

 

WHAT DID WORK.

 

6: Paint Shop Pro (my version is 8). I opened PSP (not Photoshop)... selected the Browse option, navigated to the sub-directory that had the "recovered files".

 

7: I double-clicked on the image - AND IT OPENED.

 

8: I immediately saved the image back onto itself. (You might consider saving it somewhere else... the file I was over-writing was already a copy of the original).

 

9: Returning to Windows Explorer - I could now open the image with Picture and Fax Viewer.

 

OF COURSE... THERE ARE ALWAYS ISSUES.

 

10: Eventhough the image was recovered (THANK GOD AND THANK YOU PAINT SHOP PRO)... I noticed (at the bottom of every re-saved image) a grey line / bar (spanning the width of the image) about 10 pixels tall. But (for me) that was acceptible.

 

Hope this helps.

 

it depends on the corruption on wither this will work, so as RedHawk said

 

Did you use Recuva straight after the deletion or did you take more photos??

 

Which will help us to determine how baddly they may be corrupted (the more they've been overwritten the less likely you'll be able to save them)

 

No matter what, please come back and tell us how you faired with these directions

[MagicHunta]

Thanx guys,

 

Yes I use Recuva straight after the deletion, didn't do anything else.

I deleted 3 images from my Camera (Sony DSC-T10) and the corrupted image bring the last image i deleted. Right when I deleted that image, I use Recuva to recover it.

The previous 2 images i deleted recovered fine, but I don't need those. Only the 3rd image is corrupted.

 

As for the solution Nergal found, I already tried that.

That person's problem was that he cannot open it up. He gets "Drawing could not be rendered" error.

 

But for me, there's no error message at all. It opens, but is corrupted (Look at my second image)

 

 

Cheers.

[redhawk]

I hate to break the news but the file is not recoverable it appears to contain data of another image from your memory card.

 

 

When using Recuva was the file status: "Excellent", "Poor" or "Unrecoverable" ??

 

Richard S.

[MagicHunta]

That sucks =(

I think that image is another image I deleted before hand.

When using Recuva, the file status was "Excellent" (See Images)

 

I have tried it again today using Recuva on my Camera. (Different result showed up)

 

Images:

 

 

Maybe this one is recoverable?

_SC03698.zip

 

 

Cheers.

[redhawk]

Not recoverable either, apart from the bit of text at start the remainder of the file is full of $00's

 

Richard S.

[MagicHunta]

Aw Okay~

 

Thank you very much for your time =)

 

 

Cheers.