Recovered music files won't open

[Sluggo9]

I recovered over 3K music files with Recuva, but can not open them. They are MP4 and MP3 audio files that definitely contain data and don't seem to be shortcuts or empty shells. Each recovered file is labeled with a "$" with numbers and letters that follow. I have tried everything to,open...QuickTime, iTunes, VLC, Windows media, etc, but nothing works. Is there anything I can do??? Is there any other software to use on these recovered files to try and get them opened. I want to add them back to my iTunes library. I had deleted them as duplicates in iTunes , but deleted the wrong file.... Long story. GREATLY APPRECIATE any help!!! THANKS!!!!!

[Augeas]

Files with names starting with $R and $I have been deleted using the recycler. The $R files contain the file data, the matching 544-byte $I file contains the file name and other info which is not necessary for file recovery.

 

Look at the file header in Recuva advanced mode. Does it contain a valid file header for that type of file (compare with another valid file)? If not then the chances of recovery are slim,.

[Sluggo9]

They have already been recovered so I can not view header info.  All the files begin with $I  (ex: $I00UZCY, $I0BDCCI, $I1VPGKC

$IQJZMRL, $IWT1970).  Any suggestions? Thanks for your help!!!!!!

Files with names starting with $R and $I have been deleted using the recycler. The $R files contain the file data, the matching 544-byte $I file contains the file name and other info which is not necessary for file recovery.

 

Look at the file header in Recuva advanced mode. Does it contain a valid file header for that type of file (compare with another valid file)? If not then the chances of recovery are slim,.

[Augeas]

If these files are 544 bytes long then they are no use to you. It's difficult to see how you have thousands of $I files and no $R files. (I have no knowledge of I-tunes, I presume it doesn't use $I as a file name.)

[Andavari]

Being that small at 544 bytes they're useless as Augeas has stated.

 

To test audio files for corruption I've always used the free AudioTester, just drag 'n' drop a folder of audio files onto it's window.

[Sluggo9]

Being that small at 544 bytes they're useless as Augeas has stated.

 

To test audio files for corruption I've always used the free AudioTester, just drag 'n' drop a folder of audio files onto it's window.

they are each 544 bytes long and I can not find the R files anywhere........I will check out audio tester and see what happens regarding quality. Do you think there is anyway to use the $I to track and bring back the full file somehow? I am really hoping to salvage this somehow. All I did was delete duplicates in iTunes and made sure that I did NOT delete from computer and only iTunes. The files ended up in recycle bin on my windows 7 platform and I brought them back to a separate hard drive with recuva. can't understand what happened?????? uggggggh!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP! I wish I could simply convert the $I, but it doesn't look that way from what you had said! Any other programs I could try? thank you again!!!

[Augeas]

There's nothing you can do with the $I files, they are not audio files. It's difficult to know what happened to the $R files without knowing exactly what you've done. They were generated by Windows when the files were sent to the recycler, so they must have existed at the time the recycler was emptied.