Case study, Story goes like: Accidentally deleted some pictures. Recovered them but they’re corrupted. Anyway to fix it? “I used Recuva to recover a good chunk of my pictures that were deleted but it seems that even though the file was recovered I can’t view its contents? Any program that helps with this? They were… Read More: Accidentally deleted pictures from SSD. Recovered but they’re corrupted. »
I am working on a small repair tool that allows you to repair MP3 and WAV files that are affected by STOP/DJVU ransomware. To test it I need files encrypted by this ransomware. To repair WAV files the tool requires a reference file: A file recorded with the same device or same software as the… Read More: Media-Repair. Small repair tool for MP3 and WAV files affected… »
Original question: Help, I deleted my entire DCIM folder from mobile phone (Samsung) Micro SD Card. Can I recover my photos? A typical answer to this question in many forums and communities is, pull the SD Card from the phone and run PhotoRec. This is indeed an option, but I’m not sure if it’s the… Read More: Recover deleted DCIM folder on android mobile phone (Samsung) »
2.8.257 – May 19, 2025 update # JPEG-Repair, update fixes regression (“editing disabled”, failure to repaint screen after resizing window) introduced in 2.8.252 2.8.252 – May 5, 2025 update # JpegDigger bug with large drives (overflow) # JpegDigger YKUSH XS improvements # JpegDigger updated buy-now URL (MyCommerce went bankrupt) # JPEG-Repair fixes bugs with extracting… Read More: Recent changes to JPEG-Repair Toolkit »
Recovering your precious photos from a SD card can be challenging enough after accidental file deletion or formatting. Recovering data from an unstable SD Card may prove to even more difficult. Recovering data from an unstable SD Card Many file, photo and data recovery tools available focus on file recovery. Their efforts focus on discovery… Read More: Unstable SD card with bad sectors data recovery – freezing,… »
It turns out, RAW Nikon files (NEF) are easier to ‘repair’ even than RAW Canon files. I will expand this post this week, and add a video, but full resolution JPEGs can be extracted from corrupt NEF files affected by STOP DJVU without the trickery required to repair Canon CR2 files. It appears the full… Read More: Nikon RAW NEF and STOP DJVU ransomware »
Leapp refurbished iPhone 8 = als nieuw (niet!) De hel genaamd Leapp.nl .. Tsja, het lijkt een sympathiek idee. Een 2e hands iPhone, echter helemaal nagekeken en met garantie. Ik heb zelf niets met iPhone or Apple, maar het is een mode-ding onder tieners, dus dochterlief wil er een. Een refurbished iPhone lijkt de ideale… Read More: Leapp refurbished iPhone 8 – Binnen maand stuk (Dutch article) »
Restart markers make the difference This YouTube channel by my friend and colleague Nguyễn Vũ Hà has many great examples of JPEG-Repair being used to repair STOP/DJVU ransomware affected files. This video in particular is a great showcase on how JPEG restart markers prevent corruption propagating through the JPEG image stream. As you can see… Read More: JPEG restart markers to the rescue »
Wondershare (RecoverIt), Stellar and DiskDrill unethical(?) marketing. It’s no secret that I am not a fan of Wondershare’s RecoverIt. I think it’s a very poor, over hyped tool. And yet you see it pop up it’s ugly face everywhere, despite the fact you can get get superior software for less money. Now, in my opinion… Read More: Wondershare (RecoverIt) gets the boot from majorgeeks.com »
This post if about the power of big tech companies like Microsoft (I have had similar experiences with Google), and also about the human touch being replaced by AI. About artificial intelligence make decisions, and the failure to provide effective channels to correct mistakes made by AI. I normally never beg for up-votes, shares or… Read More: AV False positives are a plague, specially those by AI »