Category Archives: Zonder categorie

Professional grade data recovery software on a budget

Who does not want it, professional grade data recovery software on a budget when you have an immediate need for it? Forget Stellar, forget the Disk Drill and RecoverIt! Although I have been and still am an enthusiastic advocate for ReclaiMe File Recovery, I try to keep an open mind and test other tools regularly.… Read More »

Recover a fragmented, non-contiguous, incomplete JPEG

Fragmentation on FAT file systems and file recovery Most memory cards in camera’s are formatted with a flavor of the FAT file system (FAT32, exFAT). A property of FAT file system is that after deletion or formatting the card, non contiguous or fragmented files can not be recovered in one piece. This is due to… Read More »

Aiseesoft Data Recovery – Short review: Waste of time

Aiseesoft Data Recovery was spammed in https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecovery/, on offer was a free license. So that was a nice opportunity to test the abilities of the software. I paste my comments on the software after subjecting it to a short test, more or less in verbatim. Aiseesoft Data Recovery – short review Okay. As Aiseesoft Data… Read More »

Stellar Photo Recovery put to the test

Stellar Photo Recovery put to the test. If Stellar Photo Recovery is unable to recover photos then that does not mean that recovery is impossible. Stellar Photo Recovery is a popular product, recommended on many forums and by ‘professional’ review sites. Is this justified? I don’t doubt that many are able to recover photos with… Read More »

repair-jpeg

Repair-JPEG.exe is the utility created by Wim Vanmaele that inspired me to add patching to my own JPEG Repair software. I can locate only one source on the internet that refers to this program. If that for some reason would seize to exist all references to it will be lost, which is why I will… Read More »

How to recover data from corrupted RAF photos

JPG-Repair Toolkit allows you to recover data from corrupted RAF photos (JPEG). Fujifilm RAW photos (RAF) contain the raw, ‘undeveloped’ sensor data. JPG-Repair Toolkit can process multiple RAW files (RAF) files in batch. Commonly RAW photos embed one or more JPEGs: a low resolution thumbnail, a medium resolution preview, and in many cases a full… Read More »

How to recover data from corrupted PEF photos

JPG-Repair Toolkit allows you to recover data from corrupted PEF photos (JPEG). Pentax RAW photos (PEF) contain the raw, ‘undeveloped’ sensor data. JPG-Repair Toolkit can process multiple Pentax RAW files (PEF) files in batch. Commonly Pentax RAW photos embed one or more JPEGs: a low resolution thumbnail, a medium resolution preview, and in many cases… Read More »