Repair Damaged or Too Large JPG Photos: Solutions for Camera Files & Programs to Use

Question

I warmly welcome,

I have a problem with opening photos (message that the file may be damaged or too large) Photos were copied from the camera. One of the files is attached.

I am asking for help, a hint of what program can be used to repair - maybe someone had a similar problem or knows how to deal with it?

greetings
Robert

dt1 · Answer

Welcome. The structure of the file does not resemble a photo at all. Can you upload 2-3 other files?

Prot · Answer

And from what camera How were they copied (with some software? With some file manager?) Are they all damaged? The attached file has a damaged structure in the header, and at the end it has the entire database attached - a list of several dozen photos :cry: Sometimes even files damaged by ransomware (with only part of the file encrypted) can be recovered by mounting a healthy header from a photo (file) taken with the same camera in the hex editor. Try it yourself or possibly attach a jpg file that was also subject to this copying and you can open it

raroberto · Answer

All files are corrupted, as none of them can be opened. The photos were transferred from the Nikon D90 - I used the move, not copy option, so I don't have a copy on the camera ...

Attached are the last two photos from this series, the first one was added previously.

Robert B · Answer

These files also only contain the trash.

raroberto wrote:
I used the move not copy option

Basic error. First it copies itself, checks if it is readable and only deletes it from the source medium. If you have not written anything on the card, this is a chance for recovery.

raroberto · Answer

It is not exactly like that, because after the transfer I was looking at these photos and they were ok. Interesting is that you can see a thumbnail of some of them, but it is impossible to open the file.

Another idea is to recover data from the camera's memory card. When looking at the next photos taken on the camera, the numbering goes further, so they were not overwritten. What recovery program can I use?

safbot1st · Answer

Use Recuva directly on a camera card (?) Connected via a reader (?). Do not write anything on the card. Do you have a reader for it? Or is it the built-in memory of your camera and you are using it in mass storage mode? Do you use JPG or JPG + RAW (NEF) write mode? Provide detailed information so you don't have to guess. Added after 1 [minutes]: You don't answer questions. Did you transfer to HDD, or maybe to flash drives? Post SMART Disk from Crystal Disk Info. Enter the pen model. Added after 1 [minutes]: Nothing could be more wrong. Maybe you are just overwriting previous photos along and across. Stop overwriting and start recovering.

Anonymous · Answer

I also use it, but Recuva in the free version has big limitations. I don't remember anymore, but as long as it detected all files, only 10MB (?) Can be saved. But the unofficial versions are available on the Internet, and they can do anything.

safbot1st · Answer

@ Kraniec_Internetów I had no awareness. At least let him see if anything can be recovered. It is known -> how important photos are, first the partition letter deletion and the sector copy ...

Anonymous · Answer

It is important to enable Deep scan when scanning with Recuva. It may take quite a long time, but the program is very easy to use and does not require you to keep an eye on what is going on with your computer. Sectoral copy is, in my opinion, an unnecessary procedure. If there is something there, the program will find it and save it in a different place. He saved me after accidentally reformatting a drive with only a copy of the last 10 years of family photos ;) Redundant (a friend knows what), cut from the post. RADU23 Regards and a happy new year.

safbot1st · Answer

We have too little information, including no SMART, but it's worth being safe, because if the damage to the JPG format is the fault of the falling disk, there is no time to waste ...

raroberto · Answer

I will focus on recovering data from the card, but first I skip its contents. The current files are saved on the pendrive and this is probably the source of the problem.

My entries are quite chaotic but I have no experience with such topics, thank you all for the answers ;-)

safbot1st · Answer

We developed this theory with a friend @ Kraniec_Internetów . Write how much the pen has capacity (on the housing and in My Computer) and the view of the pen from the ChipGenius program.

pidar · Answer

I will ask if there was any error moving the files Show view partitions from DMDE after selecting this flash drive from physical devices. The actual reading itself in Flash Drive Information Extractor will give us more information on whether the fault is on the side of the flash drive.

mati211p · Answer

To which device the files were transferred and the next question that arises is why the files are looped every 128 sectors? If it was a different number, I think that the number 128 is so typical in computer science that maybe we are dealing with damage to the medium to which the files were transferred or, for example, a fake SD card or USB flash drive. This is for the first file. The second one also has repetitions of the same as 256 sectors, and the third file contains the same as the second even.
Confirmation below, nothing can be recovered from it:
File 1:

File 2:

File 3:

You have to try to recover from the device you transferred it from.

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