On Oct 9, 10:44 pm, "news.rcn.com" <news.rnc.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know which undelete utility works to recover an .avi file
> please? I need it for one avi file which my Archos DVR accidentally deleted.
>
> I have tried freeundelete but it recovers it as some type of corrupted DIVX
> file which I don't seem to be able to repair. I am a bit unwilling to pay to
> buy a utility which I would use once and which might do the same on this 2
> gig file of which I actually need only a few megabytes.
>
> I don't think it was designed for avi files although I cant understand how
> it can recover a file into anything other than the condition it was in
> before the delete took place? Is there a possibility that it might work if
> run again a few times? It takes (at least)overnight to do whatever it does
My guess is that your Archos DVR is a FAT32 device. My recent testing
with FAT 32 devices indicates that the upper 16 bits of the FAT
pointer are often cleared when the file is deleted. This makes
recovery difficult, even if the directory entry still exists.
Also, is the file you want likely to be a contigious files, or could
it be fragmented. Again, my tests indicate that an incomplete .avi
file does not run. Partial MPEGs can work quite well.
You can try the demo of my software,
www.cnwrecovery.com and this will
indicate if you will get files (maybe .wav extension) of the correct
length. You will need to do a Raw Image, and split on file starts.
However, the software at the moment does not handle fragmented files
when dealing with Raw recovery. I am prepared to offer you a free
licence on the basis that you buy a licence ($19.99) if you can
recover your files.
Michael
www.cnwrecovery.com
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