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I have files which are pictures but i cannot view them because they are corrupted. What software can I use to recover them?

Thank you.

ha14
2012-04-22 12:15:00
PixRecovery. sharewarehttp://www.officerecovery.com/pixrecovery/Picture Doctorhttp://www.softorbits.com/picdoctor/ Irfanview 1) choose the "corrupted" images in the filebrowser 2) go to  File - JPG Lossless Operations - Lossless transformations with selected Thumbs3)choose: transformation: none, optimize JPG file, save with original date/time andKeep all APP markers.
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Bruce Epper
2012-04-22 06:41:00
You can try opening the files in IrfanView or PaintShop Pro and then doing a Save as... if it successfully opens it.  I have yet to see any software that can automatically do anything like this successfully.  You can also try the same thing with Photoshop or GIMP.