the culprit (photo from Google) |
I went to Google (like in any situation), and typed in "recover corrupted files". I landed to so many pages offering different softwares but this one was what I downloaded -- EaseUs Data Recovery Wizard.
Then I made the best decision. I gave up. Gracefully. Haha. I realized it was a good move to quit especially when I know that regardless of how resourceful I am when it comes to researching solutions to any day to day problems, I was not given any technical giftings. Dude, until now I get so confused whenever I try to download a movie. You can imagine how hard it is for me to even try and find certain software for corrupted file retrieval.
Anyway, to cut the boring story short, I shouted out my predicament on Facebook. You know, the usual rants when something terrible happens to you. And lo and behold, in less than 5 minutes, I got a PM from a friend whom I met thru Monster Hug Pillow.
Gwen Janelle Lontok, a buyer of the pillow, instructed me to do key in the following on the computer's cmd screen:
attrib -h -r -s /s /d drive:\*.*
Again, that's attrib(space)-h(space)-r(space)-s(space)/s(space)/d(space)[corrupted drive]:\*.*
In my case, since the USB was in drive J, the formula I encoded looks like this:
attrib -h -r -s /s /d j:\*.*
Apparently, Gwen who is no IT/CS person has been using this formula to save corrupted files back in college. Why didn't I know this in college?! Unfair! I should say whoever invented this formula is a genius because in a split of second upon entering the code, my files were back! Imagine I spent almost a couple of hours searching and downloading those pricey software and here's this little magic trick that brought back all my treasure in no time!
Nice trick! I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in a somewhat IT-related course and I did not even know this. Haha. Thanks thanks much for sharing! :D
ReplyDeleteI know right?! This is too useful not to share.
DeleteNice trick! Very helpful.
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm so glad you got your files back. I didn't even know about this formula. But luckily, I haven't experienced getting my files corrupt. Usually some of my files just gets hidden and I can easily recover them by inputting the destination. The worst that happened to me though was getting my hard drive broken >.<
ReplyDeletesorry this is an idiot's question: how to get to the cmd screen? thanks!
ReplyDeleteThere's no stupid question, only stupid answer :) You just click on the start button of your computer and type either "command" or "cmd" at the search field. :) HTH!
Deletethanks, had the same experience before, good thing konti at di masyadong important yung files na na-corrupt. better to know what to do the next time it happens. thanks for sharing this is really helpful!
Deleteand I have to bookmark this post so I won't go through and search your archives just in case... :) thank you again!
Deletehappy to help! you're welcome! :)
DeleteThis is very helpful, I didn't know that corrupted files can still be recovered.
ReplyDeleteI know! This works like charm. Glad I was of help :)
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