I have a question with Extra found files?

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I have a question with Extra found files?

Post by xintensex » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:22 pm

R-Studio is scanning my drive and is finding all these tiny sized mpg files? Lots of them, and putting them in my Extra Found Files Folder? Wat are these? I didnt have these on my drive, is there something wrong?

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Re: I have a question with Extra found files?

Post by Guest » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:34 pm

Also its finding Vob and Txt files wat are these?

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Re: I have a question with Extra found files?

Post by Alt » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:35 pm

No, nothing wrong. Sometimes R-Studio may find wrong files among Extra Found Files. That is why scanning for known file types (or raw file search) is a less reliable file recovery algorithm.
You may even try to preview those files. Most likely unsuccessfully. But don't worry, that does not affect chances for file recovery.

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Re: I have a question with Extra found files?

Post by xintense » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:32 pm

Ok it also had stills in a folder from Vids, all the frames, is that common? Are any of them files in Them folders important?

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Re: I have a question with Extra found files?

Post by Alt » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:27 am

Guest wrote:Also its finding Vob and Txt files wat are these?
vob are remains of DVDs
txt are some text files

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Re: I have a question with Extra found files?

Post by Alt » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:31 am

xintense wrote:Ok it also had stills in a folder from Vids, all the frames, is that common? Are any of them files in Them folders important?
When scanning for known file types, R-Studio may find quite bizarre files. The best way to understand how much they are important is to preview them.
But files found in the main folders/files are better to recover, generally they are the original lost files.

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