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Why the recovered file/ folders structure is not same as original?

 Modified on: August 28, 2020 |    3643 views

After scan, often the file/ folder structure in recovery software is found to be different than the original. Sometimes the file name may also change. It is because your drive, partition or media may be highly corrupt, inaccessible or formatted. The extreme logical damage in drive, results in loss of file system information or folder definitions, due to which, it is sometimes difficult to obtain the original file folder name or structure.

Also, fragmentation of files on hard drive over time can lead to severe drive corruption, which may cause the software to not retrieve the original file structure. 

Nonetheless, the software can recover the lost or deleted files even if the file/ folder structure is not same as original or the file name is changed. You can preview the found files after scan and save them at your chosen destination folder. 

Note: Don’t save the recovered files in the same drive or media from which it was lost.

 

When data is lost from drive, make sure you - 

  • Stop using the drive immediately to avoid overwriting.
  • Never try to attempt defragmentation of disk by using defragmentation utilities or updating software, etc.

 

2 User Comments

Hi,
I'm trying to recover som video files with your software, from an XQD card that accidentally got formated , but am getting the result that "No data found"
How can that be?

I did start the software as an administrator.

Best regards,
Sune

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Sune Tølløse

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Abdul Majid

Dear Sune,

We understand the situation that you are facing with the product.

Please provide us complete name and version of the product that you are using at your end.

We will definitely provide you the possible solution.

 

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