TL;DR: I deleted mp4 files from a HD, and I need to recover them.
So this is the story. I deleted a bunch of .mov and .mp4 files from an external disk I had. Come years later I wanted to recover them. After using a couple of recovery softwares (EaseUS and something else) I recovered the files I wanted, but some of the mov and mp4 files were corrupted (theyd just freeze at a certain point).
I am 100% sure I did not add any files, or even remove any files from the HD after deleting the files, so they were for sure not overwritten.
After some research I found out that mp4 files are fragmented so the recovery software I used couldnt piece it back together. I found another program that does do de-fragmenting but it was design for microchips and my HD was 512 gb, so it was not possible to do in an adequate amount of time.
I figured I might find an mp4 expert on here that could help me solve this problem. Thanks in advance.
So this is the story. I deleted a bunch of .mov and .mp4 files from an external disk I had. Come years later I wanted to recover them. After using a couple of recovery softwares (EaseUS and something else) I recovered the files I wanted, but some of the mov and mp4 files were corrupted (theyd just freeze at a certain point).
I am 100% sure I did not add any files, or even remove any files from the HD after deleting the files, so they were for sure not overwritten.
After some research I found out that mp4 files are fragmented so the recovery software I used couldnt piece it back together. I found another program that does do de-fragmenting but it was design for microchips and my HD was 512 gb, so it was not possible to do in an adequate amount of time.
I figured I might find an mp4 expert on here that could help me solve this problem. Thanks in advance.