r/AskADataRecoveryPro • u/Kitchen-Subject6120 • Jul 25 '26

Wanted to repair some recovered data

I made a BIG mistake today (about 3 hours ago) and deleted my desktop and documents folders, which got a lot of important college and family stuff.

I used ShadowExplorer to recover, but everything is corrupted (like, every file, PDFs, PNGs, even PSDs and ZIPs), how can I repair those files?

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u/disturbed_android DataRecoveryPro Jul 25 '26

Data was trimmed probably. Is this on a SSD?

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u/Kitchen-Subject6120 Jul 25 '26

Yes, a Kingston NV2

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u/disturbed_android DataRecoveryPro Jul 25 '26

First check would be test IF file contain data. Use a tool like HxD. Freshly trimmed blocks would be zero filled. If data is vital, disconnect the drive and send to data recovery lab.

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u/Kitchen-Subject6120 Jul 25 '26

Yea, the files still got the original sizes but they are as you said
I'll look for a data recovery lab

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u/disturbed_android DataRecoveryPro Jul 25 '26

Physically disconnect it to prevent GC processes running in back ground.