External USB Disk Recovery

[Divaldo]

I've been handed an external Toshiba disk dive, it's unreadable and Windows asks be if I want to format it as soon as I plug it in but it has a member of staff's wedding photos stored on it. They'd really like them back if possible.

 

I've done a scan with photorec and left it overnight. I've come in this morning and it's recovered about 3GB's worth of data which sounds about right. The trouble is the data is all in one large file, SWF format (with the exception of a handful of txt files). He definitely didn't make his wedding photos into a Flash movie so I'm guessing it's some kind of encrypted file.

 

Does anyone know of a way to extract the contents somehow or are the photos doomed?

 

Thank you.

[Cazab]

They need to go to a professional data recovery service. I would not touch this with a 10-foot barge pole.

 

Don't get involved, you don't want any chance of liability!

[Brax]

They need to go to a professional data recovery service. I would not touch this with a 10-foot barge pole.

 

Don't get involved, you don't want any chance of liability!

Agree, it's a personal device so would not fall under your support to the school.

[Jawloms]

I'd say you've tried and been unable at this point. Like @Cazab says - you don't want anyone pointing the finger at you for losing them, even though you clearly didn't.