It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/lostigresblancos on 2024-10-06 16:11:41.

EDIT:

THANKS SO MUCH to everyone who commented and helped me find out what happened. It sucks, but due to it being a cheap SD card that lies about capacity it overwrote the files when she mass imported them . Lesson learned, we will only be buying quality cards from now on.

Also, I think she bought the same ones for the kid's nintendo switches, better change those too.

Hi my wife moved her photos off her phone to an external SD card and I believe the headers all got corrupted. Cannot open any files on desktop or phone.

Ive been researching how to fix this for her, but i am concerned about downloading malware or getting scammed / hacked.

Options i have found:

1. Manually replace the header with an EXIF tool : exiftool.org, XVI32 , HXD editor (probably not the best option for my skill level, would rather pay for a tool that actually works or a legit person whos not a scammer)
2. https://www.anyrecover.com/photo-restoration/
3. R-photo https://www.r-undelete.com/free_photo_recovery/
4. Disk tuna https://www.disktuna.com/ (User https://www.reddit.com/user/seven-ooo-seven/ is banned?)
5. Photorec https://www.cgsecurity.org
6. Paid person to manually do the work : ie https://www.jpegmedic.com
7. Stellar (lots of people saying this is a scam)
8. https://repairit.wondershare.com/
9. https://www.desertdatarecovery.com/
10. https://www.easeus.com/video-repair-tips/repair-corrupted-jpeg-online.html

Please help me find a solution, this has really upset the wife as there were pictures of our kids and vacations that were affected.