Hello everyone,
I recently experienced significant data loss due to hard drive failures, a virus, and an accidentally deleted partition across multiple HDDs. Using tools like Recuva and UFS Explorer, I managed to recover a substantial amount of data. However, the recovered files are now extremely unorganized, encompassing various file types with inconsistent naming, repairs, alignments, compressions, and more.
For example, I have photos in multiple versions:
- Thumbnails and full-size images
- With and without EXIF data
- Same photo in black and white, and in color
- Different orientations and alignments
My goal is to efficiently organize and deduplicate this data. I'm looking for the fastest and most effective methods or tools to help structure these complex datasets and remove duplicates. Specifically, I'm interested in:
- Recommended software for organizing large, mixed data sets
- Best practices for handling multiple versions of the same files (e.g., photos with different metadata or formats)
- Scripts or automation tools that can streamline the deduplication and organization process
Has anyone tackled a similar situation? Any strategies, tool recommendations, or tips would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your help!