foremost.sf.net will do data carving and help you out. See http://tommix.net/.vee/1223326892.2008-10-06T21:01:32.html for a link to a decent article.
-jim On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Barry Marchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I deleted a file on a cf card without copying it. I have dd the full card to > a temp file, opened the temp file with khexedit and altered the 1st char of > the file name so the file appears in the now mounted temp file/dir. > > The file I want is an avi file, 67 mb. The card is formatted fat16 with > IBMbios No writing has been done to the card since i made the deletion. > > The date now appears corrupt. Output from mplayer follows... > > mplayer: could not connect to socket > mplayer: No such file or directory > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote > control. > > Playing /G/cfcarddata/dcim/109canon/mvi_0987.avi. > AVI file format detected. > AVI: Missing video stream!? Contact the author, it may be a bug :( > libavformat file format detected. > [avi @ 0x865e014]Could not find codec parameters (Video: mjpeg, 640x480) > VIDEO: [MJPG] 640x480 24bpp 30.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) > Xv: could not grab port 61 > Could not find free Xvideo port - maybe another process is already using it. > Close all video applications, and try again. If that does not help, > see 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. > ========================================================================== > Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family > Selected video codec: [ffmjpeg] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MJPEG decoder) > ========================================================================== > ========================================================================== > Trying to force audio codec driver family libmad... > Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder > AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 352.8 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 44100->44100) > Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM) > ========================================================================== > [AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource > busy > AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 1ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) > Starting playback... > > Xine produces a blank screen > > Any ideas what else I can do to recover the data? > > Barry > >
