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Title: IRiver Record shows 0kb, but used space shows 400 MB - SOLVED
Post by: thebeaker on April 29, 2018, 06:39:07 PM

Hi,

I need your help.
I recorded today something and when I wanted to switch off the Iriver, it got stuck in "Recording".
So i had to do a hard reset.

Now I have R_Line_001.wav with 0kb, but Windows shows used space 400MB.
So there is definetly something written, but not there :(

I tried show "hidden files" in windows, used Recuva and tried chkdsk /f /x - but none helped me.

Does anyone have an idea? :( Please :o)

Title: Re: IRiver Record shows 0kb, but used space shows 400 MB
Post by: thebeaker on April 30, 2018, 01:27:07 AM

File has 0 kB, nothing happens :(

Title: Re: IRiver Record shows 0kb, but used space shows 400 MB
Post by: vanark on April 30, 2018, 06:25:16 AM

There are some suggestions in this thread :
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=117279.0

Title: Re: IRiver Record shows 0kb, but used space shows 400 MB
Post by: goodcooker on April 30, 2018, 08:53:29 AM

Try dragging the file into CD Wave Editor and save as a new wav file. It sometimes will attach a new header to problem files.

It that doesn't work there are several header repair programs out there that are free.

Title: Re: IRiver Record shows 0kb, but used space shows 400 MB
Post by: thebeaker on May 01, 2018, 09:17:45 AM

Thanks for all advice!
I also resolved it with https://www.easeus.com/resource/data-recovery-software.htm

This was able to find the file under an another Name.

Thx!