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Zero byte .wav file - how to restore?
daspyknows:
Got to deal with this. As the second set of the Bruce Cockburn show ended I see my recorder has a file error message on the screen. I checked midway through the set and everything was fine. 4GB left on the card so no idea how or why it happened.
morst:
I have had great success with the free version of ZAR, but it only runs on windows
https://www.z-a-recovery.com/download.aspx
Suggest using a machine with windows to do this...
Or here's the Lexar Data Safe recovery software for either Mac or PC
https://www.lexar.com/download_cat/recovery_tool-en-gb/
daspyknows:
No luck so far. The fixwav program which I used years ago doesn't run under Windows 10.
buckster:
--- Quote from: daspyknows on December 11, 2021, 04:52:19 PM ---No luck so far. The fixwav program which I used years ago doesn't run under Windows 10.
--- End quote ---
So no luck with the steps enumerated in that YouTube video posted above?? It's a little long winded, but the steps are pretty straight forward. I have them written down and just recently had to fix a zero byte file and did so successfully on Win 10. One substitution in the steps is to use CD Wave Editor instead of VLC Media Player.
daspyknows:
Tried that and a few other things but no luck. Luckily another source but disappointing.
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