Hi just to help you out for recovery, there is a post in the help area of the forums that may assist with this, you can look through that to see if someone has mentioned something about corrupt files


Just to put it basically digital files are basically all 1s and 0s, ons and offs. The reason I mention this, is once you have "recovered" a file, if it is corrupt I think there is very little to do with this new recovered file as it has just transferred a bunch of wrong 1s and 0s.

Your best chance is to fix the file either in the card or during the recovery, not afterwards, though if your card is damaged it may not be possible.

As for the software needing a degree, I feel the same about cameras and photography at the moment, but the more I stick with it the more I learn, I know it is a sucky point, but if you persevere with it you may learn something useful that may help now and if it ever happens again (plus you can help friends and family once you become the resident corrupt file recoveyr expert).

I would suggest looking into specialized professional software elsewhere that photography people in these forums may not know much about if you get no luck here. It might cost you a few hundred dollars, but it would be cheaper than what was quoted to you, and you will know how to use it for life then.