HELP!- External HD corrupted files, any way to recover them?!?!

[roccenstein]

 

I bought a new external HD and was in the process of transferring my photos (all 220gb of them) that were all in one folder sorted by date.  It was going to take around 4 hours to complete.  When it was a little over half way done, my computer shut off for some reason.  After restarting, I went to check the new HD and everything that had been transferred to that point was OK, but of course it wasn't all there.  I then went to the old HD and noticed some of the folders looked like the pic I attached...

Also, if I try to delete any of these files I get an error message and am unable to.  Please tell me there's a way to recover these!!!

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[patio]

You need to try and copy/move them in smaller increments...220G is waay too large a file copy transfer...

[roccenstein]

Well yeah, I figured that was the problem now (hindsight being 20/20), but is there anything I can do about the files that appear like those in the pic I attached?

[roccenstein]

Would a system restore to a point prior to the transfer fix them even though they're on an external HD?

[patio]

No...System Restore only deals with system files...

Recuva may work.

[roccenstein]

I was able to recover some of the corrupted files using a program called ' EaseUS Data Recovery'.  I'm not sure yet if it recovered everything but it definitely recovered a lot.

[patio]

Good news...

[roccenstein]

Yeah, the only bad thing is it it seemed to recover all files of a type (pdf for ex.), placed them in the same folder and renamed them (file 01, file 02, etc) so I'm having to go through each one to figure out what they are.  Still, better than losing everything.

[patio]

Time to develop a solid backup strategy...

[roccenstein]

That was the whole point of this.   I had one external HD that was getting full and had bought a new one and was going to be scheduling regular backups, lol...