Corrupt Images

Is there any way to fix corrupt images for Preview or whatever else? Or even just fix them so they can open at all.

I had a HD drive issue, turned out the cable was disconnected inside my tower. Either way, some photos I can't open but may others I can without any issues that are on the same drive. As well as other documents I have on this 2nd drive.

The Error Message I get is:

"Couldn't open the file. It may be corrupt or file formate that Preview doesn't recognize."

I've opened these .jpg or .jpeg in Preview and other apps. many times. But what boggles me is that the other images on this drive open just fine. Its just two folders. My friends wedding Pics and a folder of my friend and I at a party.

The main folder Im really concerned about is the pics I took for my best friends wedding. I'd just hate to loose them.

Thanks for your help if you can.

Regards.

Chances are you have some bad sectors on your hard drive so the data isn't what it is supposed to be. You are most likely out of luck unless you want to use a very expensive recovery service

trpnmonkey41 said:

Chances are you have some bad sectors on your hard drive so the data isn't what it is supposed to be. You are most likely out of luck unless you want to use a very expensive recovery service

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What would be this recovery service? I may be willing to pay the price if its within a price range I can afford for the Wedding photos I took.

Thanks for your input.

Regards.

Thanks.

Im actually copying over some of the things that are good, but after I do that could I just erase and redo the drive? Or will it still be bad even if I erase the whole thing and start fresh?

Thanks.