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  Corrupt .DAT file from DSLR (need assistance recovering it please!!)

  Posted by Beaumont Loewenthal on March 12, 2012 at 3:17 am

  Hi Everyone,

  This is my first post here.

  Basically, I was using my Canon 600D to record a seminar and while I was doing so I had to quickly change batteries and pulled out the battery without stopping record. When I transferred the files, there was a .DAT file among my .movs. I did a quick search on Google and noticed that someone else had the same problem and through this I figured out that it must have been the battery thing. I did a test on my DSLR and pulled the battery out while recording again, and it created a .DAT file again, so it must mean that the camera isn’t given time to create a .mov I’m guessing.

  Anyway, after searching and downloading a lot of (useless) programs, I found out about Treasured, which is like a file recovery program and it showed me clips of my footage! But I would have to pay something barbaric to get them. But at least I know that the file has my actual video data in it.

  Does anyone have any suggestions on how I would go about extracting/recovering my data? Any help would be appreciated.

  Kind regards,

  Beau

  Beaumont Loewenthal replied 13 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Zohur Miah

  February 23, 2013 at 1:41 am

  I have exactly the same problem. During recording a dance scene someone knocked over my tripod and the battry came out. I go home to find a DAT file instead of the dance! I also looked at Treasured but was very expensive!!!! I found fixdatfile.com which doesnt show prices on their site for some reason, but it cost me £10 to recover my 1.6GB dance clip. They also send u a preview like Treasured!
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  Beaumont Loewenthal

  February 23, 2013 at 9:33 am

  Hey Zohur,

  Thanks for letting me know about that site if that ever happens in the future. Glad you got it fixed too.

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