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Is there a way to extract jpgs from Thumb.db?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 11:07 pm
by Doombie
Recently my 2TB HDD suddenly died with no chance of recovery and it contained a lot of valuable images for me. Is there a way to at least extract their thumbnails from XnView's Thumb.db? I tried
Thumbs Viewer,
Thumbcache Viewer,
decThumbsDBViewer,
ExtractJPEG and some other things, but they all failed. Anything else I could do?
Re: Is there a way to extract jpgs from Thumb.db?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:24 pm
by helmut
Thumbnails are typically small (e.g. 192 x 144 px) unless you have forced XnView to use larger thumbnails. I'm hesitant to say it but I doubt that there's much use in little thumbnails but maybe better than nothing. Maybe Pierre (xnview) can provide a way to extract thumbnails from your thumb.db or do it for you as an individual one-time service. I cross my fingers that you'll find a way to restore your images.
Re: Is there a way to extract jpgs from Thumb.db?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:38 pm
by cday
Doombie wrote: Sat Apr 02, 2022 11:07 pm
Recently my 2TB HDD suddenly died with no chance of recovery and it contained a lot of valuable images for me.
Happily I've never had that experience, but I was by chance reading recently and not for the first time that very often data can be recovered from a failed drive: if the images are irreplaceable have you considered seeking professional help, maybe from a computer store or other source?