Hello Guys recently i had a problem when trying to install windows i selected the wrong hard-drive and on that hardrive it had my sony vegas projects and it got formmated, and somehow i managed to recover the projects but they are corrupted and i can't open any of them... is there a way to fix this? this are really important files.
My Vegas is Pro 21.0 202 version.
You need to update MAGIX (NOT Sony) VEGAS Pro 21 to build 300 first. Then try to open them.
Hello fr0sty i have updated to the 300 version still couldn't open, the thing is i formatted the wrong drive using media boot creation from windows 11 then i canceled it at 51% because i got scared while i see the disk going gone. im not sure but i think we can make a deal if u want i can send u the projects from vegas pro trough wetransfer and see if u could fix, i can pay something if u want. those projects are really important and i can't really lose them.
First off, have you re-installed Windows on the C drive? If yes, have you re-inestalled Vegas Pro (no matter which version) on that C drive?
But the big question is whether or not your Vegas Pro .veg files have been resurrected from the corrupted hard drive via an app like RECUVA or similar? If yes, it is unfortunately possible that the .veg files are corrupted beyond redemption no matter what computer they are used on.
Hopefully, you have followed advice many times mentioned on this forum over the years which is to backup / save .veg files (as well as media) onto backup devices such as external hardrives (desktop or portable) or onto the cloud. Relying on only having a .veg file without backup copies is destined to become a disaster if the hardrive fails or the harddrive is inadvertantly reformatted.
The sony vegas is installed on c:drive and the projects files are on an external usb drive d: but yes i recovered them from using wondershare it recovery, but well guess theres nothing i can't do now to ressurect them...
The sony vegas is installed
😩 Good grief.
@DyogoCosta Go carefully, the free recovery programs are very limited in what they can recover. I plugged one of my spinny drives into a new PC via a USB port and windows wanted to format it. It did not see it as a used drive. It offered me an option to assign a drive letter which I thought was OK but it changed the file system type to one that windows did not recognise so the drive was unreadable. I tried all the free recovery programs which were useless. In the end I bought Disk Genius which allowed me to recover all my files on the drive. The drive still spins and is accessible by Disk Genius anytime I need to recover files again but can never be restored to windows unless formatted. Your choice is to send it away for file recovery or try the more sophisticated paid recovery options and try yourself. here is a link to Disc genius which saved my files to have a look. The standard edition is $70. I went with the professional version. (There is a free version but I don't know if it would get back what you need).
@DyogoCosta Go carefully, the free recovery programs are very limited in what they can recover. I plugged one of my spinny drives into a new PC via a USB port and windows wanted to format it. It did not see it as a used drive. It offered me an option to assign a drive letter which I thought was OK but it changed the file system type to one that windows did not recognise so the drive was unreadable. I tried all the free recovery programs which were useless. In the end I bought Disk Genius which allowed me to recover all my files on the drive. The drive still spins and is accessible by Disk Genius anytime I need to recover files again but can never be restored to windows unless formatted. Your choice is to send it away for file recovery or try the more sophisticated paid recovery options and try yourself. here is a link to Disc genius which saved my files to have a look. The standard edition is $70. I went with the professional version. (There is a free version but I don't know if it would get back what you need).
I used WonderShare It Recovery, not now so sure if it can recover the vegas projets but i will give it a try onto ur program... god damn... i mean i had a backup on a disk but that disk burned due to a storm surge tempest, and i always skipped again the backup... some stuff is saved in google photos but not the most important ones...
Dyogo, I think you need to let this one go and put some backups in place.
I've always had reliable backups for my needs with a 5 TB backup drive and Aomei Backup.
Wondershare products, in my experience, can be novel or a bit sketchy, I've don't have experience with their recovery.
In one of my less memorable moments, I overwrote a separate storage drive, and recovered most of my files (and a ton of garbage) with Recuva.
Tip: When you want to protect video projects, save them with assets to a folder, and then zip that folder. I have found that zipped archives survive inadvertent formatting better than unprotected folders.
If you have overwritten parts of the vegas file you have recovered the file is likely to be useless.