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Rudolph Davis
Dec 11, 2015, 6:42:41 PM12/11/15
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I'm using Chrome with Session Buddy plugin, and somehow it's database file was written over with chrome cache file, but I managed to restore it partly using Recuva. Renamed it and launched Chrome, but Session Buddy showed page which said that there's something wrong with the plugin. So I guess it's corrupted and Session Buddy can't read it properly..
Are there any possible ways to repair SQlite database file ?
Are there any possible ways to repair SQlite database file ?
Rudolph Davis
Dec 11, 2015, 6:54:16 PM12/11/15
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wow.. thank god I had shadow copy up and running all the time. I managed to get back shadow copy of that DB file from December 9th, using ShadowExplorer... But this was impossible to restore it using Recuva (it doesn't search file's previous shadow copies).
Now I tried to replace it with current DB file, but strangely it doesn't work.. how it's possible if on Dec. 9th it worked OK - that's the date from which I recovered the DB file..
Now I tried to replace it with current DB file, but strangely it doesn't work.. how it's possible if on Dec. 9th it worked OK - that's the date from which I recovered the DB file..
Rudolph Davis
Dec 11, 2015, 7:02:05 PM12/11/15
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This is from console
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Rudolph Davis
Dec 12, 2015, 9:25:49 AM12/12/15
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It was working on 9th and before that, it got corrupted yesterday, that's December 11th...
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Rudolph Davis
Dec 12, 2015, 10:02:14 AM12/12/15
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So I just found out that all those DB files - 4 versions doesn't have "SQLite format 3 @ " at the beginning if you open it with N++
But the new one that is created by sessionbuddy has it.. other 4 versions have just NUL NUL NUL NUL NUL NUL NUL or random characters
Hans Meyer
Dec 12, 2015, 2:26:40 PM12/12/15
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Send me the restored DB files. I'll take a look.
Hans
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Rudolph Davis
Dec 13, 2015, 10:40:16 AM12/13/15
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I can't, it contains confidential url's etc.. But can you recommend anything to fix this ?
I have checked like 15 copies from various shadow copies, and every one has different first lines (in picture), the most oldest copy shows 'SQLite format' line, but others don't. And this oldest copy contains URL's. I've tried to recover it using SQLiteDoctor but it was unsuccessful. I guess Windows Shadow Copy compresses those files and they come out damaged and corrupted after restoring.
At first I used Recuva to recover the file when I realized it was missing, and it's status was Overwritten.
But then I found the same file in 4 shadow copies. At that time everything was OK, I restored them and none of them worked with Chrome.
On Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 9:26:40 PM UTC+2, Hansifer wrote:
Send me the restored DB files. I'll take a look.Hans
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I can't edit any posts, so I have to post a new one...
So I just found out that all those DB files - 4 versions doesn't have "SQLite format 3 @ " at the beginning if you open it with N++
But the new one that is created by sessionbuddy has it.. other 4 versions have just NUL NUL NUL NUL NUL NUL NUL or random characters
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Rudolph Davis
Dec 13, 2015, 10:48:33 AM12/13/15
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Just found that oldest file using Recuva, it's showing everything is OK, NOT Deleted and No overwritten clusters... How is it possible for it to not work ? Everywhere I use that file it's showing damaged or corrupted. But at that time I was using Chrome and Session Buddy extension, they all were 100% working.
Hans Meyer
Dec 13, 2015, 2:41:28 PM12/13/15
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I'm not familiar with Recuva or the process you're using to restore shadow copies, so I can't assist you with that.
Once you have a recovered SB user data file, though, make sure you refer to the "Advanced Restore" section of the following instructions to restore it into SB:
How to Back Up and Restore Session Buddy Data (Advanced Procedure)
Also, try opening the recovered file(s) with something like DB Browser for SQLite before trying to restore into SB to see if they're valid SQLite.
Hans
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Just found that oldest file using Recuva, it's showing everything is OK, NOT Deleted and No overwritten clusters... How is it possible for it to not work ? Everywhere I use that file it's showing damaged or corrupted. But at that time I was using Chrome and Session Buddy extension, they all were 100% working.
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Rudolph Davis
Dec 13, 2015, 2:48:05 PM12/13/15
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I have tried many SQLlite viewers before posting here, but none of them successfully opened the DB. "Invalid file format" was the most common error.
And when I used SQLiteDoctor, it showed:
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SQLiteDoctor
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Database is severely corrupted and SQLiteDoctor is not able to retrieve tables.
This is probably due to a failed write operation that resulted in a database header corruption. There is no way to recover this problem and application must Quit.
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OK
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This is showing when I open DB file from Nov. 25 - at that time everything was OK. So it should have opened without any problems, but now I'm starting to think that the problem is Shadow copy. Soon I'm gonna do System Restore to see if it helps..
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Hans Meyer
Dec 13, 2015, 9:32:31 PM12/13/15
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OK.
If you end up doing a System Restore, be aware that you may need to reinstall SB afterwards because it can be quirky about deleting Chrome extension code files.
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Rudolph Davis
Dec 18, 2015, 8:13:20 PM12/18/15
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Did a restore, but it didn't restore appdata folders... Even though everywhere it says that WSR restores programs and their data & files..
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