Recovered RAF files canot be viewed in ACR

[Billy26794495khcj]

I recently used a Sandisk recovery software to recover deleted RAF files from a memory card. The recovered photo files can be viewed/seen in Explorer but not in ACR (photo file is all black).

[Bojan Živković]

Have you tried with software listed on Fujifilm site https://fujifilm-dsc.com/en-int/manual/x-h1/technical_notes/software/index.html to convert recovered file to lets say TIFF or DNG or whatever format they offer just to ensure that file is sucesfully recovered.

[Billy26794495khcj]

I tried the Fujifilm Raw converter but it also cannot read the file.

[D Fosse · Accepted solution]

What you see in Explorer is the embedded jpeg preview. That's just a very small part of the file, not the full raw data. The jpeg may be fine while the main file is damaged.

[Billy26794495khcj]

If there is a jpeg embedded file in the recovered photo file can ACR not read it? The recovery software also saved a tif file together with the RAW file but it also could not be viewed in ACR or Photoshop.