My mum's best friend came to me in a panic because her external hard drive, which contains all their family photos and memories, appears to be corrupted. There was no backup, and her son-in-law may have done something to it that caused the files to disappear. When I checked the drive, I found a lot of folders organized by year, but they only contain files like 'adb.chk', 'adb.log', and several others such as 'repository.adb', which seems to be the largest file on the drive. I'm wondering if this could be the result of a ransomware attack or if there's any way to recover the lost data. Has anyone encountered similar files or have ideas on how I can attempt to extract the data? I also found some references to recovery software that might help.
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It sounds like the files you found are not necessarily indicative of a ransomware infection. They appear to be standard file types related to certain backup or recovery systems. It might be worth looking into recovery software that specializes in dealing with external drives. You could also try connecting the drive to different computers to see if it gets recognized properly and check for hidden files.
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