I am trying to rebuild an Adobe Lightroom catalog file which is basically a SQLite database. In this case the file was accidently deleted and recovered using Disk Drill. When I use .dump to create an SQL file, I only get a very small file out of there original 5.5GB catalog file and it is useless. If I try to open the file in DB browser for SQLite it thinks it is encrypted and asks for a password. Any suggestions how I could fix that would be greatly appreciated.
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Contact Adobe support maybe? – Pierre Jul 12 '17 at 06:54
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The data was not recovered. You have a file full of garbage data. You must restore the database file from the backup. – CL. Jul 12 '17 at 07:47
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First off / thanks Pierre and CL for the quick response. @CL: The person who sent me the file hasn't done a Lightroom backup for quite a while, so all have to go on is this recovered file. But are you saying that a recovered database file is generally useless? – Nikonite Jul 12 '17 at 08:00
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I don't know about "generally", but this particular file does not contain the original data. – CL. Jul 12 '17 at 08:01
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That's why i said "generally" because it sounds like the way recovery software handles databases they don't end up having the original data. Thanks again. – Nikonite Jul 12 '17 at 08:06