File header issues

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I just had to have some data recovered from an external drive that was damaged. A lot came back OK but some .wav files will not load at all. You know the drill, SAW says "unrecognized header type". Before I just give up on these files, can anyone tell me if the headers can be fixed so SAW will load them? I seem to remember that this can be done. I think, somewhere in the dim past, Bob helped me with this before, not sure. The files are part of sessions from live shows and the sessions come up with all of the regions etc. except for these un-readable files that show up as empty regions, of course. Please help! I spent $300 to get the recovery done and was told going in that I wouldn't get everything. The recovered 97% of the sectors. So, if these files are just gone forever, so be it. I sure would like to be able to mix these shows!!

Tried opening as "raw" files in Soundforge. Parts of the files are Ok, large parts are not at all. Am I dead in the water now?


Bob???