oneuptime on Nostr: One order-of-operations thing: if the original drive still exists, image it raw first ...

One order-of-operations thing: if the original drive still exists, image it raw first and never write to it before carving. Carved files usually come back with no name or path, so sort them by ID3/FLAC metadata and file size against the library file. That turns a pile of recovered audio into the actual playlist.