Re: Windows 10 and .wav files

[madl74]

> That's comforting. I wonder what it's changing in the files to still allo=
w the data to be extracted. Maybe just damaging the headers? There are some=
 very pissed off people participating in that thread.

Peter,

I gathered from the link that the problem lies in corrupted headers. I don'=
t
know if Audacity will unscramble compressed files as well. I've played
around with editing .wav files in a text editor and Audacity always seems t=
o
correct itself after a glitch. It will play a synthetically generated tone.=


The message as ever is to backup everything. I'm a backup freak with Gigs o=
f
backups and it's all there if I can find it. :-)

David Brinicombe