Corrupted Mod/CC Folder
Hey there, so I recently accidentally deleted my entire mod folder off of my computer (around 80 gb), but was able to recover it entirely using a data recovery app. But for some reason now it appears as though all of the mods and CC that I recovered cause my game to not start, showing the error message:
Unable to start: Cannot start because game data is missing or damaged. If you have Mods installed please remove them and try again. If not, please repair or reinstall the game via origin. [de4ee14f:29f00e76:00000000:4b0d8552b]
The game was working right up until I accidentally deleted and then recovered the mods, after the recent update and everything. When I take out all of my mods the game works fine, however the game won't start If I put in even just one file from my recovered mod folder. I also tested by putting in new cc that I downloaded, and the game worked fine as well.
Does anyone have any experience with recovering deleted mod files and how/why this may have caused them to become damaged/corrupted, or know of any way I could try to fix this? I have a ton of mods, close to 18000 files, and I would be so sad if they were permanently broken from this! Thank you!
With some file recovery tools, recovered files can be corrupt and do not work correctly because they are not a true bit for bit copy of the original files. Also, when recovering files, never recover to the same drive, as you may overwrite other data you are trying to get back in the process.
You could try the 50/50 method to determine if any of the files are useful, but it would probably be better investing you time in restoration by downloading fresh up to date copies.
If the mod filenames are intact then you at least have a map of the mods that need to be recovered if they are still available for download
