Hi,
Sorry I did not get back to you in the previous post. When spam gets posted here it screws up the notification of new postings.
1. Just because a recovered file has its original name and folder does not guarantee that it will be a valid file (e.g. it is possible that a MFT could screw up so that vaid file names point to the wrong location on the disk).
The only way to tell for sure is if you can either preview the file or open in with its creating application.
You can try Explorer View for Windows Explorer to view files -
http://download.getdata.com/ExplorerView-Setup.exe - It previews about 300 different file types using the header recognition technique. It will also let you view at HEX mode if it does not understand the header.
2. The original file name is only stored in the MFT record for that file - so if the MFT record is destroyed, then you cannot know with any certainty what the file name was.
However, some files hold Meta Data inside the file structure - e.g.
* a digital camera picutre will hold the camera type, date taken, resolution etc.
* a Microsoft Word document has interal properties, date created, author, title;
* a MP3 music file has a tag - artists, duration, etc.
All of these interal properties can be used to help reaname files. There are programs like 123renamer.com that can automate the process. Or you can read the meta data using the HEX mode with Explorer View.
I hope this helps.