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Drive Scan


In order to completely analyze data structure on an object, it must be scanned. Any object in the Drives panel can be scanned . In addition, you may create a region to scan only a part of an object. The Regions topic explains how to create and work with regions . Scan is also greatly improves estimations for chances of successful file recovery .

You may select scan area and some other scan parameters. Scan information may be saved to a file and later this file may be opened.

You may save scan information on the remote computer if necessary.

Note: You may use Fast Search for Lost partitions if you want only to find partitions previously existed on the drive. It's much faster.

Attention: Scanning large areas may be a very lengthy process!

NEVER TRY TO SAVE SCAN INFORMATION TO THE OBJECT BEING SCANNED!!!

Or you may obtain unpredictable results and lose all of your data.

To scan an object

1 Select an object in the R‑Studio 's Drives panel
2 Click the Scan button

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3 Specify the required parameters on the Scan dialog box and click the Scan button
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Scan dialog box

Click to expand/collapse Scan options

 

If a remote computer is connected for Data Recovery over Network , the Scan dialog box will have a different look

and the Save Scan Information File dialog box will appear when you select a place to store scan info. You may save it to the local or remote computer.

Known File Types (raw file search) : While scanning, R‑Studio can recognize the data’s particular file type . Using such information, R‑Studio can obtain more information about data/​file structure on the object being scanned. By default, R‑Studio tries to recognize the default list of supported file types specified on the Known File Types tab of the Settings panel , greatly increasing time required for the scan. You may reduce it by selecting only those file types that you need. Click the Known File Types... button and select the required file types on the File Types dialog box. These selections will be applied to that scan session only.

R‑Studio places such found files in the Raw Files section in the the Drives panel.

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File Types dialog box

Click to expand/collapse Known File Types

 

Click to expand/collapse List of known file types

 

Note : Using scan for Known File Types, R‑Studio can successfully recover only un-fragmented files.

You may also specify your own file types for scanning. See Customizing File Types for details. User-defined file types precede over built-in ones, if their definitions overlap.

You may set the defaults for known file types on the R‑Studio Settings .

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Scan dialog box

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> R‑Studio starts scanning the object, and its panel will show information about new found objects:

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The Log pane will show scan progress. Scan may be stopped by clicking the Stop button on the toolbar. Later the scan process may be resumed with different scan parameters. Some scan parameters may also be changed during the scan process. Click the Options button and change them on the Scanning dialog box .

You may see which file object(s) is/are on a particular drive part. Click the corresponding rectangle in the Scan Information pane and view the information on the Scan Information dialog box.

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Scan Information dialog box

Double-click an object to view/​edit the file object in the Text/​hexadecimal editor .

When an object is scanned, a number of Recognized partitions will appear. R‑Studio shows them in different colors depending on which elements of the partition have been found.

An existing logical disk or partition

An existing logical disk or partition after drive scan

A recognized partition. Both boot records and file entries are found for this partition

A recognized partition. Only file entries are found for this partition

A recognized partition. Only boot records are found for this partition

A fast found partition

Empty space on the object

A deleted partition

Files that have been found using scan for known file types (raw file search).

Although such recognized partitions are virtual objects, files can be searched for and recovered from recognized partitions as from real logical disks using Basic File Recovery .

To see the information about a newly found object, simply click it in the Drives panel. Click this link to see the information about the object Recognized13 on the logical disk H: .

When an object in the scanned drive is selected, R‑Studio shows the scanned area of the object.

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Object's scanned area

All scanned information may be deleted on the shortcut menu for a scanned object.

Scan information may be saved in a file. Previously saved scan information may be loaded. This can be done on the Drive or shortcut menu for a selected object.

Resuming incomplete scans or scanning the object with different parameters

You may resume the scan of an incompletely scanned object or rescan the already scanned object with different parameters. The Scan dialog will be a little bit different in this case.

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Scan dialog box for incomplete scans

You may rescan the entire drive, scan unscanned areas, or scan an explicitly  specified area.

Scan of multiple areas

You may simultaneously scan several successive or overlapping areas. Click the Advanced button, specify an offset and size for a new area to scan on the Advanced Scan dialog box and click the Add button. You may specify and add several scan areas. You may select which areas should be scanned. Selected scan areas can be merged. Right-click a necessary area and select either Merge Down , Merge Down All , and Merge Selected . You may also select/unselect unscanned areas.

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Advanced Scan dialog box

R‑Studio accumulates the information from successive scans and keeps track of changes in this information obtained from different scans.

You may manage the areas

Managing scan information

Scan information may be saved to a file. Previously saved scan information may be loaded.

To save scan information

1 Select an object in the R‑Studio Drives panel
2 Select Save Scan Information on the Drive or shortcut menu and save the scan information in a file

The default file extension is *.scn.

If a remote computer is connected for Data Recovery over Network , the Save Scan Information File dialog box will appear when you select a place to store scan info. You may save it to the local or remote computer.

To load scan information

1 Select an object in the R‑Studio Drives panel
2 Select Open Scan Information on the Drive or shortcut menu and select the required file with the scan information

The default file extension is *.scn.

If a remote computer is connected for Data Recovery over Network , the Open Scan Information File dialog box will appear when you select a place to load scan info from. You may load it from the local or remote computer.

> The scan information will appear in the Drives panel

To remove scan information

1 Select an object in the R‑Studio Drives panel
2 Select Remove Scan Information on the Drive or shortcut menu
> The scan information will disappear from the Drives panel

NEVER TRY TO SAVE SCAN INFORMATION ON THE OBJECT BEING SCANNED!!!

Or you may obtain unpredictable results and lose all your data.