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

Other ways to start scan

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

Scan dialog box

Scan options

Drive Size:	Shows the size of the object to be scanned
Start:	Sets the start point of the area to be scanned.
Size:	Sets the size of the area to be scanned.
Numbers in these fields can be in bytes or sectors. See the Data Formats and Multipliers topic for more details on data formats.
File Systems:	Specifies the file systems which objects are to be searched for. Current version supports: FAT , NTFS, exFAT , ReFS, Ext 2/3/4FS, XFS , HFS, APFS, and UFS file systems. The Technician version supports also the ISO9660 file system. Please note that if you need to scan an HFS, HFS+, or HFSX disk, always enable the Extra search for Known File Types option. This is very important because when files are being deleted on the HFS, HFS+, HFSX file systems, the computer completely removes all system information on them, and there is no way to recover the deleted files except by using the Extra Search for Known File Types option. See Data Recovery on HFS/HFS+ file system for details.
Extra search for Known File Types	Enables search for Known File Types .
Save scan Info to File:	If this checkbox is selected, R‑Studio will save scan information to a specified file. Later this file may be opened. Please note, that this option does not save actual drive data, only information on drive data structure gathered during drive scan. If
Buttons
Scan	Starts scanning
Advanced	Activates advanced scan options
Known File Types...	Selects file types that R‑Studio will recognize during the drive scan.
Cancel	Closes the dialog box
NEVER TRY TO SAVE SCAN INFORMATION TO THE OBJECT BEING SCANNED!!! Or you may obtain unpredictable results and lose all of your data.

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.

File Types dialog box

Known File Types

List of known file types

Document
AbiWord Document: .abw	Adobe InDesign File: .indd	Adobe PDF document: .pdf	Apple iWork Keynote document: .key
Apple iWork Pages document: .pages	Apple iWork document	Capella document: .cap	Final Draft Document: .fdr
FrameMaker Document: .fm	GNU Info Document: .info	Garmin MapSource data: .mps	Lotus AMI Pro Document: .sam
Lotus Organizer: .or5	Lotus Word Pro Document: .lwp	Microsoft Office Open XML Document	Microsoft OneNote section file: .one
Microsoft Pocket Streets Map File: .mps	Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 XML Document: .pptx	Microsoft PowerPoint Document: .ppt	Microsoft Visio document: .vsd
Microsoft Word 2007 XML Document: .docx	Microsoft Word Document: .doc	Word for Macintosh Document: .mcw	Microsoft Word2 Document: .doc
Microsoft Works document: .wps	OLE Storage	OpenOffice Writer document: .odt	OpenOffice document: .ods
PageMaker Document: .p65	PostScript document: .ps	QuarkXPress file: .qxd	QuarkXpress project: .qxp
Rich Text Document: .rtf	TEX document: .tex	Text document: .txt	Unicode document: .txt
WordPerfect Document: .doc
Document: E-book
Chaoxing SSReader eBook: .pdg	EPUB eBook: .epub	FB2 eBook: .fb2	MOBI eBook: .mobi Microsoft Money Data: .mny
Microsoft Reader eBook: .lit	Microsoft Reader eBook annotations: .ebo
Document: Spreadsheet
Apple iWork Numbers document: .numbers	Lotus 1-2-3 v1 worksheet: .wk3	Lotus 1-2-3 v2 workshee: .wk1, .fmt	Lotus 1-2-3 v3 worksheet: .wk3, .fm3
Lotus 1-2-3 v4 worksheet: .wk4	Lotus 1-2-3 workbook: .123	Microsoft Excel 2/3/4 worksheet: .xls	Microsoft Excel 2007 XML Document: .xlsx
Microsoft Excel 4 Spreadsheet: .xls	Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet: .xls	Quattro Pro Spreadsheet: .wq1
Document: Database
Cathy database: .caf	Data Interchange Format file: .dif	GDSII database: .gds	Microsoft Access 2007 XML Document: .accdt
Microsoft Access 2007 Database: .accdb	Microsoft Access Database: .mdb	Microsoft SQL Log: .ldf	Microsoft SQL Database: .mdf
MySQL Database Dictionary: .frm	MySQL database: .myi	Omnis Studio Library: .lbs	Omnis Studio Database: .df1
OpenOffice Base document: .odb	dBase III Database: .dbf
Document: Financial
Microsoft Money Data: .mny	QuickBooks Backup File: .qbb	QuickBooks Primary Data File: .qbw	Quicken Data: .qdf
TurboTax return file: .tax
Internet-related files
Compiled HTML file: .chm	Internet shortcut: .url	Microsoft OutLook Personal Folder: .pst	Microsoft Outlook/Inbox offline folder: .ost
Mozilla Firefox browser extension: .xpi	Mozilla Mail Summary file: .msf	Outlook Express Messages: .dbx	The Bat! Address book: .abd
The Bat! Message Base: .tbb	The Bat! Message Index: .tbi	Windows Address Book: .wab	XML document (Unicode): .xml
Email
E-Mail Message: .eml	Microsoft OutLook Personal Folder: .pst	Microsoft Outlook Inbox offline folder: .ost	Mozilla Mail Summary file: .msf
Outlook Express Messages: .dbx	The Bat! Address book: .abd	The Bat! Message Base: .tbb	The Bat! Message Index: .tbi
Windows Address Book: .wab
Font
Adobe PostScript Font: .pfb	Adobe Printer Font: .pfm	BDF Unix font: .bdf	BGI font: .chr
CPI DOS font: .cpi	OpenType font: .otf	TrueType Font: .ttf	Windows System Font: .fon
Graphics/Picture
AVHRR Satellite image: .sst	Adobe Lightroom preview: .lrprev	Adobe Photoshop image: .psd	Agfa/Matrix Scodl Image: .scd
Alias Wavefront Raster Image: .rla	Amiga icon: .info	ArcView Shape: .shp	AutoCAD Binary Image: .dxf
AutoCAD Drawing: .dwg	AutoCAD Image: .dxf	Autodesc Animator Pro color palette: .col	Autodesc Animator Pro Image: .pic
Autodesc Animator Image: .pic	Autologic Image: .gm	BMF image: .bmf	Bentley MicroStation CAD Drawing: .dgn
Canon (CR2) RAW graphics file: .cr2	Canon (CRW) RAW graphics file: .crw	ColoRIX Image: .rix	Computer Graphics Metafile image: .cg
ComputerEyes Raw Image: .ce1, .ce1	Continous Edge Graphic Image: .ceg	Corel Texture Image: .tex	CorelDraw CMX Image: .cmx
CorelDraw Image: .cdr	Cubicomp Picture Maker Image .r8, .g8, .b8	DICOM medical image: .dcm	Digital Negative image: .dbg
Dr. Halo palette: .pal	Enhanced MetaFile Image: .emf	Epson RAW image: .erf	Epson Stylus Image: .prn
Erdas LAN/GIS Image: .lan, .gis	Fractal Image Format: .fif	Freehand (MX) Database: .fh10	Fuji RAW image: .raf
GEM Raster Image: .img	GEM VDI Image: .gdi	CompuServe GIF Image: .gif	Garmin Mapsource image: .img
Graphics Workshop for Windows Thumbnail: .thn	Gridded Binary Image: .grb	HP Command Language Image: .pcl	HP Raster Image: .rtl
HSI JPEG Image: .hsi	Hemera Photo-Object Image: .hpi	Hitachi Raster Image: .hrf	Hotspot Image: .shg
IBM Picture Maker Image: .pic	JPEG 2000: .jp2	JPEG Digital Camera: .jpg	JPEG Image: .jpg
Jovian Logic Image: .vi	Kodak PhotoCD Image: .pcd	Kodak RAW image: .dng	LBM/IFF Image: .lbm
Leica RAW image: .dng	Lightwave Object: .lwo	Lotus PIC Image: .pic	Macintosh PICT Image: .pct, .pic
Macintosh Paint Image: .mac	Mamiya RAW image: .mef	McIDAS Satellite Image: .goe	Microsoft Paint Image: .msp
Minolta RAW image: .mrw	Nikon RAW image: .nef	OS/2 Icon: .ico	Olympus RAW image: .orf
PBM Image: .pbm	PGM Image: .pgm	PIX Image: .pix	PM Image: .pm
PNG Image: .png	PPM Image: .ppm	PaintShop Pro Image: .psp	Panasonic RAW image: .rw2
PaperPort Image: .max	Pentax RAW image: .pef	Pictor PC Paint Image: .pic	Print Shop Image: .pds
Quick Link II fax Image: .qfx	QuickDraw 3D Metafile: .3dmf	RAW Digital Camera image: .dng	RenderMan Image: .rib
Ricoh RAW image: .dng	SGI Image: .sgi	STAD Image: .pac	Samsung RAW image: .dng
Seattle FilmWorks/PhotoWorks image: .pwm	Sigma RAW image: .x3f	Sketch Image: .sk	SmartDraw file: .sdr
Sony RAW image: .arw	Sun Raster Image: .sun	SymbianOS Image: .mbm	TI Image: .92i
Tagged Image Format File: .tif	TargetExpress image: .mte	Utah Raster Toolkit Image: .rle	VITec Image: .vit
Webshots Image: .wb1	Weresc CADE drawing: .dtc	Windows Animated cursor: .ani	Windows Bitmap Image: .bmp
Windows Color Palette: .pal	Windows Fax Cover Image: .cpe	Windows MetaFile Image: .wmf	Windows cursor: .cur
Windows icon: .ico	WordPerfect Graphics Image: .wpg	X PixMap Image: .xpm	X Window Dump Image: .xwd
Xara Drawing: .xar	ZSoft PCX Image: .pcx	iPhoto Image: .attr
Multimedia: Audio Files
AIFF Sound: .aif	AVR Sound: .avr	AY Chip music: .ay	AdLib Tracker 2 module: . a2m
Advanced Streaming Format file: .asf	Audacity audio: .au	AudioCD file: .cda	Battery 3 sample: .nov
CMF music: .cmf	Common Loudspeaker Binary: .cf1	Creative voice file: .voc	DiamondWare sound: .dwd
Digital Speech File: .dss	Digital voice file: .dvf	EA ASF/MUS audio file: .asf	Extended M3U playlist: .m3u
FLAC audio file: .fla, .flac	KaraBox sound: .mkf	La Lossless audio file: .la	Liquid Audio File: .la1
MIDI Instrument definition: .idf	MIDI music: .mid	MIDI stream: .mds	MPEG Layer I audio file: .mpg
MPEG Layer II audio file: .mp2	MPEG Layer III audio file: .mp3	MUS music: .mus	Monkeys audio file: .ape
Musepack audio file: .mpc	Next/Sun uLaw sound: .au	Nitro Composer sound: .minincs	Nord Modular G2 Patch: .pch2
Ogg Vorbis audio file: .ogg	OptimFROG audio file: .ofr	Portable Sound Format: .psf	RIFF MIDI music: .rmi
RK Audio sound: .rka	Sierra AUD sound: .aud	Sony OpenMG audio file: .oma	Super NES audio file: .spc
TTA audio file: .tta	VQF sound: .vqf	WavPack audio file: .wv	Westwood AUD sound: .aud
Windows Media Audio File: .wma	Windows WAVE sound: .wav	X-MIDI music: .xmi	ZyXEL sound: .zyx
aPac audio file: .apc
Multimedia: Video Files
3GPP multimedia audio/video: .3gp	3GPP2 multimedia audio/video: .3g2	4X Movie Video: .4xm	Adobe Filmstrip Animation: .fsf
AMV Video: .amv	ARMovie video: .rpl	Adobe Filmstrip animation: .fsf	Autodesk Animator: .fli
BINK Video: .bik	BluffTitler video: .bt	DVM video: .dvm	DeluxePaint animation: .anm
Director video: .dcr	DriveCam video: .dce	Eyemail video: .eye	Flash Video: .flv
Intel DVI Video: .dvi	Intel Indeo Video File: .ivf	Interplay MVE Video: .mve	LZA animation: .lza
LZA Animation: .lza	Lotus ScreenCam video: .scm	MPEG Transport Stream video: .mts	MPEG video: .mpg
MPEG-2 Transport Stream video: .m2ts	Matroska video: .mkv	MythTV video: .nuv	NEOchrome animation: .ani
Nancy Codec video: .noa	Nullsoft Video: .nsv	QV-10 video: .cam	QuickTime video: .mov
SGI movie format: .mv	SMJPEG Video: .mjpg	Sega FILM/CPK video: .cpk	Shockwave video: .swf
Smacker video: .smk	Sony Movie Player video: .mqv	VOB video files: .vob	VP6 encoded Video: .vp6
VideoCD video: .vcd	Vivo streaming video: .viv	Windows AVI Video: .avi	Windows Media Video: .wmv
Multimedia Files
MP4 file: .mp4	Material Exchange File: .mxf	RIFF Multimedia File	Real Networks audio/video: .rm
Archive Files
7-Zip archive: .7z	ACE archive: .ace	AIN archive: .ain	ARJ archive: .arj
ARX archive: .arx	Android Package: .apk	BAG archive: .bag	BIX archive: .bix
BOA archive: .b58, .boa	BZip2 archive: .bz2	BlackHole archive: .bh	Blink archive: .bli
CPIO archive: .cpio	ChArc archive: .chz	Compress archive: .z	Crush archive: .cru
DEB archive: .deb	FOXSQZ archive: .sqz	GZip archive: .gz	HA archive: .ha
HAP archive: .hap	HPack archive: .hpk	Hyper archive: .hyp	InstallShield CAB archive: .cab
InstallShield Z archive: .z	InstallShield compressed file	JAR archive: .jar	JRC archive: .jrc
LHA/LZARK archive: .lzh	LZA archive: .lza, .lzz	LZOParchive: .lzo, .lzop	LZX archive: .lzx
LIMIT archive: .lim	Microsoft Cabinet archive: .cab	Microsoft Compress compressed file	PAKLEO archive: .pll
QFC archive: .qfc	Quantum archive: .q, .pak	Quark archive: .ark	RAR archive: .rar
RPM archive: .rpm	ReSOF archive: .sof	SAR archive: .sar	SBC archive: .sbc
SQZ archive: .sqz	SZip archive	StuffIt archive: .sit	TAR archive: .tar
UFA archive: .ufa	UHArc archive: .uha	UltraCompressor 2 archive: .uc2	WRAptor archive: .wra
WinImp archive: .imp	Windows Installer Merge Module: .msm	Windows Installer Package: .msi	indows Installer Patch: .msp
Windows Installer Patch Creation File: .pcp	Windows Installer Validation Module: .cub	YAC archive: .yc	YBS archive: .ybs
ZIP archive: .zip	ZOO archive: .zoo	ZZip archive: .zz	iOS Package: .ipa
xz archive: .xz
Executable/Library/DLL
DOS Style Executable: .exe	ELF Executable (UNIX)	ELF Library (UNIX)	ELF Module (UNIX)
Java Bytecode: .class	KolibriOS Executable	NetWare Loadable Module: .nlm	Shell Script
UEFI Executable .efi	Windows DLL: .dll	Windows Executable: .exe	Windows 9x Device Driver: .vxd
Windows Device Driver: .sys	Windows OCX File: .ocx
Development files
ACUCOBOL object	Borland Delphi Compiled Unit: .dcu	Borland Turbo Pascal compiled Unit: .tpu	C/C++ Source Code: .c
COM Type Library: .tlb	GUI Design Studio project: .gui	LUA Script: .lua	Library: .lib
Microsoft .NET XML Resource template: .resx	Microsoft ClassWizard file: .clw	Microsoft Linker database . ilk	Microsoft Precompiled header: .pch
Microsoft Program database: . pdb	Microsoft Visual C++ project: . mdp	Microsoft Visual Studio Solution: .sln	Microsoft Visual Studio project: .dsp
Microsoft Visual Studio workspace: .dsw	OMF Object library: .lib	PolySpace results: .chk	RDOFF Object File: .rdf
Resource Compiler Script File: .rc	Visual Studio Solution User Options: .suo	Visual Studio Widget File: .wid	Visual Studio Workspace Options file: .opt
VisualBasic Project: .vbp	WinDev Window: .wdw	Windows Compiled resource (32bit) : .res	XPCOM Type Library: .xpt
Xcode Project: .pbxproj
Disk images
Hyper-V virtual disk: .vhdx	JAM compressed disk: .jam	Norton Ghost disk image: .ghs	QEMU virtual disk: .qcow2
R-Drive Image disk image: .rdr	VMware virtual disk: .vmdk	Virtual PC virtual disk: .vhd	VirtualBox virtual disk: .vdi
Other file types
ABBYY Lingvo dictionary: .lsd	AIX Backup File: .bff	ArtMoney Table file: .amt	CrystalMaker Data File: .cmdf, .cmmf
Dwarf Fortress save data: .dat	EasyCrypto file: .encrypted	Fallout 3 save game: .fos	Java Applet cache index: .idx
Kaspersky Anti-Virus data base: .avc	Kaspersky Anti-Virus report: .rpt	Kaspersky Anti-Virus signature bas: .kdc	Magic 3D Easy View object: .x
Microsoft Security Catalog: .cat	NHTSA UDS-1992 crash test result: .uds	NOD32 Antivirus Update file: .nup	ORTIMZeit project: .ozv
OziExplorer Map data: .map	PRO100 project: .sto	PlayStation 3 Theme: .p3t	RegEdit file: .reg
RegEdit file (UNICODE): .reg	Source Game Engine Compiled AI Nodegraph: .ain	Unreal Package	Valve Texture File: .vtf
WinHelp: .hlp	WinHelp Contents: .cnt	WinXP Prefetch file: .pf	Windows Backup File: .bkf
Windows Clipboard file: .clp	Windows Color Profile: .icm	Windows Minidump: .dmp, .mdmp	Windows National locale: .nls
Windows Password file: .pwl	Windows Registry hive: .dat, .hiv	Windows Thumbnail cache: .db	Windows User Interface Module: .wim
Windows shortcut: .lnk	X-Plane Scenery: .dsf	XNA Game Data: .xnb

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 .

R-Studio Technician/T80+

Scan dialog box

Post Actions Options

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

R-Studio Main panel

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.

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 a scanned drive is selected, R‑Studio shows the scanned area of the object.

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.

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.

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.

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Shutdown the computer on task completion	If this check box is selected, R‑Studio will shut down your computer when scan has been completed. You should select the Save to file checkbox and specify a place to save scan info to activate this option.
E-Mail notifications	If this check box is selected, R‑Studio will inform you about the outcome of the operation via email.

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