Disk Scan

In order to completely analyze data structure on an object, it must be scanned. Any object on 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.

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.

Known File Types: While scanning, R-Studio can recognize the datas 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.

* By default, files of this type are not selected. If necessary, select them manually
Document
AbiWord Document: .abw	Adobe PDF document: .pdf	Final Draft Document: .fdr	FrameMaker Document: .fm
Garmin MapSource data: .mps	GNU Info Document: .info	HTML Document: .html	Lotus AMI Pro Document: .sam
Lotus Organizer Report: .rep	Lotus Word Pro Document: .lwp	Microsoft Money Data: .mny	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 Reader eBook: .lit	Microsoft Reader eBook annotations: .ebo	Microsoft Word 2007 XML Document*: .docx	Microsoft Word Document*: .doc
Microsoft Word2 Document: .doc	Microsoft WordPad Document: .wri	OLE Storage	OpenDocument Document
PostScript document:*.ps	QuickBooks Backup File: *.qbb	QuickBooks Primary Data File: *.qbw	Quicken Data: *.qdf
Rich Text Document: .rtf	TEX Document: .tex	Text Document: .txt	TurboTax return file:.tax
Unicode Document: .txt	Word for Macintosh Document: .mcw	WordPerfect Document: .doc	XML Document: .xml
Document: Spreadsheet
Lotus Spreadsheet: .wks	Lotus3 Spreadsheet: .wk3	Microsoft Excel 2007 XML Document*: .xlsx	Microsoft Excel Document*: .xls
Microsoft Excel2 Spreadsheet: .xls	Microsoft Excel3/4 Spreadsheet: .xls	Quattro Pro Spreadsheet: .wq1
Document: Database
Data Interchange Format file: .dif	dBase III Database: .dbf	Microsoft Access 2007 Database: .accdb	Microsoft Access 2007 XML Document: .accdt
Microsoft Access Database: .mdb	Microsoft Linker Database: .lk	Microsoft Program Database: .pdb	Microsoft SQL Database: .mdf
Microsoft SQL Log: .ldf	MySQL Database: .myi	Omnis Studio Database: .df1	Omnis Studio Library: .lbs
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
Font
Adobe PostScript Font: .pfb	Adobe Printer Font: .pfm	BDF Unix font	BGI font: .chr
CPI DOS font: .cpi	MyTest Font: .mtf	TrueType Font: .ttf	Windows System Font: .fon
Graphics/Picture
3D XML file: .3dxml	3DStudio Mesh: .3ds	Adobe InDesign File: .indd	Adobe Photoshop Image: .psd
Agfa/Matrix Scodl Image: .scd	Alias Wavefront Raster Image: .rla	ArcView Shape:.shp	AutoCAD Binary Image: .dxf
AutoCAD Drawing: .dwg	AutoCAD Image: .dxf	Autodesc Animator Image: .pic	Autodesc Animator Pro color map: .col
Autodesc Animator Pro Image: .pic	Autologic Image: .gm	AVHRR Satellite Image: .sst	Bentley MicroStation CAD Drawing: .dgn
BMF Image: .bmf	Canon RAW graphics file: .crw	Canon RAW graphics file*: .cr2	Canon RAW graphics file: .crw
ColoRIX Image: .rix	CompuServe GIF Image: .gif	ComputerEyes Raw Image: .ce1	Continous Edge Graphic Image: .ceg
Corel Texture Image: .tex	CorelDraw CMX Image: .cmx	CorelDraw Image: .cdr	Cubicomp Picture Maker Image
Dr. Halo palette: .pal	Enhanced MetaFile Image: .emf	Epson Stylus Image: .prn	Erdas LAN/GIS Image: .lan
Fractal Image Format: .fif	Freehand (MX) Database: .fh10	GEM Raster Image: .img	GEM VDI Image: .gdi
GOES Satellite Image: .goe	Graphics Workshop for Windows Thumbnail: .thn	Gridded Binary Image: .grb	Hitachi Raster Image: .hrf
Hotspot Image: .shg	HP Command Language Image: .pcl	HP Raster Image: .rtl	HSI JPEG Image: .hsi
IBM Picture Maker Image: *.pic	iPhoto Image: .attr	Jovian Logic Image: .vi	JPEG 2000: .jp2
JPEG Digital Camera*: .jpg	JPEG Image: .jpg	Kodak PhotoCD Image: .pcd	LBM/IFF Image: .lbm
Lightwave Object: .lwo	Lotus PIC Image: .pic	Macintosh Paint Image: .mac	Macintosh PICT Image: .pct
Microsoft Paint Image: .msp	Minolta RAW image: .mrw	Nikon RAW image*: .nef	Olympus RAW image: .orf
PaintShop Pro Image: .psp	PaperPort Image: .max	PBM Image: .pbm	PGM Image: .pgm
Pictor PC Paint Image: .pic	PIX Image: .pix	PM Image: .pm	PNG Image: .png
PPM Image: .ppm	Print Shop Image: .pds	QuarkXpress Database: .qxp	QuarkXPress file: .qxd
Quick Link II fax Image: .qfx	QuickDraw 3D Metafile: .3dmf	RenderMan Image: .rib	SGI Image: .sgi
Sigma RAW image: .x3f	Sketch Image: .sk	SmartDraw file: .sdr	SmartDraw template: .sdt
Sony RAW image: .arw	STAD Image: .pac	Sun Raster Image: .sun	SymbianOS Image: .mbm
Tagged Image Format File: .tif	TI Image: .92i	TrueVision Image: .tga	Utah Raster Toolkit Image: .rle
VITec Image: .vit	Windows Animated cursor: .ani	Windows Bitmap Image: .bmp	Windows cursor: .cur
Windows Fax Cover Image: .cpe	Windows icon: .ico	Windows MetaFile Image: .wmf	WordPerfect Graphics Image: .wpg
X PixMap Image: .xpm	X Window Dump Image: .xwd	Xara Drawing: .xar	ZSoft PCX Image: .pcx
Fuji RAW image: .raf
Multimedia: Audio Files
Advanced Streaming Format file: .asf	AIFF Sound: .aif	Amusic tracker: .amd	aPac Audio: .apc
AudioCD file: .cda	AVR Sound: .avr	CMF Music: .cmf	Creative Voice File: .voc
DiamondWare Sound: .dwd	Digital Speech File: .dss	Digital Voice File: .dvf	EA ASF/MUS Audio: .asf
Extended M3U playlist: .m3u	FLAC Audio	La Lossless Audio: .la	Liquid Audio: .la1
MIDI Instrument definition: .idf	MIDI Music: .mid	MIDI stream: .mds	Monkeys Audio: .ape
MPEG Layer I Audio: .mpg	MPEG Layer II Audio*: .mp2	MPEG Layer III Audio*: .mp3	MUS Music: .mus
Musepack Audio: .mpc	Next/Sun Sound: .au	Ogg Vorbis Audio: .ogg	OptimFROG Audio: .ofr
RIFF MIDI Music: .rmi	RK Audio Sound: .rka	Sierra AUD Sound: .aud	Sony OpenMG Audio: .oma
Super NES Audio: .spc	TTA Audio: .tta	VQF Sound: .vqf	WavPack Audio: .wv
Westwood AUD Sound: .aud	Windows Audio Compression Manager driver: .acm	Windows Media Audio: .wma	Windows WAVE Sound: .wav
X-MIDI Music: .xmi	ZyXEL Sound: .zyx
Multimedia: Video Files
3GPP multimedia audio/video: .3gp	3GPP2 multimedia audio/video: .3g2	4X Movie Video: .4xm	Adobe Filmstrip Animation: .fsf
AMV Video: .amv	ANIM Animation: .cel	Autodesk Animator: .fli	BCS Video: .bcs
BINK Video: .bik	DeluxePaint Animation: .anm	Director Video: .dcr	DriveCam Video: .dce
DVM Video: .dvm	Eyemail Video: .eye	Flash Video: .flv	Google Video: .gvi
Intel DVI Video: .dvi	Intel Indeo Video File: .ivf	Interplay MVE Video: .mve	Lotus ScreenCam Video: .scm
LZA Animation: .lza	MPEG Video: .mpg	Nancy Codec Video: .noa	NEOchrome Animation: .ani
Nullsoft Video: .nsv	NuppelVideo (MythTV) Video: .nuv	QuickTime Video: .mov	QV-10 Video: .cam
RPL Video: .rpl	Sega FILM/CPK Video: .cpk	SGI movie format: .mv	Shockwave Video: .swf
Smacker Video: .smk	SMJPEG Video: .mjpg	Sony Movie Player Video: .mqv	VideoCD MPEG: .dat
VideoCD Video: .vcd	Vivo streaming Video: .viv	VOB video files: .vob	VP6 encoded Video: .vp6
Windows AVI Video: .avi	Windows Media Video: .wmv
Multimedia Files
Material Exchange File: .mxf	MP4 file: .mp4	Real Networks audio/video: .rm	RIFF Multimedia File
Archive Files
7-Zip archive: .7z	ACE archive: .ace	AIN archive: .ain	ARJ archive: .arj
ARX archive: .arx	Aladdin Systems StuffIt archive: .sit	BAG archive: .bag	BIX archive: .bix
BOA archive: .b58	BZip2 archive: .bz2	BlackHole archive: .bh	Blink archive: .bli
CPIO archive: .cpio	CRUSH archive	ChArc archive: .chz	Compress archive: .z
FOXSQZ archive: .sqz	GZip archive: .gz	HA archive *: .ha	HAP archive: .hap
HPACK archive: .hpk	Hyper archive: .hyp	InstallShield Cabinet archive: .cab	InstallShield Data archive: .z
InstallShield archive	JAM archive: .jam	JAR archive: .jar	JRC archive: .jrc
LHA/LZARK archive: *.lzh	LIMIT archive: *.lim	LZA archive: *.lza	LZOParchive: .lzo
LZSH archive	LZX archive: .lzx	Microsoft Cabinet archive: .cab	Microsoft Compress 5 archive
Microsoft Compress 6 archive	PAKLEO archive: .pll	Pack archive *	QFC archive: .qfc
Quantum archive *: .ark	Quark archive	RAR archive: .rar	RPM archive: .rpm
ReSOF archive: .sof	SAR archive: .sar	SBC archive: .sbc	SCO archive *
SQZ archive: .sqz	SZip archive	StuffIt archive: .sit	TAR archive: .tar
UFA archive: .ufa	UHArc archive: .uha	UltraCompressor 2 archive: .uc2	UltraCrypt 2 archive: .ue2
WIN-Freeze archive*: .ice	WRAptor archive: .wra	WinImp archive: .imp	YAC archive: .yc
YBS archive: .ybs	ZIP archive: .zip	ZOO archive: .zoo	ZZip archive: .zz
Apple Safari Web Archive: .webarchive	Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Archive: .mht	R-Drive Image Archive: .arc	R-Drive Image V1 Archive: .arc
WinImage Archive: *.imz
Executable/Library/DLL
DOS Style Executable: .exe	ELF Executable (UNIX)	ELF Library (UNIX)	ELF Module (UNIX)
Java Bytecode: .class	Novell NetWare executable: .nlm	RDOFF executable	Win32 DLL*: .dll
Win32 Executable*: .exe	Windows OCX File: .ocx
Development files
Borland Delphi 6 Library: .dcu	Borland Turbo Pascal compiled Unit: .tpu	COM Type Library: .tlb	Delphi 7 Compiled Unit: .dcu
Library: .lib	Microsoft .NET XML Resource template: .resx	Microsoft ClassWizard file: .clw	Microsoft Linker database
Microsoft Precompiled header: .pch	Microsoft Visual C++ Database: .mdp	Microsoft Visual Studio Database: .dsp	Microsoft Visual Studio Solution: .sln
Microsoft Program database	Microsoft Visual C++ project	Microsoft Visual Studio project	Microsoft Visual Studio workspace: .dsw
OMF Object library: .lib	VisualBasic Database: .vbp	Windows Compiled resource (16bit) *: .res	Windows Compiled resource (32bit): .res
Other file types
ABBYY Lingvo dictionary: .lsd	File Crypt file: .rzx	Kaspersky Anti-virus data base: .avc	NOD32 Antivirus Update file: .nup
OziExplorer Map data:.map	RegEdit file: .reg	RegEdit file (UNICODE): .reg	Windows Backup File: .bkf
Windows Clipboard file: .clp	Windows Color Profile: .icm	Windows Minidump	Windows National locale: .nls
Windows Password file: .pwl	Windows Policy file: .pol	Windows Registry file: .dat	Windows Registry hive: .hiv
Windows shortcut: .lnk	WinHelp: .hlp	WinHelp Contents: .cnt

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.

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.

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

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.

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 on the Drives panel. Click this link to see the information about the object Recognized17 on the logical disk H:.

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.

If the selected object has been completely scanned, you may rescan it either completely or with new scan parameters. If the selected object has been scanned partially, you may scan the rest of the object, ignore the existing scan information and scan the entire object, or specify scan parameters manually.

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

You may make several scans of 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.

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