Exhaustive Search

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If you did not find your lost file through the fast search for lost files, you need to perform the exhaustive search for them. Sometimes, this procedure is called "Disk scan". During this process, R-Undelete completely analyzes data structure on the logical disk and may find deleted files that do not appear file enumeration.

Attention: Performing an exhaustive search for files on large objects may be a very lengthy process!

Note: If you try to start R-Undelete under an account without administrative rights, an Insufficient rights message will appear. To enable R-Undelete to recover the data, select Logon on the message and enter a User Name and Password of a user with administrative privileges on the Authorization dialog box.

To perform an exhaustive search for files on a disk or drive,

Select the logical disk on the R-Undelete Step1. Select disk panel and click the Next button,

or double-click the disk.

Step1. Select disk panel

You may start performing exhaustive search for files on a logical disk with R-Undelete directly from Windows Explorer. Right-click the disk in Windows Explorer and select Perform Exhaustive Search (disk scan) on the disk with R-Undelete on the shortcut menu

Select Exhaustive Search on the Step 2. Select action panel and click the Next button

Step 2. Select action panel

Known File Types:

While performing exhaustive search, R-Undelete can recognize to which particular file type the data belong. Using such information, R-Undelete can obtain more information about data/file structure on the object being searched. By default, R-Undelete tries to recognize all supported file types, greatly increasing time required for the search. You may reduce it by selecting only those file types that you need. Click the Known File Types... button on the Data Recovery Action panel and select the required file types on the File Types dialog box.

File Types dialog box

List of known file types

* By default, files of this type are not selected. If necessary, select them manually

Document

Adobe PDF document

Microsoft Word2 document

Microsoft WordPad document

OLE Storage

PostScript document

Rich Text document

TEX document

Word for Macintosh document

WordPerfect document

 

 

 

Document: Spreadsheet

Lotus worksheet

Lotus3 worksheet *

Microsoft Excel2 worksheet

Microsoft Excel3/4 worksheet

Quattro Pro worksheet

 

 

 

Document: Database

Data Interchange Format file

Microsoft Access database

dBase III database

Microsoft SQL database

Microsoft SQL Log

 

 

 

Document: MS Office (OLE MS) (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)

Microsoft Word document

Microsoft Excel document

Microsoft PowerPoint document

Internet-related files

Compiled HTML file

HTML document

Internet shortcut

Outlook Express Messages

Windows Address Book

XML document

XML document (Unicode)

The Bat! Address book

The Bat! Message Base

The Bat! Message Index

 

 

Font

Adobe PostScript Font

Adobe Printer Font

BDF Unix font

BGI font

CPI DOS font

TrueType font

 

 

Graphics/Picture

AVHRR Satellite image

Adobe Photoshop image

Agfa/Matrix Scodl image

Alias Wavefront Raster image

AutoCAD Binary image

AutoCAD image

Autodesc Animator Pro color map

Autodesc Animator Pro image

Autodesc Animator image

Autologic image

BMF image

ColoRIX image

CompuServe GIF image

ComputerEyes Raw image

Continuous Edge Graphic image

Corel Texture image

CorelDraw CMX image

CorelDraw image

Cubicomp Picture Maker image

Dr. Halo palette

Enhanced MetaFile image

Epson Stylus image

Erdas LAN/GIS image

Fractal Image Format

GEM Raster image *

GEM VDI image

GOES Satellite image

Gridded Binary image

HP Command Language image

HP Raster image

Hitachi Raster image

IBM Picture Maker image

JPEG image

JPEG-LS image

HSI JPEG image

Jovian Logic image

LBM/IFF image

Lotus PIC image

Macintosh PICT image

Macintosh PICT image

Macintosh Paint image

Macintosh Paint image

Microsoft Paint image

PBM image

PGM image

PIX image

PM image

PNG image

PPM image

Pictor PC Paint image

Quick Link II fax image

RenderMan image

SGI image

STAD image

Sketch image

Sun Raster image

Tagged Image Format File

TrueVision image

Utah Raster Toolkit image

VITec image

Windows Animated cursor

Windows Bitmap image

Windows Fax Cover image

Windows MetaFile image

Windows cursor

Windows icon

WordPerfect Graphics image

X PixMap image

X Window Dump image

ZSoft PCX image

 

 

Multimedia: Audio Files

AIFF sound

AVR sound

Advanced Streaming Format file

AudioCD file

CMF music

Creative Voice file

DiamondWare sound

EA ASF/MUS audio file

Extended M3U playlist

MIDI Instrument definition

MIDI music

MIDI stream

MPEG Layer I audio file *

MPEG Layer II audio file *

MPEG Layer III audio file

MUS music

Next/Sun sound

Ogg Vorbis audio file

RIFF MIDI music

RK Audio sound

Sierra AUD sound

VQF sound

Westwood AUD sound

Windows Media Audio File

Windows WAVE sound

X-MIDI music

ZyXEL sound

 

Multimedia: Video Files

ANIM animation

Adobe Filmstrip animation

BINK video

DVM video

DeluxePaint animation

Director video

Intel DVI video

Interplay MVE video

LZA animation

MPEG video

NEOchrome animation

Nullsoft Video

QV-10 video

QuickTime video

RPL video

Shockwave video

Smacker video

VideoCD video

Windows AVI video

 

Multimedia Files

RIFF Multimedia File

Real Networks audio/video

 

 

Archive Files

7-Zip archive

ACE archive

AIN archive

ARJ archive

ARX archive

Aladdin Systems StuffIt archive

BAG archive

BIX archive

BOA archive

BZip2 archive

BlackHole archive

Blink archive

CPIO archive

CRUSH archive

ChArc archive

Compress archive

FOXSQZ archive

GZip archive

HA archive *

HAP archive

HPACK archive

Hyper archive

InstallShield Cabinet archive

InstallShield Data archive

InstallShield archive

JAM archive

JAR archive

JRC archive

LHA/LZARK archive

LIMIT archive

LZA archive

LZOParchive

LZSH archive

LZX archive

Microsoft Cabinet archive

Microsoft Compress 5 archive

Microsoft Compress 6 archive

PAKLEO archive

Pack archive *

QFC archive

Quantum archive *

Quark archive

RAR archive

RPM archive

ReSOF archive

SAR archive

SBC archive

SCO archive *

SQZ archive

SZip archive

StuffIt archive

TAR archive

UFA archive

UHArc archive

UltraCompressor 2 archive

UltraCrypt 2 archive

WIN-Freeze archive *

WRAptor archive

WinImp archive

YAC archive

YBS archive

ZIP archive

ZOO archive

ZZip archive

Executable/Library/DLL

DOS Style Executable

ELF Executable (UNIX)

ELF Library (UNIX)

ELF Module (UNIX)

Java Bytecode

Novell NetWare executable

RDOFF executable

 

Development files

COM Type library

Library

Microsoft ClassWizard file

Microsoft Linker database

Microsoft Precompiled header

Microsoft Program database

Microsoft Visual C++ project

Microsoft Visual Studio project

Microsoft Visual Studio workspace

OMF Object library

Windows Compiled resource (16bit) *

Windows Compiled resource (32bit)

 

Other file types

RegEdit file

RegEdit file (UNICODE)

WinHelp

WinHelp Contents

Windows Clipboard file *

Windows Color Profile

Windows National locale

Windows Password file

Windows Policy file

Windows Registry file

Windows Registry hive

Windows shortcut

ÜR-Undelete starts performing exhaustive search for files on the object, and its Exhaustive file search in progress panel will show search progress and found objects

Exhaustive file search in progress panel

If you click the Stop button and select the action you want to make on the Stop message. You may stop the exhaustive search and go back to the Select the disk to recover files from panel, continue searching, show already found files, or remain on the Exhaustive file search results panel.

When the search is through R-Undelete will show the Files/Folders panel will appear. You may make data recovery basing on the scan result. If Known File Types: are enabled, R-Undelete shows found such files on the Files/Folders panel as Extra Found Files.

Extra found file