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In order to completely analyze data structure on an object, it must be scanned. Any object on the panel can be scanned. In addition, you may create a to scan only a part of an object. The Regions topic explains how to create and work with .
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.
| Select an object on the R-Studio's panel |
 Other ways to start scan
| • | Right-click the selected disk and select Scan on the shortcut menu, |
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| • | Select Scan on the Drive menu |
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| ƒ | Specify the required parameters on the Scan dialog box and click the Scan button |
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Scan options
Disk Size:
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Shows the size of the object to be scanned
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Start:
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Sets the start point of the area to be scanned.
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Size:
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Sets the size of the area to be scanned.
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Numbers in these fields can be in bytes or sectors.
If no letters are after the numbers, R-Studio assumes the numbers in bytes.
The following case-ignoring notation is possible:
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b
kb
mb
gb
tb
Sec
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bytes
kilobytes
megabytes
gigabytes
terabytes
sectors
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File Systems:
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Specifies the file systems which objects are to be searched for.
Current version supports: FAT, NTFS, Ext2FS/3FS, HFS, and UFS file systems.
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.
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Extra search for Known File Types
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Enables search for Known File Types.
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Save scan Info to File:
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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 disk data, only information on disk data structure gathered during disk scan.
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Simple view
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If this option is selected, R-Studio will show only scan progress.
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Detailed view
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If this option is selected, R-Studio will show graphic representation on objects found during scan.
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Buttons
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Scan
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Starts scanning
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Advanced
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Activates advanced scan options
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Known File Types...
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Selects file types that R-Studio will recognize during the disk scan.
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Cancel
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Closes the dialog box
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Known File Types: While scanning, R-Studio can recognize to which particular file type the data belong. 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 all supported file types, 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.
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List of known file types
* By default, files of this type are not selected. If necessary, select them manually
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Document
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Adobe PDF document
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Microsoft Word2 document
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Microsoft WordPad document
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OLE Storage
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PostScript document
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Rich Text document
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TEX document
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Word for Macintosh document
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WordPerfect document
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Document: Spreadsheet
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Lotus worksheet
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Lotus3 worksheet *
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Microsoft Excel2 worksheet
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Microsoft Excel3/4 worksheet
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Quattro Pro worksheet
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Document: Database
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Data Interchange Format file
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Microsoft Access database
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dBase III database
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Microsoft SQL database
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Microsoft SQL Log
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Document: MS Office (OLE MS) (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)
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Microsoft Word document
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Microsoft Excel document
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Microsoft PowerPoint document
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Internet-related files
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Compiled HTML file
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HTML document
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Internet shortcut
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Outlook Express Messages
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Windows Address Book
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XML document
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XML document (Unicode)
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The Bat! Address book
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The Bat! Message Base
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The Bat! Message Index
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Font
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Adobe PostScript Font
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Adobe Printer Font
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BDF Unix font
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BGI font
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CPI DOS font
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TrueType font
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Graphics/Picture
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AVHRR Satellite image
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Adobe Photoshop image
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Agfa/Matrix Scodl image
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Alias Wavefront Raster image
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AutoCAD Binary image
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AutoCAD image
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Autodesc Animator Pro color map
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Autodesc Animator Pro image
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Autodesc Animator image
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Autologic image
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BMF image
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ColoRIX image
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CompuServe GIF image
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ComputerEyes Raw image
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Continuous Edge Graphic image
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Corel Texture image
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CorelDraw CMX image
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CorelDraw image
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Cubicomp Picture Maker image
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Dr. Halo palette
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Enhanced MetaFile image
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Epson Stylus image
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Erdas LAN/GIS image
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Fractal Image Format
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GEM Raster image *
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GEM VDI image
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GOES Satellite image
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Gridded Binary image
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HP Command Language image
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HP Raster image
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Hitachi Raster image
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IBM Picture Maker image
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JPEG image
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JPEG-LS image
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HSI JPEG image
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Jovian Logic image
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LBM/IFF image
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Lotus PIC image
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Macintosh PICT image
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Macintosh PICT image
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Macintosh Paint image
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Macintosh Paint image
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Microsoft Paint image
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PBM image
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PGM image
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PIX image
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PM image
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PNG image
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PPM image
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Pictor PC Paint image
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Quick Link II fax image
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RenderMan image
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SGI image
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STAD image
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Sketch image
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Sun Raster image
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Tagged Image Format File
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TrueVision image
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Utah Raster Toolkit image
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VITec image
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Windows Animated cursor
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Windows Bitmap image
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Windows Fax Cover image
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Windows MetaFile image
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Windows cursor
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Windows icon
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WordPerfect Graphics image
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X PixMap image
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X Window Dump image
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ZSoft PCX image
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Multimedia: Audio Files
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AIFF sound
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AVR sound
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Advanced Streaming Format file
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AudioCD file
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CMF music
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Creative Voice file
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DiamondWare sound
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EA ASF/MUS audio file
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Extended M3U playlist
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MIDI Instrument definition
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MIDI music
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MIDI stream
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MPEG Layer I audio file *
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MPEG Layer II audio file *
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MPEG Layer III audio file
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MUS music
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Next/Sun sound
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Ogg Vorbis audio file
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RIFF MIDI music
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RK Audio sound
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Sierra AUD sound
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VQF sound
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Westwood AUD sound
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Windows Media Audio File
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Windows WAVE sound
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X-MIDI music
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ZyXEL sound
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Multimedia: Video Files
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ANIM animation
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Adobe Filmstrip animation
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BINK video
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DVM video
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DeluxePaint animation
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Director video
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Intel DVI video
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Interplay MVE video
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LZA animation
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MPEG video
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NEOchrome animation
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Nullsoft Video
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QV-10 video
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QuickTime video
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RPL video
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Shockwave video
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Smacker video
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VideoCD video
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Windows AVI video
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Multimedia Files
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RIFF Multimedia File
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Real Networks audio/video
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Archive Files
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7-Zip archive
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ACE archive
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AIN archive
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ARJ archive
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ARX archive
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Aladdin Systems StuffIt archive
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BAG archive
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BIX archive
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BOA archive
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BZip2 archive
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BlackHole archive
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Blink archive
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CPIO archive
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CRUSH archive
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ChArc archive
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Compress archive
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FOXSQZ archive
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GZip archive
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HA archive *
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HAP archive
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HPACK archive
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Hyper archive
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InstallShield Cabinet archive
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InstallShield Data archive
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InstallShield archive
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JAM archive
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JAR archive
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JRC archive
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LHA/LZARK archive
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LIMIT archive
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LZA archive
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LZOParchive
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LZSH archive
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LZX archive
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Microsoft Cabinet archive
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Microsoft Compress 5 archive
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Microsoft Compress 6 archive
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PAKLEO archive
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Pack archive *
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QFC archive
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Quantum archive *
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Quark archive
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RAR archive
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RPM archive
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ReSOF archive
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SAR archive
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SBC archive
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SCO archive *
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SQZ archive
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SZip archive
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StuffIt archive
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TAR archive
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UFA archive
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UHArc archive
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UltraCompressor 2 archive
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UltraCrypt 2 archive
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WIN-Freeze archive *
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WRAptor archive
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WinImp archive
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YAC archive
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YBS archive
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ZIP archive
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ZOO archive
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ZZip archive
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Executable/Library/DLL
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DOS Style Executable
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ELF Executable (UNIX)
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ELF Library (UNIX)
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ELF Module (UNIX)
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Java Bytecode
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Novell NetWare executable
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RDOFF executable
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Development files
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COM Type library
Library
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Microsoft ClassWizard file
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Microsoft Linker database
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Microsoft Precompiled header
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Microsoft Program database
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Microsoft Visual C++ project
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Microsoft Visual Studio project
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Microsoft Visual Studio workspace
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OMF Object library
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Windows Compiled resource (16bit) *
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Windows Compiled resource (32bit)
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Other file types
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RegEdit file
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RegEdit file (UNICODE)
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WinHelp
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WinHelp Contents
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Windows Clipboard file *
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Windows Color Profile
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Windows National locale
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Windows Password file
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Windows Policy file
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Windows Registry file
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Windows Registry hive
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Windows shortcut
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| Ü | R-Studio starts scanning the object, and its panel will show information about new found objects: |
R-Studio Main panel
Click the panel regions to learn their functions.
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The pane will show scan progress. Scan may be stopped by clicking the button on the toolbar. Later the scan process may be resumed with different scan parameters.
To see the information about a newly found object, simply click it on the panel. Click this link to see the information about the object on the logical disk H:.
When an object is scanned, a number of will appear. R-Studio shows them in different colors depending on which elements of the partition have been found.
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Both boot records and file entries are found for this partition
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Only file entries are found for this partition
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Only boot records are found for this partition
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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.
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.
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Scan information may be saved to a file. Previously saved scan information may be loaded.
| Select an object on the R-Studio panel |
| ‚ | Select Save Scan Information on the Drive or shortcut menu and save the scan information in a file |
The default file extension is *.dpl.
| Select an object on the R-Studio panel |
| ‚ | Select Open Scan Information on the Drive or shortcut menu and select the required file with the scan information |
The default file extension is *.dpl.
| Ü | The scan information will appear in the panel |
| Select an object on the R-Studio panel |
| ‚ | Select Delete Scan Information on the Drive or shortcut menu |
| Ü | The scan information will disappear from the panel |
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