MenuDrive→Scan for FAT/NTFS

Scan for FAT/NTFS Volumes

The special search method allow detecting volumes without complete prior scanning of the selected area. The volumes with the most number of files are found at first. It is not necessary to wait until scan is complete before open any found volume. If the selected volume does not contain necessary files you may open scan dialog box again and open the next volume found or continue scan until the necessary volume is found or necessary files are found.

For NTFS volumes it is recommended to wait until number of files found is enough. For FAT volumes you may open a volume just when it is found. Then you may scan for folders fragments of the selected FAT volume to find the rest of files.

There some volumes may be found by mistake (e.g., this can happen if partitions were moved or resized). Therefore it is recommended to define the most exact area allocated by the volume and scan over this area only.

If data was moved over disk some files of one volume may be referred to different volumes found. Moreover, the one file may be referred to more than one volume found. So, if some files are not recovered correctly from a certain volume they may be done so when recover from another one. Try opening all found volumes.

When scan for FAT volumes the sign "+" in the column "Boot FAT1 FAT2 Root" indicates the precense of the corresponding file system structure (boot sector, clusters table, clusters table copy, root directory). This allows estimating the volume damage level and the detected information validity. The column "found" shows the number of directories found. This is usefull to check the validity too.

When scan for NTFS volumes an approximate estimate of the size of the selected volume is shown. Also the number of the found files and total number of the volume files is shown (in parentheses there is a number of files found, include duplicates). Before open any volume wait until first sector number is detected. It is recommended to wait until first sectors numbers (columns "starting sector") are detected for all volumes and for all MFT fragments (with large number of files found) to avoid mistaken reference some files to some volumes.

"Open volume": open the selected volume.
"Save...": save the scan log to a file.
"Load...": load scan log from a file (continue scan from the last point is possible).
"Start/Stop": start/stop scan. If the scan area is not changed the scan will continue from the last point.
"Scan range": select area to scan. Is is possible to select one of the partitions or any drive extent.