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Using QuickScan to scan a drive for deleted files

QuickScan searches existing partitions for deleted or damaged files or folders before data recovery. Upon the start, scan a hard drive for all files that may be recovered.

After you have scanned a drive, you can tell what state your deleted files and folders are in by the colour of the icons:

Files

White icons show existing files.
Grey icons show deleted files with a good chance of recovery.
Black icons show deleted files with a poor chance of recovery because they may have been overwritten or partially overwritten on the disk.

Folders

Yellow icons show existing folders.
White icons show deleted folders with a good chance of recovery.
Black icons show deleted folders with a poor chance of recovery.

There are two methods for scanning: QuickScan and SuperScan.

• QuickScan is a fast and basic scan. Most deleted files and folders can be found using this method.
• SuperScan is a much slower and thorough scan. It processes the whole hard drive surface detecting all possible deleted data. If, after running QuickScan you did not find your deleted files, try SuperScan. For more information on SuperScan, click the link at the bottom of this topic.
  
  

To run QuickScan, open Active@ File Recovery and do the following:

• In the Local System Devices list, select the drive you want to inspect for deleted files and folders.  
• Click QuickScan button on the toolbar. Alternatively, right-click the drive and select QuickScan from the context menu. 

To cancel the scanning process for any reason, click Stop  .

After you complete the drive scan, to locate your deleted files and folders, you may search either manually, by opening folders in the tree, or automatically, using the search mode.

Saving QuickScan Results

Depending on the size of the drive that you are scanning, it can take a long time to scan partitions. On large or damaged drives, it can take days. If you have to exit Active@ File Recovery for any reason, it would take a long time to scan the partition again. So that you don't lose the information that you have scanned, you may save the QuickScan results to a file. When you open Active@ File Recovery, opening the saved results file takes much less time.

To save QuickScan results

1. In the Local System Devices list, select a device node and do one of the following:
   • Right-click the device node. From the context menu click Save Scan Results...
   • From the File menu, choose  Save Scan Results...
2. In the Save Scan Results dialog box, type a path or browse to a folder where the scan results file is to be stored.
3. Click Save.

To open QuickScan results

1. In the Local System Devices list, select a device node and do one of the following:
   • Right-click the device node. From the context menu click Open Scan Results...
   • From the File menu, choose  Open Scan Results...
2. In the Open Scan Results dialog box, browse to the file where you saved the scan results file.
3. Click Open.

See Also

Performing SuperScan
Searching for Deleted Files and Folders

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