File Recovery: Using QuickScan

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

Folders

There are two methods for scanning:QuickScan and SuperScan.

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

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 clickOpen 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