Seagate File Recovery for Mac
User Guide
http://services.seagate.com
January 2011
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Table of Contents
I Introduction to Seagate File Recovery for
Mac
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................................................................................................................................... 11 Seagate File Recovery for Mac Features
................................................................................................................................... 22 System Requirements and Installation Notes
................................................................................................................................... 23 Contact Information and Technical Support
II Data Recovery Using Seagate File Recovery
for Mac
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................................................................................................................................... 41 Recover Lost Files from Existing Logical Disks
.......................................................................................................................................................... 13Searching for a File
.......................................................................................................................................................... 15File Masks
.......................................................................................................................................................... 16Previewing Files
.......................................................................................................................................................... 18Regular Expressions
.......................................................................................................................................................... 18Detailed Scan for Deleted Files
................................................................................................................................... 292 Recover Lost Files from Deleted/Corrupted Logical Disks/Partitions
III Disk Image
34
IV Hexadecimal Viewer
37
V Data Recovery Issues
39
VI Extended Information Recovery
41
VII Data Recovery on HFS/HFS+ File System
42
Index 43
Introduction to Seagate File Recovery for Mac 1
I Introduction to Seagate File Recovery for Mac
Seagate File Recovery for Mac is a powerful and cost-effective undelete and data recovery software.
Empowered by the new unique data recovery technologies, it is the best data recovery solution for recovering
files from FAT12/16/32, NTFS, NTFS5 (created or updated by Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7), HFS/HFS+
(Macintosh), Little and Big Endian variants of UFS1/UFS2 (FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD/Solaris), and exFAT
partitions.. Flexible parameter settings give you absolute control over the data recovery.
Seagate File Recovery for Mac Features
System Requirements and Installation Notes
Contact Information and Technical Support
Data Recovery Using Seagate File Recovery for Mac
Disk Image
Hexadecimal Viewer
Data Recovery Issues
Extended Information Recovery
Data Recovery on HFS/HFS+ file system
1.1 Seagate File Recovery for Mac Features
Seagate File Recovery for Mac features:
Wizard-oriented interface.
Host OS: Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6,Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS Server 10.5 Tiger, Mac OS
10.5 Leopard and Mac OS Server 10.5 Leopard running on a computer with Intel, PowerPC G5 or
PowerPC G4 processors.
Supported file systems: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5 (created and updated by Windows
2000/XP/2003/Vista/7), exFAT, HFS, HFS+, HFSX, and UFS1, UFS2, UFS BigEndian (used by the
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD operating systems).
Please note, that when a file is being deleted on the HFS, HFS+, HFSX file systems, the computer
completely removes all system information on it, and there is no way to recover the deleted file except by
using the Detailed Scan for Deleted Files option. Nevertheless, Seagate File Recovery for Mac is
able to read existing files from HFS, HFS+, and HFSX disks
Support for known file types. Seagate File Recovery for Mac searches for files with known typical
features of their structures allowing the user to search for files on heavily damaged logical disks.
Detailed scan for deleted files process visualization. While searching an object, Seagate File Recovery
for Mac graphically shows items that have been found, including files of known types, FAT and NTFS
MFT records, boot records, etc.
Dynamic disk support.
Creates image files for logical disks and hard drives. Such image files can be processed like regular disks.
Recovers compressed files (NTFS, NTFS5).
Recovers encrypted files (NTFS5).
Recovers alternative data streams (NTFS, NTFS5).
Recognizes localized names.
Recovered files can be saved on any (including network) disks accessible by the host operating system.
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A hexadecimal disk and file viewer.
File preview. Most of the file types can be previewed to estimate recovery chances.
Seagate File Recovery for Mac recovers files:
That have been removed without Trash, or when Trash has been emptied;
Removed by virus attack or power failure;
From deleted or corrupted logical disks or partitions
Seagate File Recovery for Mac can create image files for a logical disk or hard drive. Such image files can
be processed like regular disks. Images are very useful if there is a risk of total data loss due to hardware
malfunction. If bad blocks are constantly appearing on a hard drive, the only way to save the data is to
immediately create an image of that drive. All data search and recovery can be done from this image.
1.2 System Requirements and Installation Notes
System Requirements
Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6,Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS Server 10.5 Tiger, Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
and Mac OS Server 10.5 Leopard running on a computer with Intel, PowerPC G5 or PowerPC G4
processors.
Administrator's rights to run the program.
Installation Notes
NEVER install any software o write any data on the disk where lost data resides! Or you may
damage or even completely lose the data.
See the Data Recovery Issues topic for details.
If the lost data resides on your system disk:
Use another computer
1. Install Seagate File Recovery for Mac on a second computer.
2. Disconnect the hard drive with the lost data from the computer where it has been hosted (the primary
computer).
3. Connect the hard drive to the second computer. You may connect it as a second hard drive or use an
HDD-to-USB 2.0 adapter.
4. Run Seagate File Recovery for Mac on the second computer and recover the data.
Now you may reconnect the hard drive to the first computer.
1.3 Contact Information and Technical Support
To obtain the latest version of Seagate File Recovery for Mac, go to:
http://services.seagate.com/diysoftware.aspx
Seagate File Recovery for Mac Technical Support Team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week,
and has an average response time less than 4 hours.
Technical support for our software products may be obtained in the following ways:
1. Check our Software Frequently Asked Questions first
2. Send us an e-mail with your technical support questions. Our representatives will respond to you in a
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reasonable timeframe.
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II Data Recovery Using Seagate File Recovery for Mac
NEVER TRY TO SAVE RECOVERED FILES/FOLDERS TO THE SAME LOGICAL DISK WHERE
THEY RESIDE!!!
Or you may obtain unpredictable results and lose all of your data.
See the Data Recovery Issues topic for details.
Depending on your situation, you will need to:
Recover lost files from an existing logical disk
Recover lost files from a deleted logical disk
Create or load disk image
Make the selection on Step1. Select disk panel
Step1. Select disk panel
2.1 Recover Lost Files from Existing Logical Disks
Note: If you have done all the operations listed below, but still cannot find your lost files, you need to perform
a detailed scan for deleted files for the files on the logical disk.
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To recover deleted files from a logical disk,
1 Select the logical disk on the Seagate File Recovery for Mac Step1. Select disk and click the Next
button
Step1. Select disk panel
2 Select Fast search for lost files on the Step 2. Select action panel and click the Next button
Step 2. Select action panel
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> Seagate File Recovery for Mac will change its panel showing the disk's folders/files structure
Seagate File Recovery for Mac analyzes data on the disk and displays all files which records have
been found. Then deleted files, which records still remain, can be recovered. If files have not been found,
that means that their records have been deleted. To find such files, Detailed Scan for Deleted Files is
required.
Please note that Seagate File Recovery for Mac shows only those files/folders that match a specified
file mask.
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Step 3. Select files for recovery panel
Panel view options
You may select which columns will be shown on the Contents pane. Control-click the table header and
select the required ones. You may also arrange the data as required. Select the required arrangement
under the Mark files for recovery panel.
Buttons
Reopen Drive Files
Click this button to list files again.
Find
Click this button to find a particular file/folder.
Seagate File Recovery for Mac searches for files only among files
specified by a File Mask.
Find Next
Click this button to find the next object specified in the Find dialog
window.
Find Previous
Click this button to the find previous object specified in the Find dialog
window.
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File Mask
Click this button to specify a file mask.
Up
Click this button to move highlighting one folder
up.
Folders panel
Deleted folder
Marked folder (all child objects in this folder
are marked)
Partially marked folder (some child objects in
this folder are marked)
Cross-linked deleted folder (A FAT folder
containing data which also belongs to other
FAT folders.)
Questionable Cross-linked deleted folder (A
FAT folder found by Seagate File Recovery
for Mac, but with apparently invalid content.)
You may also arrange the data as required: by their extensions, creation/modification time, or as a real file
structure
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Files panel:
Deleted file:
Marked deleted file
Selected deleted file
The Find Results panel.
Appears when File Search has been performed
Log panel:
3 Select file(s)/folder(s) to recover and click the Next button
Mark a file/folder to recover by clicking the box left to the object, or select Mark on the context menu.
You may mark several files/folders in different parent folders. You may mark all objects in the folder by
selecting Mark All on the context menu. To unmark an object, click the box left to the object once more
or select Unmark on the context menu. You may unmark all objects in the folder by selecting Unmark All
on the context menu.
Seagate File Recovery for Mac can search for a particular file. Go to the Searching for a File topic for
details.
File content may be previewed before recovery. Go to the Previewing Files topic for details.
If you do not find files that you want to recover:
Sometimes Seagate File Recovery for Mac can find the files but not the entire file paths to them. It
puts such files into the Extra Found Files folder. Try to search for the files there. If that does not help,
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try to find them by using file search globally on the entire disk. Go to the Searching for a File topic for
details
If you still cannot find files that you want to recover but are sure they have existed on the logical disk, you
need to use Detailed Scan for Deleted Files to find them.
4 Specify recover options and output folder on the Step 4. Select place for recovered files panel and
click the OK button
NEVER TRY TO SAVE RECOVERED FILES/FOLDERS TO THE SAME LOGICAL DISK WHERE
THEY RESIDE!!!
Or you may obtain unpredictable results and lose all of your data.
Step 4. Select place for recovered files panel
Recover options
Recover real folders structure
Enabled when the files are sorted by their extensions or date. If this
check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac recovers
the real folders/files structure on the disk rather than that of sorted
files.
Recover all content of a selected
folder, ignoring specified File
Mask
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac
recovers all content of selected folder(s), ignoring specified File Mask
.
Recover alternative data streams
for NTFS files. Has no effect on
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac
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FAT files
recovers alternative data streams for NTFS files. Has no effect on
FAT files. See Extended Information Recovery for details.
Recover security attributes for
NTFS files. Has no effect on FAT
files
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac
recovers security attributes for NTFS files. Has no effect on FAT
files. See Extended Information Recovery for details.
Do not recover hidden and
system attributes
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac will
remove the Hidden and System attributes from recovered files enabling
the user to see them in the Windows Explorer.
Bad Sectors Options
You may specify how to process files with bad sectors. You may
specify the number of attempts to read the bad sectors and a pattern
to fill the bad block.
Bad Sectors dialog box
If you try to specify the same disk for the recovered files on which the deleted files resided, the It is
recommended to restore files... message will appear. You may continue recovering the files on such
disk, but at your own risk.
> Seagate File Recovery for Mac will recover the selected/marked files/folders to the specified
folder
Step 5. Recovery status panel will show the results.
If there are file(s) with the same name in the output folder, the File already exists dialog box will appear.
You may overwrite, rename, skip the file, or abort recovery.
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File already exists dialog box
If a file to be recovered appears to have an invalid name, a Broken File Name dialog box will appear.
You may correct the name and resume file recovery.
Broken File Name dialog box
Broken File Name options
File name
Shows the current incorrect file name.
New name
Field for a new file name.
Edit broken symbols only
If this check box is selected, only invalid symbols may be
corrected
Change all invalid symbols to
If this check box is selected, all invalid symbols will be
changed to the specified symbol
Buttons
Rename
Click to resume file recovery
Rename All
Click to resume file recovery. All other files will be renamed
according to the specified rule.
Skip
Click to skip this file
Skip All
Click to skip all files and stop file recovery
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Step 5. Recovery status panel
Click the Finish button to return to the Select the disk to recover files from panel or Exit to quit
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Searching for a File
File Masks
Regular Expressions
Previewing Files
2.1.1 Searching for a File
Seagate File Recovery for Mac can find a particular file, if it is difficult to find it manually on the Folders or
Files panel. You can also automatically mark/unmark all found files.
To search for a file,
1 Click the Find button
2 Specify a file to be found and its options on the Find dialog box, and click the OK button
Note that a File Mask may be applied.
Find/Mark dialog box
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Find/Mark options
You may specify how to treat specified strings. Please note that Seagate File Recovery for Mac
stores previously entered search strings.
Files
If this option is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac treats specified strings
as file names. Use ? for one unspecified character and * for an unlimited number of
them to specify file masks.
File Extensions
If this option is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac treats specified strings
as file extensions
Regular
Expressions
If this option is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac treats specified strings
as regular expressions
All Files
If this option is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac applies Advanced
Options to all files.
Options
Match case
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac makes a case-
sensitive search
Look in
Specifies where Seagate File Recovery for Mac searches for, and marks, files. It
can look for them on the Entire disk, From current folder, In the Current folder and
subfolders, and in the Current folder only. If From current folder is selected, you may
also specify the Direction for the search from the current position in the current folder.
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Deleted files
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac makes a search
among deleted files/folders.
Existing files
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac makes a search
among existing files/folders.
Find/Mark mode
Specifies what Seagate File Recovery for Mac does with the found files. It may:
Find all matched files. Seagate File Recovery for Mac searches for all files that
match the search criteria. The search results appear on the Find Results panel.
Find first matched file. Seagate File Recovery for Mac stops at the first found file.
Mark matched files. Seagate File Recovery for Mac marks all found files.
Unmark matched files. Seagate File Recovery for Mac unmarks all found files.
Please note, that when performing a new find and mark/unmark task, Seagate File
Recovery for Mac does not takes into consideration the previous marked/
unmarked state of files. For example, if you first mark all doc files, and then all txt
files, all doc files remain marked, too. To unmark them, you should specify doc once
again and select Unmark matched files.
Look at
Files
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac includes files into a
search.
Folders
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac includes folders into
a search.
Direction
Specifies search direction from the current position. Available only if From current
folder is selected in Look in.
Advanced Options
Size from/up to
Specifies file size limits.
File Id
Specifies File Id that Seagate File Recovery for Mac assigns to a file.
Date
Specifies file date boundaries. Files may be Modified/Created/Last Accessed.
> Seagate File Recovery for Mac will show/mark the found file(s) on the Find Results panel.
To repeat the search,
* Click the Find Next or Find Previous buttons
> Seagate File Recovery for Mac will show the found files on the Find Results panel
2.1.2 File Masks
Seagate File Recovery for Mac shows only those files/folders that match the specified file mask. File mask
affects files/folders that are processed by the Recover and Find commands.
To specify a file mask,
1 Click the File Mask button, or
Control-click a folder and select File Mask on the context menu
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2 Specify the file mask on the File mask dialog box and click the OK button
Mask dialog box
File mask options
You may specify options for All Files, File Extensions, Files, and Regular Expressions
Match case
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac makes a case-
sensitive search.
Show empty folders
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac will show folders
with no files matching the mask.
Deleted files
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac makes a search
among deleted files/folders.
Existing files
If this check box is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac makes a search
among existing files/folders.
Advanced Options
Size from/up to
Specifies file size limits.
Date
Specifies file date boundaries. Files may be Modified/Created/Last Accessed.
> Seagate File Recovery for Mac will show only those files that match the specified file masks
2.1.3 Previewing Files
Seagate File Recovery for Mac has a built-in file previewer that allows you to preview both existing and
deleted files. You may use this feature to estimate recovery or a file to be recovered.
To preview a file
1 Double-click the file on the Contents panel
> Seagate File Recovery for Mac will show the content of the file
If the previewer cannot recognize the format, the Preview of the file is unavailable... message will
appear and the file will be opened in the Hex viewer.
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List of supported file formats
MS Office files: Word documents and Excel spreadsheets (Microsoft Office and Excel
should be installed)
Video/Audio files: With proper software and codecs installed in the system
Graphic files:
Format
Extension
Compression
Adobe Photoshop Document
psd
Amiga IFF
iff blk
Rle
CompuServe GIF
gif giff
Dr. Halo files
cut pal
Microsoft DirectDraw Surface texture file
dds
OpenEXR Bitmap
exr
Apollo HDRU
hdr
Gimp Icon
ico
Imaging Fax
g3n
Joint Bi-level Image Group File
jbig
Joint Photographic Experts Group
jpg jpeg jif jfif
JPEG Network Graphic Bitmap
jng
KOALA files
koa koala
Kodak Photo CD
pcd
Multiple Network Graphics
mng
OS/2 Bitmap
bmp bga
Rle 4 & 8 bits
Portable Bitmap
pbm rpbm
Portable Greyscale
pgm rpgm
Portable Image
pnm rpnm
Portable Network Graphics
png
Portable Pixmap
ppm rppm
Silicon Graphics RGB
rgb bw iris sgi
Rle
Sun Raster Images
ras rast sun sr scr rs
Sun TAAC file format
iff vff suniff taac
TIFF Revision 6
tif tim tiff
Rle LZW LZW +
Prediction
TrueVision Targa
tga pix bpx vda icb
vst
Rle
!Windows Bitmap
bmp rle rl4 rl8 sys
Rle 4 & 8 bits
Wireless Bitmap (level 0)
wbmp wbm wap
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X11 BitMap
xbm bm
X11 PixMap
xpm pm
Zsoft Publisher's Paintbrush
pcx pcc dcx
Rle
2.1.4 Regular Expressions
Regular expression is a notation for patterns of text, as opposed to exact strings of characters. The notation
uses literal characters and metacharacters. Every character which does not have special meaning in the
regular-expression syntax is a literal character and matches an occurrence of that character. For example,
letters and numbers are literal characters. A metacharacter is a symbol with special meaning (an operator or
delimiter) in the regular-expression syntax.
.
Wildcard: any character
*
Repeat: zero or more occurrences of previous character or class
^
Line position: beginning of line
$
Line position: end of line
[class]
Character class: any character in the set
[^class]
Inverse class: any character not in the set
[x-y]
Range: any characters within the specified range
\x
Escape: literal use of metacharacter x
\<xyz
Word position: beginning of the word
xyz\>
Word position: end of the word
For example, the following regular expression .* matches any string of characters, ^a matches any string
beginning with character a.
2.1.5 Detailed Scan for Deleted Files
If you did not find your lost file through the fast search for lost files, you need to perform the detailed scan for deleted files
for them. Sometimes, this procedure is called "Disk scan". During this process, Seagate File Recovery for Mac
completely analyzes data structure on the logical disk and may find deleted files that do not appear file enumeration.
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Attention: Performing a detailed scan for deleted files on large objects may be a very lengthy
process!
To perform a detailed scan for deleted files for files on a logical disk:
1 Select the logical disk on the Seagate File Recovery for Mac Step 1. Select disk panel and click the
Next button
Step1. Select disk panel
2 Select Detailed scan for lost files on the Step 2. Select action panel and click the Next button
Step 2. Select action panel
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Known File Types:
While performing a detailed scan for deleted files, Seagate File Recovery for Mac can recognize the
data’s particular file type. Using such information, Seagate File Recovery for Mac can obtain more
information about data/file structure on the object being searched. By default, Seagate File Recovery
for Mac 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.
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File Types dialog box
List of known file types
* By default, files of this type are not selected. If necessary, select them manually
Document
AbiWord Document: .
abw
Adobe PDF document:
.pdf
Final Draft Document: .
fdr
FrameMaker
Document: .fm
Garmin MapSource
data: .mps
GNU Info Document: .
info
HTML Document: .
html
Lotus AMI Pro
Document: .sam
Lotus Organizer Report:
.rep
Lotus Word Pro
Document: .lwp
Microsoft Money Data:
.mny
Microsoft Office Open
XML Document *
Microsoft OneNote
section file: .one
Microsoft Pocket
Streets Map File: .mps
Microsoft PowerPoint
2007 XML
Document*: .pptx
Microsoft PowerPoint
Document*: .ppt
Microsoft Reader
eBook: .lit
Microsoft Reader
eBook annotations: .
ebo
Microsoft Word 2007
XML Document*: .
docx
Microsoft Word
Document*: .doc
Microsoft Word2
Document: .doc
Microsoft WordPad
Document: .wri
OLE Storage
OpenDocument
Document
PostScript document:*.
ps
QuickBooks Backup
File: *.qbb
QuickBooks Primary
Data File: *.qbw
Quicken Data: *.qdf
Rich Text Document: .
rtf
TEX Document: .tex
Text Document: .txt
TurboTax return file:.
tax
Unicode Document: .
txt
Word for Macintosh
Document: .mcw
WordPerfect
Document: .doc
XML Document: .xml
Document: Spreadsheet
Lotus Spreadsheet: .
wks
Lotus3 Spreadsheet: .
wk3
Microsoft Excel 2007
XML Document*: .
xlsx
Microsoft Excel
Document*: .xls
Microsoft Excel2
Spreadsheet: .xls
Microsoft Excel3/4
Spreadsheet: .xls
Quattro Pro
Spreadsheet: .wq1
Document: Database
Data Interchange Format
dBase III Database: .
Microsoft Access 2007
Microsoft Access
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file: .dif
dbf
Database: .accdb
2007 XML
Document: .accdt
Microsoft Access
Database: .mdb
Microsoft Linker
Database: .lk
Microsoft Program
Database: .pdb
Microsoft SQL
Database: .mdf
Microsoft SQL Log: .
ldf
MySQL Database: .
myi
Omnis Studio
Database: .df1
Omnis Studio Library:
.lbs
Internet-related files
Compiled HTML file: .
chm
Internet shortcut: .url
Microsoft OutLook
Personal Folder: .pst
Microsoft Outlook/
Inbox offline folder: .
ost
Mozilla Firefox browser
extension: .xpi
Mozilla Mail Summary
file: .msf
Outlook Express
Messages: .dbx
The Bat! Address
book: .abd
The Bat! Message
Base: .tbb
The Bat! Message
Index: .tbi
Windows Address
Book: .wab
XML document
(Unicode): .xml
Font
Adobe PostScript Font:
.pfb
Adobe Printer Font: .
pfm
BDF Unix font
BGI font: .chr
CPI DOS font: .cpi
MyTest Font: .mtf
TrueType Font: .ttf
Windows System
Font: .fon
Graphics/Picture
3D XML file: .3dxml
3DStudio Mesh: .3ds
Adobe InDesign File: .
indd
Adobe Photoshop
Image: .psd
Agfa/Matrix Scodl
Image: .scd
Alias Wavefront Raster
Image: .rla
ArcView Shape:.shp
AutoCAD Binary
Image: .dxf
AutoCAD Drawing: .
dwg
AutoCAD Image: .dxf
Autodesc Animator
Image: .pic
Autodesc Animator
Pro color map: .col
Autodesc Animator Pro
Image: .pic
Autologic Image: .gm
AVHRR Satellite
Image: .sst
Bentley MicroStation
CAD Drawing: .dgn
BMF Image: .bmf
Canon RAW graphics
file: .crw
Canon RAW graphics
file*: .cr2
Canon RAW graphics
file: .crw
ColoRIX Image: .rix
CompuServe GIF
Image: .gif
ComputerEyes Raw
Image: .ce1
Continous Edge
Graphic Image: .ceg
Corel Texture Image: .
tex
CorelDraw CMX
Image: .cmx
CorelDraw Image: .cdr
Cubicomp Picture
Maker Image
Dr. Halo palette: .pal
Enhanced MetaFile
Image: .emf
Epson Stylus Image: .
prn
Erdas LAN/GIS
Image: .lan
Fractal Image Format: .
fif
Freehand (MX)
Database: .fh10
GEM Raster Image: .
img
GEM VDI Image: .
gdi
GOES Satellite Image: .
goe
Graphics Workshop for
Windows Thumbnail: .
thn
Gridded Binary Image:
.grb
Hitachi Raster Image: .
hrf
Hotspot Image: .shg
HP Command
Language Image: .pcl
HP Raster Image: .rtl
HSI JPEG Image: .
hsi
IBM Picture Maker
Image: *.pic
iPhoto Image: .attr
Jovian Logic Image: .vi
JPEG 2000: .jp2
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JPEG Digital Camera*:
.jpg
JPEG Image: .jpg
Kodak PhotoCD
Image: .pcd
LBM/IFF Image: .lbm
Lightwave Object: .lwo
Lotus PIC Image: .pic
Macintosh Paint Image:
.mac
Macintosh PICT
Image: .pct
Microsoft Paint Image: .
msp
Minolta RAW image: .
mrw
Nikon RAW image*: .
nef
Olympus RAW image:
.orf
PaintShop Pro Image: .
psp
PaperPort Image: .max
PBM Image: .pbm
PGM Image: .pgm
Pictor PC Paint Image: .
pic
PIX Image: .pix
PM Image: .pm
PNG Image: .png
PPM Image: .ppm
Print Shop Image: .pds
QuarkXpress
Database: .qxp
QuarkXPress file: .
qxd
Quick Link II fax
Image: .qfx
QuickDraw 3D
Metafile: .3dmf
RenderMan Image: .
rib
SGI Image: .sgi
Sigma RAW image: .
x3f
Sketch Image: .sk
SmartDraw file: .sdr
SmartDraw template: .
sdt
Sony RAW image: .arw
STAD Image: .pac
Sun Raster Image: .sun
SymbianOS Image: .
mbm
Tagged Image Format
File: .tif
TI Image: .92i
TrueVision Image: .tga
Utah Raster Toolkit
Image: .rle
VITec Image: .vit
Windows Animated
cursor: .ani
Windows Bitmap
Image: .bmp
Windows cursor: .cur
Windows Fax Cover
Image: .cpe
Windows icon: .ico
Windows MetaFile
Image: .wmf
WordPerfect Graphics
Image: .wpg
X PixMap Image: .xpm
X Window Dump
Image: .xwd
Xara Drawing: .xar
ZSoft PCX Image: .
pcx
Multimedia: Audio Files
Advanced Streaming
Format file: .asf
AIFF Sound: .aif
Amusic tracker: .amd
aPac Audio: .apc
AudioCD file: .cda
AVR Sound: .avr
CMF Music: .cmf
Creative Voice File: .
voc
DiamondWare Sound: .
dwd
Digital Speech File: .
dss
Digital Voice File: .dvf
EA ASF/MUS Audio:
.asf
Extended M3U playlist:
.m3u
FLAC Audio
La Lossless Audio: .la
Liquid Audio: .la1
MIDI Instrument
definition: .idf
MIDI Music: .mid
MIDI stream: .mds
Monkeys Audio: .ape
MPEG Layer I Audio: .
mpg
MPEG Layer II
Audio*: .mp2
MPEG Layer III
Audio*: .mp3
MUS Music: .mus
Musepack Audio: .mpc
Next/Sun Sound: .au
Ogg Vorbis Audio: .
ogg
OptimFROG Audio: .
ofr
RIFF MIDI Music: .
rmi
RK Audio Sound: .rka
Sierra AUD Sound: .
aud
Sony OpenMG Audio:
.oma
Super NES Audio: .spc
TTA Audio: .tta
VQF Sound: .vqf
WavPack Audio: .wv
Westwood AUD
Sound: .aud
Windows Audio
Compression Manager
Windows Media
Audio: .wma
Windows WAVE
Sound: .wav
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driver: .acm
X-MIDI Music: .xmi
ZyXEL Sound: .zyx
Multimedia: Video Files
3GPP multimedia audio/
video: .3gp
3GPP2 multimedia
audio/video: .3g2
4X Movie Video: .4xm
Adobe Filmstrip
Animation: .fsf
AMV Video: .amv
ANIM Animation: .cel
Autodesk Animator: .
fli
BCS Video: .bcs
BINK Video: .bik
DeluxePaint Animation:
.anm
Director Video: .dcr
DriveCam Video: .dce
DVM Video: .dvm
Eyemail Video: .eye
Flash Video: .flv
Google Video: .gvi
Intel DVI Video: .dvi
Intel Indeo Video File: .
ivf
Interplay MVE Video: .
mve
Lotus ScreenCam
Video: .scm
LZA Animation: .lza
MPEG Video: .mpg
Nancy Codec Video: .
noa
NEOchrome
Animation: .ani
Nullsoft Video: .nsv
NuppelVideo (MythTV)
Video: .nuv
QuickTime Video: .mov
QV-10 Video: .cam
RPL Video: .rpl
Sega FILM/CPK
Video: .cpk
SGI movie format: .mv
Shockwave Video: .
swf
Smacker Video: .smk
SMJPEG Video: .mjpg
Sony Movie Player
Video: .mqv
VideoCD MPEG: .
dat
VideoCD Video: .vcd
Vivo streaming Video: .
viv
VOB video files: .vob
VP6 encoded Video: .
vp6
Windows AVI Video: .
avi
Windows Media
Video: .wmv
Multimedia Files
Material Exchange File:
.mxf
MP4 file: .mp4
Real Networks audio/
video: .rm
RIFF Multimedia File
Archive Files
7-Zip archive: .7z
ACE archive: .ace
AIN archive: .ain
ARJ archive: .arj
ARX archive: .arx
Aladdin Systems StuffIt
archive: .sit
BAG archive: .bag
BIX archive: .bix
BOA archive: .b58
BZip2 archive: .bz2
BlackHole archive: .bh
Blink archive: .bli
CPIO archive: .cpio
CRUSH archive
ChArc archive: .chz
Compress archive: .z
FOXSQZ archive: .sqz
GZip archive: .gz
HA archive *: .ha
HAP archive: .hap
HPACK archive: .hpk
Hyper archive: .hyp
InstallShield Cabinet
archive: .cab
InstallShield Data
archive: .z
InstallShield archive
JAM archive: .jam
JAR archive: .jar
JRC archive: .jrc
LHA/LZARK archive:
*.lzh
LIMIT archive: *.lim
LZA archive: *.lza
LZOParchive: .lzo
LZSH archive
LZX archive: .lzx
Microsoft Cabinet
archive: .cab
Microsoft Compress 5
archive
Microsoft Compress 6
archive
PAKLEO archive: .pll
Pack archive *
QFC archive: .qfc
Quantum archive *: .
ark
Quark archive
RAR archive: .rar
RPM archive: .rpm
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ReSOF archive: .sof
SAR archive: .sar
SBC archive: .sbc
SCO archive *
SQZ archive: .sqz
SZip archive
StuffIt archive: .sit
TAR archive: .tar
UFA archive: .ufa
UHArc archive: .uha
UltraCompressor 2
archive: .uc2
UltraCrypt 2 archive: .
ue2
WIN-Freeze archive*: .
ice
WRAptor archive: .wra
WinImp archive: .imp
YAC archive: .yc
YBS archive: .ybs
ZIP archive: .zip
ZOO archive: .zoo
ZZip archive: .zz
Apple Safari Web
Archive: .webarchive
Microsoft Internet
Explorer Web Archive:
.mht
R-Drive Image Archive:
.arc
R-Drive Image V1
Archive: .arc
WinImage Archive: *.
imz
Executable/Library/DLL
DOS Style Executable: .
exe
ELF Executable
(UNIX)
ELF Library (UNIX)
ELF Module (UNIX)
Java Bytecode: .class
Novell NetWare
executable: .nlm
RDOFF executable
Win32 DLL*: .dll
Win32 Executable*: .
exe
Windows OCX File: .
ocx
Development files
Borland Delphi 6
Library: .dcu
Borland Turbo Pascal
compiled Unit: .tpu
COM Type Library: .
tlb
Delphi 7 Compiled
Unit: .dcu
Library: .lib
Microsoft .NET XML
Resource template: .
resx
Microsoft ClassWizard
file: .clw
Microsoft Linker
database
Microsoft Precompiled
header: .pch
Microsoft Visual C++
Database: .mdp
Microsoft Visual Studio
Database: .dsp
Microsoft Visual
Studio Solution: .sln
Microsoft Program
database
Microsoft Visual C++
project
Microsoft Visual
Studio workspace: .
dsw
OMF Object library: .
lib
VisualBasic Database: .
vbp
Windows Compiled
resource (16bit) *: .res
Windows Compiled
resource (32bit): .res
Other file types
ABBYY Lingvo
dictionary: .lsd
File Crypt file: .rzx
Kaspersky Anti-virus
data base: .avc
NOD32 Antivirus
Update file: .nup
OziExplorer Map data:.
map
RegEdit file: .reg
RegEdit file
(UNICODE): .reg
Windows Backup File:
.bkf
Windows Clipboard file:
.clp
Windows Color Profile:
.icm
Windows Minidump
Windows National
locale: .nls
Windows Password file:
.pwl
Windows Policy file: .
pol
Windows Registry file: .
dat
Windows Registry
hive: .hiv
Windows shortcut: .lnk
WinHelp: .hlp
WinHelp Contents: .
cnt
Note: Using scan for Known File Types, Seagate File Recovery for Mac can successfully recover
only un-fragmented files.
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> Seagate File Recovery for Mac shows search progress and found objects
Detailed scan 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 detailed scan for deleted files and go back to the Select the disk to recover files from panel,
continue searching, show already found files, or remain on the Detailed scan panel.
To stop the scan, click the Stop button and the Stop Detailed Scan message will appear. You may stop
the detailed scan for deleted files and go back to the Select the disk to recover files from panel,
continue searching, show already found files, or remain on the Detailed scan for Lost Files panel.
You may also restart scan or rescan already scanned object by clicking the More button and selecting
Restart Detailed Scan.
When the search is through, Seagate File Recovery for Mac will show the Files/Folders. You may
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Loading Scan Information
To load scan information on the disk:
1 Select Open detailed scan information file on the the logical disk on the Step 2. Select action panel
and click the Next button.
Step 2. Select action panel panel
2 Select the required file with the scan info.
If the previous scan is not completed, the Detailed scan is not completed... message will appear. You
may either continue the scan or process the existing scan information.
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2.2 Recover Lost Files from Deleted/Corrupted Logical
Disks/Partitions
To recover deleted files from a deleted logical disk:
1 Select the hard drive where the deleted logical disk resided on the Select the disk to recover files
from panel and click the Next button
Step1. Select disk panel
2 Select options on Step 2. Confirm action panel and click the Next button
Step 2. Confirm action panel
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> Seagate File Recovery for Mac starts analyzing the hard drive, and its Detailed file search in
progress panel will show search progress and found objects
Detailed Scan for Lost Files panel
To stop the scan, click the Stop button and the Stop Detailed Scan message will appear. You may stop
the detailed scan for deleted files and go back to the Select the disk to recover files from panel,
continue searching, show already found files, or remain on the Detailed file search results panel.
You may also restart scan or rescan already scanned object by clicking the More button and selecting
Restart Detailed Scan.
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3 Select the deleted/corrupted logical disk/partition where the lost files resided on Step 3. Select
found disk and click the Next button
Step 3. Select found disk panel
Seagate File Recovery for Mac shows found objects in different colors depending on which elements
of the partition have been found.
Both boot records and file entries are found for this partition
Only file entries are found for this partition
Only boot records are found for this partition
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4 Perform all necessary lost file recovery operations starting from Step 4. Select files for recovery
panel the same way as if the files were on an existing logical disk
Step 4. Select files for recovery panel
See Recovering lost files from an existing logical disk for the detailed instructions on file recovery.
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III Disk Image
An image is an exact, byte by byte, copy of any object on the Step 1. Select disk panel. When created,
images can be processed like their original objects.
Images are very useful if there is a risk of total data loss due to hardware malfunction. If bad blocks are
constantly appearing on a hard drive, you must immediately create an image of this drive. All data search and
recovery can be done from this image.
To create an image,
1 Control-click the disk on the Step1. Select disk panel and select Create Image File on the context
menu
2 Specify image options, a file name, and destination for the image on the Create Image dialog box
Note: To store an image file, you need a free space equal to at least the object size.
Create Image File dialog box
Image Options
Image name
Specifies the name and path for the image file
Byte to byte image
If this option is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac will create a
simple exact copy of the object.
Compressed image
If this option is selected, Seagate File Recovery for Mac will create an
image file which can be compressed, split into several parts, and password-
protected.
Image compression
ratio
You may compress the data in the image to save space. Active only if the
Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible) is selected.
Estimated size
Shows the estimated size of the image file. An actual image size depends on
how much empty space is on the selected partition and what file types are there
. Active only if the Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible) is selected.
Image split size
You may set this option to Automatic and let the system decide how to split the
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image file. This mostly depends on the file system on the destination disk. You
may also either explicitly specify the split size, or choose a preset for various
devices with removable storage. Select Fixed size for that. Active only if the
Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible) is selected.
Password
You may protect your image file with a password. Note: This feature provides
a relatively moderate protection against conventional unauthorized access.
Active only if the Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible) is selected.
You may also specify how to process files with bad sectors. You may specify the number of attempts to
read the bad sectors and a pattern to fill the bad block.
Create Image File dialog box
> Seagate File Recovery for Mac will start creating the image
To process an already created Image, the image file should be opened.
To open an image
1 Control-click empty space on the Step1. Select disk panel and select Open Image File on the
context menu
2 Select the required image file
> An Image object will appear on the Step1. Select disk panel
You may perform all data search and recovery from this image as it were a regular drive/disk object.
Step 1. Select disk panel.
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To remove an image from the list,
* Control-click the image and select Delete Image from List on the context menu
> The image will disappear from the Step 1. Select disk panel
Note: When you remove an image from the Step1. Select disk panel, the original image file will remain in
its place.
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IV Hexadecimal Viewer
If the previewer cannot recognize the format of the file to be previewed, it will open the file in the Text/
Hexadecimal viewer.
Viewer panel
There are up to four tabs showing the data in different representations. Actual number of tabs depends on
the object and property being viewed.
Std
Exact attribute data. If the attribute is compressed, Seagate File Recovery for Mac
decompresses it prior to showing.
Unlimited
Exact attribute data + free space of last cluster. If the attribute is compressed, Seagate
File Recovery for Mac decompresses it prior to showing.
Direct
Actual data written on the disk. If the attribute is not compressed, it coincides with the Std
representation.
Allocation
Resident part of the attribute.
You may select an area in the Viewer panel and save it as a file. Use your mouse or select Select... on
the Tools menu to select the data.
Select Save to Binary File... or Save to Hexadecimal File on the File menu to save the selected data to
the file.
To search for a particular string, click the Find, Find Next, or Find Previous buttons or the same items
on the Edit menu, and specify the string on the Search dialog box.
Search dialog box
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Search options
Search for
HEX
Field for the string to search for in the hexadecimal representation
ANSI
Field for the string to search for in the ANSI encoding
OEM
Field for the string to search for in the OEM encoding
UNICODE
Field for the string to search for in the UNICODE encoding
Match case
Select this check box to make the search case-sensitive
Search area
From current
position
Select this check box to start search from the current position
From start position
Select this check box to start search from the beginning of the object
From Address
Select this check box and specify the range in which the search is to be carried
out
Search position
Exhaustive search
Select this check box to search the entire object
Search at offset
Select this check box and specify the sector offset from which the search will start
Reverse
Select this check box to start the search in the reverse direction
Find all
Select this check box to search for all instances of the string to search. Search
results will be shown in the Find Results pane.
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V Data Recovery Issues
NEVER TRY TO SAVE RECOVERED FILES/FOLDERS TO THE SAME LOGICAL DISK WHERE
THEY RESIDE!!!
Or you may obtain unpredictable results and lose all of your data.
Seagate File Recovery for Mac writes directly to a hard drive only when writing recovered data and from
its hex editor, if writing is enabled. In all other actions, Seagate File Recovery for Mac only reads data and
analyzes them, and never modifies data on the hard drives being analyzed.
Most operating systems use lazy-write. So, there is a time lag between file actions and actual changes on data
on a hard drive. Seagate File Recovery for Mac analyzes data on hard drives only. That is why it does not
always detect recent changes in data structure.
Most operating systems constantly write their service information on hard drives. Such writing is especially
intensive during start-up and shut-down procedures. When an operating system deletes a file/folder, it treats
the space where it has resided as empty and may write something in this place. If this happened, the file/folder
and its parameters may be detected correctly, but its data may be lost.
Folder names like $$$Folder58448 on NTFS partitions mean that the folder has not been found on the drive
but some references to it have been. For example, folders My documents, Work, and Photos have been found
and all they have one parent folder, whose description has not actually been found on the disk, so its name is
unknown. Therefore it is represented as $$$Folder58448. It may happen that the description of such folders
was outside of the search area, so try to enlarge the region or search the entire hard drive. If that does not
resolve thie issue, most likely that the description of the folder has been overwritten.
Folder names like $ROOT58448 on FAT partitions mean that some folders have been found, but they
cannot be included into the folder structure for this FAT partition. Sometimes, such folders may contain other
folder structures.
If you recover a file, and it appears that the file contains wrong data, try to perform detailed scan for deleted
files for the files on the disk
Cross-Linked Folders
Often Seagate File Recovery for Mac finds several FAT folder records that contain the same data. Such
folders are called cross-linked. Seagate File Recovery for Mac marks such folders with an arrow mark:
Seagate File Recovery for Mac attributes the content of cross-linked folders to one folder called a target
folder. When recovering, Seagate File Recovery for Mac places the content to the target folder.
To view the list of cross-linked folders,
* Control-click a cross-linked folder and select Cross Linked Folders on the context menu
> A list of cross-linked folders will appear
You may go to any folder in this list by clicking it.
To find a target folder,
* Control-click a cross-linked folder and select Go Target on the context menu
If Go Target is gray, this folder is already the target folder.
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To set the target folder manually,
* Control-click a cross-linked folder and select Set As Default Target on the context menu
If Set As Default Target is gray, this folder is already the target folder.
Questionable Folders
Sometimes, Seagate File Recovery for Mac may find FAT records, which look like folders, but their
content is invalid. For example, file names have invalid characters, date, time, and size, or other file attributes
may look strange. Please note that Seagate File Recovery for Mac correctly recognizes localized names.
Seagate File Recovery for Mac treats such records as folders, but does not analyze their content and
structure. You can manually search such folders, but results may be unpredictable. Usually, such search
reveals garbage.
Seagate File Recovery for Mac marks such folders with a question mark.
To re-search an object,
* Control-click a questionable folder on the Seagate File Recovery for Mac's Folders panel and
select Re-search on the context menu
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VI Extended Information Recovery
Seagate File Recovery for Mac supports recovery of compressed files, alternative data streams,
encrypted files, file security and extended file attributes. If the Seagate File Recovery for Mac host OS
and the file system of the disk you are going to save file to support any particular extended information, it will
be saved with the file, too. Otherwise, the extended information will be saved as separate files with the same
name as the restored file and extension showing the type of the extended information. Below is a quick
reference for the host OS and file system of the target drive.
Extended Information
Required target disk FS
Encrypted files
NTFS
Alternative data streams
NTFS
File security
NTFS
Extended file attributes
NTFS or FAT
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VII Data Recovery on HFS/HFS+ File System
When deleting a file, Mac OS X deletes system BTree+ records describing the file. Therefore, it is hard to
recover such file directly. Those records may remain in:
1. The swap file (if the deleted file has been deleted recently).
2. In the journal (if the HFS+ journaling is on, and the deleted file has been CREATED recently)
Actually, if a file has been deleted, chances that the records would be found are small. To greatly increase the
chances to recover deleted files successfully , you may actively use scanning with enabled Known Files Types
.
Note: All above is correct for intentionally deleted files. In case of a corrupted file system, HFS/HFS+ can
be recovered quite successfully.
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Index
- B -
Broken File Name options
Change all invalid symbols to 4
Edit broken symbols only 4
File name 4
New name 4
Buttons
File Mask 4, 15
Find 4
Find Next 4, 13
Find Previous 4, 13
Find/Mark 13
Known File Types... 18
Preview 16
Reopen Drive Files 4
Rescan 39
Up 4
- C -
Contact information and technical support 2
Context menu
Create Image File 34
Cross Linked Folders 39
Delete Image From List 34
File mask 15
Find Next 13
Find Previous 13
Find/Mark 13
Go Target 39
Mark 4
Mark All 4
Open Image File 34
Set As Default Target 39
Unmark 4
Unmark All 4
View Hex 37
Cross-linked folders 39
- D -
Data Recovery Issues 39
Data Recovery on HFS/HFS+ File System 42
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Detailed scan 18
Dialog boxes
Authorization 18
Create Image File 34
File already exists 4
File mask 15
File Types 18
Find/Mark 13
Go to 37
Search 37
Stop 18
Disk scan 18
- E -
Edit menu
Find 37
Find Next 37
Find Previous 37
Extended Information Recovery 41
Extra Found Files 18
- F -
File mask options
Date 15
Deleted files 15
Existing files 15
Match case 15
Show empty folders 15
Size from/up to 15
File masks 15
Find options
Date 13
Deleted files 13
Direction 13
Existing files 13
File Id 13
Files 13
Find/Mark mode 13
Folders 13
Look in 13
Match case 13
Regular expression 13
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Find options
Size from/up to 13
- I -
Image 34
Installation Notes 2
Introduction to Seagate File Recovery for Mac 1
- K -
Known File Types 18
- M -
Messages
Insufficient rights 18
Saving a recovered file to the same disk.. 4
Stop 18, 29
Unrecognized file format 16
- P -
Panels
Detailed scan in progress panel 18
Step 2. Confirm action 29
Step 2. Select action 4, 18
Step 3. Select files for recovery 4
Step 3. Select found disk 29
Step 4. Select files for recovery 29
Step 4. Select place for recovered files 4
Step 5. Recovery status 4
Step1. Select disk 4
Step1. Select disk panel 29
Portable version 2
Previewing files 16
- Q -
Questionable folders 39
- R -
Recover Lost Files from Deleted/Corrupted Logical
Disks/Partitions 29
Recover Lost Files from Existing Logical Disks 4
Recover options
Bad Sectors Options 4
Do not recover hidden and system attributes 4
Recover all content of a selected folder, ignoring
specified File Mask 4
Recover alternative data streams for NTFS files.
Has no effect on FAT files: 4
Recover real folders structure 4
Recover security attributes for NTFS files. Has no
effect on FAT files 4
Regular expressions 18
- S -
Seagate File Recovery for Mac Features 1
Search options
ANSI 37
Exhaustive search 37
From Address 37
From current position 37
HEX 37
Match case 37
OEM 37
Reverse 37
Search at offset 37
UNICODE 37
System Requirements 2
- T -
Text/hexadecimal viewer
Allocation 37
Direct 37
Std 37
Unlimited 37
Tools menu
Goto 37
Save to Binary File... 37
Save to Hexadecimal File 37
Select 37
Select All 37
