File Scavenger Help Topics

General

Important information

Use File Scavenger to recover files

Licensing

Commands

Actions menu

Options menu

View menu

Help menu


Recover menu commands

The File menu offers the following commands:

Search	Searches for files.
Browse	Specifies path to restore files to.
Recover	Recovers selected files.
Stop	Stops searching.
Exit	Exits File Scavenger.


Options menu commands

The Edit menu offers the following commands:

Restore Directory Structure	Restores sub-directory structure. For example, if you are restoring files to the “d:\restore” directory and the file to restore is “e:\dir1\file1.txt”, then the file will be restored to “d:\restore\dir1\file1.txt”.
Exhaustive Search	Performs exhaustive search on the drive. With this option, all files found on the drive will be returned, including valid files. This mode takes longer but may succeed when the normal search mode fails. Exhaustive search is also useful when the drive has been fully or partially corrupted. It may also work when the drive has been reformatted.  If the drive has been reformatted with a different cluster size, you will need to specify the original cluster size.
Debug	Use only under direction from our technical support staff.


View menu commands

The View menu offers the following commands:

Status Bar	Shows or hides the status bar.


Help menu commands

The Help menu offers the following commands, which provide you assistance with this application:

Help Topics	Offers you an index to topics on which you can get help.
About	Displays the version number of this application.


Recover Search command
Search

Starts searching for files that match the filename pattern specified.

Shortcuts

Keys:	ATL+S


Recover Recover to command
Browse

Selects a folder to restore files to.

Shortcuts

Keys:	ATL+B


Recover Recover command
Recover

Recovers files selected in File List..

Shortcuts

Keys:	ATL+R


Recover Stop command
Stop

Stops searching.

Shortcuts

Keys: 	ATL+P


Recover Exit command
Exit

Use this command to end a File Scavenger session.  You can also use the Close command on the application Control menu

Shortcuts

Mouse:	Double-click the application's Control menu button.

Keys:	ALT+F4


Option Restore Directory Structure command
Restore Directory Structure

Restores sub-directories in the path. For example, if you are restoring files to the “d:\restore” directory and the file to restore is “e:\dir1\file1.txt”, then the file will be restored to “d:\restore\dir1\file1.txt”.

Shortcuts

Keys:	ATL+D


Option Exhaustive Search command
Exhaustive Search

Toggle between regular (scanning MFT table) and exhaustive search mode.

Shortcuts

Keys:	ATL+E


How to register File Scavenger.
Register File Scavenger

Use your Internet browser and point to http://www.quetek.com.  Follow instructions to register your copy and obtain a license code.


Size command

Use this command to display a four-headed arrow so you can size the active window with the arrow keys.

After the pointer changes to the four-headed arrow:

1.	Press one of the DIRECTION keys (left, right, up, or down arrow key) to move the pointer to the border you want to move.

2.	Press a DIRECTION key to move the border.

3.	Press ENTER when the window is the size you want.

Note:  This command is unavailable if you maximize the window.

Shortcut

Mouse:	Drag the size bars at the corners or edges of the window.


Move command

Use this command to display a four-headed arrow so you can move the active window or dialog box with the arrow keys.

Note:  This command is unavailable if you maximize the window.

Shortcut

Keys:	CTRL+F7


System Minimize Command
Minimize command

Use this command to reduce the File Scavenger window to an icon.

Shortcut

Mouse:	Click the minimize icon [image] on the title bar.

Keys:	ALT+F9


Maximize command

Use this command to enlarge the active window to fill the available space.

Shortcut

Mouse:	Click the maximize icon [image] on the title bar; or double-click the title bar.

Keys:	CTRL+F10 enlarges a document window.


Close command

Use this command to close the active window or dialog box.

Double-clicking a Control-menu box is the same as choosing the Close command.

Note:  If you have multiple windows open for a single document, the Close command on the document Control menu closes only one window at a time.  You can close all windows at once with the Close command on the File menu.

Shortcuts

Keys: 	CTRL+F4 closes a document window

ALT+F4 closes the <<YourType>> window or dialog box


Restore command

Use this command to return the active window to its size and position before you chose the Maximize or Minimize command.


No Help Available

No help is available for this area of the window.


Using File Scavenger to recover deleted files

Following these steps to recover files:

•	Enter the filename and select the drive letter where the file or files resided originally.  Pattern matching characters and directory paths can be part of the filename (for example, “*.txt” or “dir1\*.txt”). Use “*” to search for all files.

•	Click on Search.  File Scavenger will start scanning the drive.  You can click stop at any time to stop searching.

•	Select the files you want to restore in the file list.

•	Specify the output directory (folder). Then click on Recover.


Select a Sector Size
Select a cluster size

If the drive has been reformatted or is corrupt, you will need to perform an exhaustive search and specify the original cluster size (if it has been changed or cannot be determined). Specifying an incorrect cluster size will almost always result in unreadable recovered files (except for files smaller than the cluster size).


File names to search for
Filename

The filename to search for. Pattern matching characters are allowed. The character “*” matches any string of any length. The character “?” matches any single character.


Drive name to search for files
Drive name

The drive to search for.


Folder to save recovered files.
Output Directory

Location to restore files to.


Important Information

File Scavenger can find and recover deleted files on an NTFS partition if the disk area allocated to the files has not been reused by the system.

Disclaimer

Because of the way Windows NT® works, we cannot guarantee that recovered files still contain the original data. You must verify the integrity of the files by other means.

What to do after files have been accidentally deleted

To minimize the possibility of Windows NT® overwriting the deleted files, you should stop any activities that may write to the drive the files were on. For example, it you accidentally deleted files on the D drive and would like to recover them, you should:

•	Stop immediately any activities on your computer that may write to the D drive.

•	Prevent other users from writing to this drive. If you have shared network directories on the drive, you may want to temporarily change file permissions to disallow write access. If you have any application servers writing to the drive, those servers should be stopped.

•	Install this utility on another drive (if it has not been installed) or run it from a floppy disk.

•	Do not restore files to the same drive. The original disk areas may be overwritten by the system when it allocates space for the recovered files.

Who can run this utility?

Only accounts with the Administrators privilege on a Windows NT computer can run this utility.

How about files emptied from the Recycle Bin?

The Recycle Bin may have changed the filenames to, for example, DU0, DU1, etc. The filetypes, however, are preserved. To search for a file after it has been emptied from the Recycle Bin, search for all files with the same filetype (for example, *.doc). Restore all the files to another disk. Then look for the deleted file by examining the contents of the restored files.


Licensing and Technical Support

File Scavenger is licensed on a per computer basis. The program can be downloaded from our web site at http://www.quetek.com. However, in order to recover files, you will need to supply a license code that can be obtained electronically from our web site.

A license bought for a computer can only be used on the computer.

Once you have obtained a license code, you are entitled to a 90-day period of free technical support via electronic mail.  Please send your questions or problems to support@quetek.com.  Most questions will be answered within 2 business days.


File list

List files on the drive that match the file name specified.


Debug Option

Use only under direction from our technical support staff.


View Status Bar Command
Status Bar command

Use this command to display and hide the Status Bar, which describes the action to be executed by the selected menu item or depressed toolbar button, and keyboard latch state. A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Status Bar is displayed.

See Status Bar for help on using the status bar.


Status Bar

The status bar is displayed at the bottom of the File Scavenger window.  To display or hide the status bar, use the Status Bar command in the View menu.

The left area of the status bar describes actions of menu items as you use the arrow keys to navigate through menus.  This area similarly shows messages that describe the actions of toolbar buttons as you depress them, before releasing them.  If after viewing the description of the toolbar button command you wish not to execute the command, then release the mouse button while the pointer is off the toolbar button.

The right areas of the status bar indicate which of the following keys are latched down:

Indicator	Description

CAP	The Caps Lock key is latched down.

NUM	The Num Lock key is latched down.

SCRL	The Scroll Lock key is latched down.


Index command

Use this command to display the opening screen of Help.  From the opening screen, you can jump to step-by-step instructions for using File Scavenger and various types of reference information.

Once you open Help, you can click the Contents button whenever you want to return to the opening screen.


Using Help command

Use this command for instructions about using Help.


About command

Use this command to display the copyright notice and version number of your copy of File Scavenger.


Help Using Help Command
Context Help command

Use the Context Help command to obtain help on some portion of File Scavenger.  When you choose the Toolbar's Context Help button, the mouse pointer will change to an arrow and question mark.  Then click somewhere in the File Scavenger window, such as another Toolbar button.  The Help topic will be shown for the item you clicked.

Shortcut

Keys:	SHIFT+F1


Title Bar

File Scavenger

The title bar is located along the top of a window.  It contains the name of the application.

To move the window, drag the title bar.  Note: You can also move dialog boxes by dragging their title bars.

A title bar may contain the following elements:

Maximize button

Minimize button

Name of the application

Restore button


No Help Available

No help is available for this message box.

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