FileSalvage is an data recovery

Data recovery

Data recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Often the data are being salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives, solid-state drives , USB flash drive,...

 product produced by SubRosaSoft.com Inc.

SubRosaSoft.com Inc.

SubRosaSoft.com Inc. is software developer based in the Bay Area of California, USA.Founded in 2002, SubRosaSoft.com Inc. specializes in privacy related and system utilities. Their software covers a wide range of product products including computer security, file and device management, home...

 It is a Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 application used to recover lost data from hard drives, flash drives, CD-ROMs, and other media. FileSalvage is device and file system independent and supports recovery from drives formatted for all Mac OS X file system types, including HFS

HFS

HFS may stand for:* Hyperfine structure* Hereditarily finite set* Hexafluorosilicic acid* WHFS , 'HFS was a slang abbreviation for the radio stations with that call sign in the Washington / Baltimore area...

, HFSX and HFS+ as well as FAT12/16/32

File Allocation Table

File Allocation Table is a computer file system architecture now widely used on many computer systems and most memory cards, such as those used with digital cameras. FAT file systems are commonly found on floppy disks, flash memory cards, digital cameras, and many other portable devices because of...

, NTFS/NTFS5

NTFS

NTFS is the standard file system of Windows NT, including its later versions Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7....

, ext2fs and other file system types.

Methods of operation

FileSalvage offers 3 modes of operation to allow the user to recover deleted files and files lost to media fault and/or corruption.

Recover Deleted Files mode

In the Recover Deleted Files mode, the user selects the drive or device they wish recover deleted files from. FileSalvage then searches the drive/device using presets for either all known files, audio files, picture files, office files, video files or any combination of pre-defined file types. All recoverable files within the selected categories are saved to a user selected recovery folder located on a different volume then the one being scanned.

Salvage All Files mode

In the Salvage All Files mode, the user selects the drive or device they wish to recover deleted files from. FileSalvage then recovers all recognized files on that drive/device to a user selected recovery folder located on a different volume then the one being scanned.

Explore A Drive mode

In the Explore A Drive mode, the user selects the drive or device they wish to recover deleted files from. They may then select specific file types to search for or allow FileSalvage to search for all known file types. In this mode the user can also define their own file types not originally supported by the software by providing it with 10 or more examples of the desired file type and the software will learn to detect this new file format. This mode also offers the options to search free-space only and byte-by-byte or block-by-block searching. Previous saved scans can also be imported.

Once the drive/device has been scanned, the user may then manually preview the recoverable files, viewing lost images and videos along with other viewable file types, before selecting the file(s) they wish to recover. Once the file(s) have been selected they then choose a folder to save the file(s) to and the software recovers them.

Reviews

Macworld UK review of FileSalvage.

MacNation review of FileSalvage.

TopTenREVIEWS review of FileSalvage.

Expert Reviews review of FileSalvage.

See also

• Data recovery
  Data recovery
  Data recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Often the data are being salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives, solid-state drives , USB flash drive,...
  
  
• Recovery software
• File carving
  File carving
  File carving is the process of reassembling computer files from fragments in the absence offilesystem metadata. The carving process makes use of knowledge of common file structures, information contained in files, and heuristics regarding how filesystems fragment data...
  
  
• Undeletion
  Undeletion
  Undeletion is a feature for restoring computer files which have been removed from a file system by file deletion. Deleted data can be recovered on many file systems, but not all file systems provide an undeletion feature. Recovering data without an undeletion facility is usually called data...
  
  
• Data loss
  Data loss
  Data loss is an error condition in information systems in which information is destroyed by failures or neglect in storage, transmission, or processing. Information systems implement backup and disaster recovery equipment and processes to prevent data loss or restore lost data.Data loss is...
  
  
• Hidden file and hidden directory

External links

• FileSalvage webpage