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File explorer

Note: In the following text, files and folders are collectively referred to as "objects".

	Information shown in the file/folder tree
	For a file: Green file icon indicates a "valid" file Red icon indicates an "invalid" file White icon indicates there is no known validation algorithm for this file type Gray icon indicates a file not yet processed Black icon is shown in case there is a physically bad block within a file File size is displayed after a file name along with the appropriate units For a folder: Total size of all contained files Total number of contained files / Number of "valid" files / Number of "invalid" files (per validation results)

	"Currently selected ..."
	This section displays number and size of the selected files. You may want to check the total file size with respect to the free space available on your target drive. It is not unusual to get a slightly larger amount of data than expected. This effect arises when multiple file versions (previously erased files) or duplicate files (e.g. when the file was moved, it may be recovered in both old and new locations) are being restored.

	Validation progress and result information
	Once the volume folder tree is shown, background validation process starts to look for "good" and "damaged" files among the recovered. You can proceed to the next step of the recovery (file copying) without waiting for a validation to complete. Once you click "Next>>", the validation process is aborted and any pending validation requests are discarded. The validation is not a required stage of the data recovery process.

Right panel options

	Find a file, Select multiple files
	Here you can either find or select the needed objects by specifying the desired object name (or part of it) and then using the corresponding buttons. Find (F3) button Locates and highlights the specified file. Either a full or a partial file name should be specified. Please use wildcards to specify a part of the file name. Select and Deselect buttons Using these buttons you can mark all the files matching the search criteria for recovery. You will be prompted if you want to mark all the files starting at the root of the tree, or starting at the current cursor position. Note that mass mark operations are only applied to the files. If the folder name happens to match the mask specified, this is ignored (only files are checked).

	Show files in the tree
	When this option enabled (default setting) individual files will be displayed in the volume folder tree view. The setting does not have any effect except the visual (i.e. validation continues to run in the background).

	Preview image files
	When enabled, the preview for the certain image file formats will be displayed when a file is selected. Preview is currently provided for JPEG images TIFF images

	Export file and folder tree
	Allows you to export either list of file names or list of folder names to a text file. There are options to include validation results and/or export only the objects marked for recovery.

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