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The following formats are ones that are detected when running in Raw recovery, or image mode.  The files are largely detected by the signature at the start, and then on some files, there is also further processing.


The list below grows on a regular basis, and if any extra formats are required, please e-mail a sample file to us at info@cnwrecovery.com and if possible it will be added to the system.


File extension

Type of file

Notes

abc

Flow chart data base


ai

Adobe Illustrator


aiff

Audio file

Length is determined from header

ani

Animated pointer file


atn

ATN files


avi

Audio visual files, movies


bmp

BMP bitmap files

The length of the file recovered is determined by the header

cab

CAB

Compressed files as distributed by Microsoft

DOC

Microsoft Word document

There are many other documents that use DOC as an extension

exe

Microsoft executable file

Many files, such as DLL OCX have the same signature

jpg

JPEG image file

The file is parsed and length determined if the file is valid

mov

Movie file

For some version of MOV files the length is determined from the header

TIFF

Image files

The file length is corrected from data in header

ZIP

PK-ZIP files

Will be verified