5.8.3. Adding or Editing File Formats

Stellar Data Recovery allows you to add additional file types apart from those already mentioned in File Lists. Using Add File Type option you can add a new file type or edit an existing file type to facilitate the recovery process.

Add File Type include following options:

• To add new file types manually or automatically, click Add File Type button.

• To edit size of existing file types, click Edit File Type button.

Add File Type

You can add new file types to the predefined list of supported file types in Stellar Data Recovery using Add File Type functionality in Raw File Formats screen.

You can add file type either

• Automatically

• Manually

To add File Type automatically:

1. Run Stellar Data Recovery.

2. From the side panel, under Settings, select Raw File Formats  option.

3. Click Add File Type  button from Raw File Formats window.

4. Select the radio-button Add file type using sample files. 

5. Click on Add files here box to browse to the location of file type you want to add.

Note: Alternatively, you can click  Add button to browse to the location of file type you want to add.

Note: Click   Reset button if you wish to remove all the added files at once. 

Note:You need to add at least 10 or more samples / files of the same type to include it in the list of supported file types.

6. The names of added files with the same format will be listed in the box. Click Next.

7. Choose the appropriate file group from the Select Group  drop down. 

8. Specify the maximum file size in the text box, then select the unit (KB or MB).

9. Click the Add button.

 

To add file type manually:

1. Run Stellar Data Recovery.
   

2. From the side panel, under Settings, select Raw File Formats  option.

3. Click the Add File Type tab.

4. Select the radio-button Add file type manually. 

• Specify Software Name.

• Specify File Extension.

• Select Group from the drop down list.

• Specify Max File Size in KB and MB.

• Specify Header in hexadecimal.

• Specify At Offset in decimal.

5.  Click the Add button

Edit File Type

You can also edit an existing file type or newly added file type. You can change every setting of the file type.

To change size of supported file types/remove added file types:

1. Run Stellar Data Recovery.

2. From the side panel, under Settings , select  Raw File Formats option.

3. Under Select File Type tab, select the desired file type from the list.

4. Click the   Edit icon to edit the file size. 

5. Enter the desired new size for the file, then choose the file size unit (KB or MB).

6. Click  to update the file size.

7. Click the Remove button if you want to delete the selected file type from the list.

            Note: To cancel editing the file size, click  .

 

Related link:

Click on Knowledge Base Article "What is RAW Recovery and How to Recover Data from Raw Drive?"