Speed of recovery by limiting file types?

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pokee
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Joined: 27 Dec 2012, 22:42

Speed of recovery by limiting file types?

#1 Post by pokee »

Will the recovery process be sped up if I were to limit the files I wanted to recover to only a few types rather than all of the default files being left in?

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Fiona
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Re: Speed of recovery by limiting file types?

#2 Post by Fiona »

Might be depend on the size of your space from your disk.
You can use PhotRec and File Opt.
Pressing s (select) will deselect all file types.
So you can only mark your appreciated ones for recovery.

Fiona

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