• Author : Creative Team on  July 18, 2011

File signature is a unique identification of a file and can be an efficient means to locate the lost file in the drive. Stellar CD DVD Data Recovery software provides powerful file signature based recovery in the name 'Surface Scan' or 'Raw Recovery'. The software stores most of the commonly used files with their signatures, from which you can select the one you need and perform the recovery operation smoothly. However, sometimes, the list of files in the software does not include your required file don't be disappointed the software provides option to add a new file type to the existing list. You can add several details of a file type, including Software Name, Group, File Extension, Header (in hexadecimal) and At Offset (in decimal).

Steps to Add a new File Type in the CD DVD Recovery tool:

After adding the details of the required file, you have to perform the scan operation once again. However, if the header information or any other information including the Max File Size is wrong, you will not get the desired result. For such situations, Stellar CD DVD Data Recovery provides an unique option to remove the file with wrong information.

Steps to Remove a File Type:


Once, you remove the problematic file type, you can add the correct file details to scan the drive for the desired results. After giving all these details in the Add/Edit Header File window, you need to scan one more time to recover the required files. This option refines the file search process and helps in recovering the lost files more efficiently.