# File Formats Recovered By PhotoRec

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PhotoRec is a file recovery utility using Data Carving techniques, it searches for known file headers and because there is no data fragmentation (usually), it can recover the whole file. It can also handle some cases of low data fragmentation. Photorec recognises numerous file format including

## Archive

- .7z 7zip archive file
- .ace Archive
- .bkf MS Backup file
- .bz2 bzip2 compressed data
- .cab MS cabinet archive
- .gz gzip compressed data
- .rar Rar archive
- .rpm RPM package
- .tar tar archive
- .zip zip archive

## Multimedia

- .3ds max
- .aif Apple Audio
- .asf, .wma, .wmv: Advanced Streaming Format used for Audio/Video
- .au Sun/NeXT audio data
- .avi .wav RIFF audio/video
- .bmp BMP bitmap image
- .cda CD Audio
- .cdr Corel Draw
- .cr2 Canon Raw 2 picture
- .crw Canon Raw picture
- .ctg Canon catalog
- .dcr Kodak Raw picture
- .djv DjVu
- .dsc Nikon dsc
- .dv DIF Digital Video
- .fh5 Macromedia Freehand 5
- .fh10 Macromedia Freehand 10
- .indd Macromedia InDesign
- .fla Flash Project File
- .flac Free Lossless Audio Codec
- .flv Macromedia
- .gif Graphic Interchange Format
- .jng JPEG Network Graphics
- .jpg JPG picture
- .mid MIDI
- .mhbd iTunes
- .mkv Matroska
- .mng Multiple-Image Network Graphics
- .mov Quicktime Movie
- .mp3 MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1 audio
- .mp4 MPEG 4
- .mpg Moving Picture Experts Group video
- .mrw Minolta Raw picture
- .mus Finale Music Score
- .nef Nikon Raw picture
- .ogg OGG Vorbis audio
- .orf Olympus Raw Format picture
- .pcx PCX file format
- .pef Pentax Raw picture
- .png Portable Network Graphics
- .psd Adobe Photoshop Image
- .qxd QuarkXpress Document
- .qxp QuarkXpress Document
- .raf Raw Fujifilm picture
- .ram Real Media
- .raw Contax picture, Panasonic/Leica picture
- .rdc Rollei picture
- .rm Real Media
- .rns Reason
- .sit Mikron
- .rns Reason Audio File
- .sr2 Sony Raw picture
- .swc Macromedia Compressed Flash
- .swf MacroMedia Flash (Compiled)
- .tif Tag Image File Format
- .x3f Sigma/Foveon X3 raw picture
- .xcf GIMP XCF File
- .wmf Windows Metafile

## Office

- .cwk AppleWorks
- .doc Microsoft Word
- .docx MSOffice "Open" XML
- .mbd Access database
- .njx NJStar
- .odd OpenDocument Drawing
- .odp OpenDocument Presentation
- .ods OpenDocument Spreadsheet
- .odt OpenDocument Text
- .pap Papyrus word file
- .ppt PowerPoint presentation
- .pptx MSOffice "Open" XML
- .qbb, .qbw Quickbooks
- .rtf Rich Text Format
- .sda StarDraw
- .sdc StarCalc
- .sdd StarImpress
- .sdw StarWriter
- .slk Sylk, Multiplan Symbolic Link Interchange
- .sxc OpenOffice Spreadsheet
- .sxd OpenOffice Drawing
- .sxi OpenOffice Presentation
- .sxw OpenOffice Text Document
- .txt Text file
- .vis Visio document
- .xls Microsoft Excel
- .xlsx MSOffice "Open" XML

## Others

- .asp ASP script
- .bak MS Backup
- .bat Batch
- .c C source file
- .dbf DBase 3 (prone to false positive)
- .dbx Outlook Express
- .eps Encasulated PostScript
- .evt Windows registry header detection and Event Log
- .exe Microsoft executable (PE)
- .frm MySQL table definition
- .h C header
- .html HTML
- .imb Incredimail
- .imm Incredimail
- .jsp JSP script
- .MYI MySQL MISAM compressed data
- .pdf Portable Document Format
- .php PHP script
- .pl Perl script
- .prc PalmOS application
- .ps PostScript document
- .pst Outlook
- .py Python script
- .qdf Quicken
- .rb Ruby
- .reg registry config file
- .sh Shell script
- .vcf VCard
- .wab Windows Address Book
- .xml XML

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##### Data Recovery

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