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Recover Multiple Files


If R‑Studio while recovering files encounters either an already existing file or file with a broken name, normally it will stop working and ask you what to do with the file. If you recover multiple files, that may require you answer a lot of the same questions. You may use Mass File Recovery Options on the Recover dialog box to instruct R‑Studio what to do in those cases for all files.

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Recover (Advanced) dialog box

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File Already Exists

These options instruct R‑Studio what to do if there already exists a file with the same name.

Extended options

If this option is selected, more advanced options become accessible to process multiple duplicates of the file.

Prompt

If this option is selected, R‑Studio asks the user what to do for each such file. It stops file recovery until it receives the answer.

Rename

If this option is selected, R‑Studio adds a File ID to the file name. If a file already exists with the same name and that file ID, a number will be added to th file name and file ID.

Skip

If this option is selected, R‑Studio skips all new files with the same name.

Overwrite

If this option is selected, R‑Studio overwrites the existing file with the new one.

Overwrite Older

If this option is selected, R‑Studio overwrites the existing file with the new one if the existing file is older than the new file. The time stamp used is Modified.

Overwrite Smaller

If this option is selected, R‑Studio overwrites the existing file with the new one if the existing file is smaller than the new file. The time stamp used is Modified.

Overwrite Bigger

If this option is selected, R‑Studio overwrites the existing file with the new one if the existing file is bigger than the new file. The time stamp used is Modified.

Broken File Name

These options instruct R‑Studio what to do if a file to be recovered appears to have an invalid name.

Prompt

If this option is selected, R‑Studio shows the standard Broken File Name dialog box for each file with a broken file name. It stops file recovery until it receives the answer.

Rename and change all invalid symbols to:

If this option is selected, R‑Studio changes all invalid characters to the character specified.

Skip

If this option is selected, R‑Studio skips all files with broken file names.

Hidden Attribute

These options instruct R‑Studio what to do if a file to be recovered appears to have  the Hidden attribute.

Prompt

If this option is selected, R‑Studio asks the user what to do with the attribute . It stops file recovery until it receives the answer.

Remove

If this option is selected, R‑Studio removes the Hidden attribute from all files.

Keep

If this option is selected, R‑Studio keeps the Hidden attribute for all files.

 

Extended options

These options give you more flexible ways to process multiple files with the same name. You may compare files by time (Modified) and size, and decide what R‑Studio should do with those duplicates. If any of the files has an invalid time, the comparison by time is skipped. In this case, if comparison by size is not  active, R‑Studio goes to the default action..

Click to expand/collapse Extended advanced file recovery options

First compare time

First compare size

These options instruct R‑Studio which condition to use first, file time or size.

Compare time

Compare size

These options instruct R‑Studio to enable comparison by time and size..

Actions

These selectable actions instruct R‑Studio what to do if the condition is met.

Empty field

If this option is selected, R‑Studio skips the condition.

Prompt

If this option is selected, R‑Studio asks the user what to do for each such file. It stops file recovery until it receives the answer.

Rename

If this option is selected, R‑Studio adds a File ID to the file name. If a file already exists with the same name and that file ID, a number will be added to th file name and file ID.

Skip

If this option is selected, R‑Studio skips all new files with the same name.

Overwrite

If this option is selected, R‑Studio overwrites the existing file with the new one.

Time conditions

If the Modified time stamp is invalid, R‑Studio will skip the comparison.

Equal time

Two time stamps are the same.

Older

The existing file is older than the new one.i

Newer

The existing file is newer than the new one.i

Size conditions

 

Equal size

Two files have the same size.

Smaller

The existing file is smaller than the new one.i

Bigger

The existing file is bigger than the new one.i

By default

The action R‑Studio takes when none of the comparison conditions have been met. That may happen when the comparison by size is not enabled.

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