# 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 7-Zip archive file
- .ace ACE Archive
- .arj Archive
- .bkf MS Backup file
- .bz2 bzip2 compressed data
- .cab MS cabinet archive
- .deb Debian Archive
- .dump Dump/Restore Archive
- .gz gzip compressed data
- .rar Rar archive
- .rpm RPM package
- .tar tar archive
- .zip zip archive

## Multimedia

- .3ds max
- .3g2 Video for 3G mobile phone (CDMA)
- .3gp Video for 3G mobile phone (GSM)
- .aif Apple Audio
- .albm HP Photosmart Photo Printing Album
- .all Cubase Song format
- .als Ableton Live Sets
- .arw Sony raw image
- .asf, .wma, .wmv: Advanced Streaming Format used for Audio/Video
- .au Sun/NeXT audio data
- .avi RIFF video
- .blend Blender
- .bmp BMP bitmap image
- .cam Image
- .cda CD Audio
- .cdr Corel Draw
- .comicdoc Comic Life
- .cpr Cubase Project File
- .cr2 Canon Raw 2 picture
- .crw Canon Raw picture
- .ctg Canon catalog
- .dcr Kodak Raw picture
- .djv DjVu
- .dpx Cineon image file/SMTPE DPX
- .ds2 Digital Speech Standard v2
- .dsc Nikon dsc
- .dss Digital Speech Standard
- .dta SPSS
- .dv DIF Digital Video
- .dwg AutoCAD
- .emf Windows Enhanced MetaFile
- .fcp Final Cut Pro
- .fh5 Macromedia Freehand 5
- .fh10 Macromedia Freehand 10
- .fla Flash Project File
- .flac Free Lossless Audio Codec
- .flv Macromedia
- .gif Graphic Interchange Format
- .ifo DVD Video manager or title set
- .indd Macromedia InDesign
- .iso cd/dvd iso image (ISO0660)
- .itu iTunes
- .jng JPEG Network Graphics
- .jpg JPEG 2000
- .jpg JPEG picture
- .m2t Blu-ray MPEG-2
- .m2ts Blu-ray MPEG-2
- .max Paperport
- .mb Maya
- .mid MIDI
- .mhbd iTunes
- .mkv Matroska
- .mng Multiple-Image Network Graphics
- .mov Quicktime Movie
- .mp Maya
- .mp3 MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1 audio
- .mp4 MPEG 4
- .mpg Moving Picture Experts Group video
- .mrw Minolta Raw picture
- .mus Finale Music Score
- .mws MetaStock
- .nef Nikon Raw picture
- .ogg OGG Vorbis audio
- .orf Olympus Raw Format picture
- .pct Macintosh Picture
- .pcx PCX file format
- .pef Pentax Raw picture
- .png Portable Network Graphics
- .psd Adobe Photoshop Image
- .ptb PowerTab
- .qxd QuarkXpress Document
- .qxp QuarkXpress Document
- .ra Real Audio
- .raf Raw Fujifilm picture
- .ram Real Media
- .raw Contax picture, Panasonic/Leica picture
- .rdc Rollei picture
- .rm Real Media
- .rns Reason
- .sib Sibelius
- .sit Mikron
- .rns Reason Audio File
- .spss SPSS
- .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
- .xm FastTrackerII Extended Module
- .wav RIFF audio
- .wmf Windows Metafile

## Office

- .accdb Microsoft Access database
- .ai Adobe Illustrator
- .cwk AppleWorks
- .doc Microsoft Word
- .docx Microsoft Office "Open" XML
- .mdb Microsoft Access database
- .njx NJStar
- .odd OpenDocument Drawing
- .odg OpenDocument Graphics
- .odp OpenDocument Presentation
- .ods OpenDocument Spreadsheet
- .odt OpenDocument Text
- .one Microsoft OneNote
- .pap Papyrus word file
- .ppt PowerPoint presentation
- .pptx Microsoft Office "Open" XML
- .pub Microsoft Publisher
- .qbb, .qbw Quickbooks
- .rtf Rich Text Format
- .sda StarDraw
- .sdc StarCalc
- .sdd StarImpress
- .sdw StarWriter
- .slk Sylk, Multiplan Symbolic Link Interchange
- .sav SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) saved data
- .sxc OpenOffice Spreadsheet
- .sxd OpenOffice Drawing
- .sxi OpenOffice Presentation
- .sxw OpenOffice Text Document
- .tex LaTeX
- .txt Text file
- .vis Visio document
- .wpd Corel Documents
- .wps Microsoft Works
- .xlr Microsoft Works Spreadsheet or Chart
- .xls Microsoft Excel
- .xlsx Microsoft Office "Open" XML
- .wdb Microsoft Works Database
- .wk4 Lotus 1-2-3
- .wks Lotus 1-2-3

## Others

- .a Unix/Linux archive
- .ab Mac Address Book
- .adr Opera Hotlist
- .amb Licom AlphaCAM
- .amd/amt/atd/att AlphaCAM
- .amr Adaptive Multi-Rate
- .asm Pro/ENGINEER Assembly
- .asp ASP script
- .bak Microsoft Backup
- .bat Batch
- .c C source file
- .chm Microsoft Windows HtmlHelp Data
- .cls Microsoft VB
- .dat Internet Explorer index.dat- MAJ TestDisk 6.9 Release
- .dbf DBase 3 (prone to false positive)
- .dbx Outlook Express
- .dc TSCe Survey Controller DC v10.0
- .diskimage SunPCI Disk Image
- .dll Microsoft Dynamic Link Library
- .drw Pro/ENGINEER Drawing
- .emlx Mac OSX mail format
- .eps Encasulated PostScript
- .evt Windows registry header detection and Event Log
- .exe Microsoft executable (PE)
- .f Fortran
- .fcs Flow Cytometry Standard 3.0
- .fits NASA Flexible Image Transport System
- .frm MySQL table definition
- .frm Pro/ENGINEER Drawing Form
- .fs Zope data
- .fst QuickBook
- .gho Ghost
- .gpg Partial support for GPG/OpenPGP file recovery
- .gsb Grisbi - Personal Finance Manager XML data
- .h C header
- .html HTML
- .ics vcalendar
- .imb Incredimail
- .imm Incredimail
- .jsp JSP script
- .kdb KeepAssX
- .lnk Microsoft Windows Link
- .mcd VectorWorks
- .mdf Microsoft SQL Server Master Database File
- .mfg Pro/ENGINEER Manufacturing
- .msf Mozilla "mork database"
- .msg Outlook
- .MYI MySQL MISAM compressed data
- .paf Personal Ancestral File
- .pdf Portable Document Format
- .pfx files holding PKCS#12 keys
- .php PHP script
- .pl Perl script
- .prc PalmOS application
- .prt Pro/ENGINEER Model
- .ps PostScript document
- .pst Outlook
- .py Python script
- .qdf Quicken
- .rb Ruby
- .reg registry config file
- .res Microsoft Visual Studio Resource
- .sh Shell script
- .skp SketchUp
- .spe WinSpec
- .SQLite databases
- .stl Stereolithography CAD
- .stp Standard for the Exchange of Product model data
- .tib Acronis True Imag
- .tph Pro/ENGINEER ToolPath
- .vcf VCard
- .veg Sony Vegas
- .vmdk Vmware
- .wab Windows Address Book
- .xml XML
- .xsv XBOX GTA San Andreas Save File
- ELF Executable and Linking Format

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