[GDH]

Glad you found your music.

Running a "Complete File Search" for 5 or 6 file types is not a problem. The slowest file types are multimedia, specifically MP3 and MPEG, so you may want to run separate searches for those.

Recover My Files currently supports the recovery of executables, in fact it will find any file type. Here is a quick summary of how it works which hopefully will answer your question:

A Search for "Deleted Files" - Finds All File Types

A "Deleted File" has an MFT record. The MFT record indicates that the file was deleted. The MFT record points to the location of the deleted file on the disk. As long as the deleted file has not been overwritten by other data (indicated in Recover My Files by the "recovery rating"), then the file can be recovered.

All file types can be located and recovered. If they are not selected or included in the Recover My Files File Type list then they are placed in the "other files" folder in the results screen. Normally you would look in this folder for your .exe files.

The "Fast File Search" and "Format Recover" options use the MFT method of recovery.

A Search for "Lost Files" - Only finds the files in the RMF File Type List

In your case, your MFT records are corrupt/destroyed/gone so you get poor results when you run a Fast or Format Recover search.

In a "Complete Search" Recover My Files fist runs a "Deleted File" search, but then also scans the entire disk and looks for files by their structure, eg. header/content/footer. You ask the program to do this in a "Complete Search" by selecting the specific file type you are looking for in the RMF File Type Selection List.

The good news is that even if MFT records are destroyed, you can still find your files (which is what has happened in your case). The bad news is that MFT records hold the file name, so thus the file name is lost. Recover My Files gives the ******* name "Recovered_Filename_1".

We do not support the recovery of .exe files in a "Lost File Search" because:

1. You would end up with a file called "Recovered_Executable_1.exe". What is it? Are you game to run it? No way, it could be anything!

2. Usually a .exe file, i.e. a program, relies on more than just a .exe file to make it work. The best option is to reinstall the software.

I hope this makes sense.