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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Start Successfully About the Manual About Nero RescueAgent Working with Nero RescueAgent System Requirements Starting the Program 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2.1 Start Screen Select Storage Media And Scan Level 8 9 3 3.1 3.2 Files Found Screen Select Specific Files / Show Only Specific Files Window Select Files to Recover 10 11 13 4 4.1 Process Completed Screen Save Log File 15 16 5 End Screen 17 6 6.1 6.2 6.
Start Successfully 1 Start Successfully 1.1 About the Manual This manual is intended for all users who want to learn how to use Nero RescueAgent. It is process-based and explains how to achieve a specific objective on a step-by-step basis. To make best use of this documentation, please note the following conventions: Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be precisely followed. Indicates additional information or advice. 1.
Start Successfully For multisession disks and disks formatted for the UDF file system capable of packet writing, Nero RescueAgent also provides the option of recovering deleted files and older file versions. 1.3 Working with Nero RescueAgent The Nero RescueAgent Assistant helps you to restore files in just a few steps. The following individual steps are necessary. Select storage medium and scan level. Search storage medium for files that can be restored.
Start Successfully On Windows 8, you can start Nero RescueAgent via: the Nero 2015 tile (Windows 8 Start screen) or the Nero 2015 desktop icon (Windows 8 desktop) if you use Nero 2015 Nero RescueAgent 7
Start Screen 2 Start Screen In the start screen of Nero RescueAgent, you can select the storage medium from which to restore data. In addition you can choose between a fast and a deep scan. Start screen The following setting options are available: Drop-down menu Drive/media to recover Selects the storage medium from which data is to be restored. data from Option button Fast scan Option button Deep scan Selects the faster scan.
Start Screen Button Next 2.1 Starts the search for files that can be recovered. Select Storage Media And Scan Level To select the storage medium and the scan level, proceed as follows: 1. Insert the desired disc into the drive or connect the desired storage medium to your computer. 2. Select the storage media from the Drive / media to recover data from drop-down menu. 3. Select the desired scan level. The fast scan only searches the FAT file system of the storage medium.
Files Found Screen 3 Files Found Screen The Files Found screen lists all files that can be restored. If files can only to be partly restored, they are marked in yellow. If there is only a small probability that files can be restored, they are marked in red. Files Found screen The following setting options are available: Button Find Button Select Button Show Opens the Find file window which allows you to search for a specific file via its file name. Opens the Select specific files window.
Files Found Screen Opens the Browse For Folder window. Button Here you can define the folder in which the restored files are to be saved. Check box Recover all files into single directory Button Recovers all files into the directory you have defined in the Browse For Folder window. Returns to the start screen. Back Starts the recovery of the selected files. Button Only available when a storage locality for the files to be restored has already been defined.
Files Found Screen Select specific files and Show only specific files window The following setting options are available: Check Box All files Check Box All problems Check Box All normal files Check Box All deleted files Check Box All corrupted files Check Box Selects all files or shows them Selects all files from all problem categories or shows them. Selects all files or shows files in which no faults have been found. Selects all deleted files or shows them. Selects all corrupted files or shows them.
Files Found Screen Check Box All previous versions Check Box All recoverable files Check Box All unrecoverable files Check Box Selects all older file versions or shows them. Selects all files that can be restored or shows them. Selects all files that cannot be restored or shows them. Shows all selected files All selected files Check Box Only available in Show only specific files window. Shows all files that have not been selected.
Files Found Screen 3. If you want Nero RescueAgent to search for the file name as a separate word, select the Match whole word check box. 4. If you want Nero RescueAgent to respect the spelling (upper case or lower case) of the file name, select the Match case check box. 5. If you want Nero RescueAgent to select the found file, select the Select found file check box. 6. Click the Find button.
Process Completed Screen 4 Process Completed Screen All recovered files are displayed in the Process Completed screen. The screen also indicates how many files could not be recovered. You can save a log file as a summary of the recovery performed. Process Completed Screen The following setting options are available: The Save as dialog appears. Button Save log file Link Recovery destination Context Menu Explore this folder Button Back You can specify the storage location for the log file here.
Process Completed Screen Button Changes to the end screen of Nero RescueAgent. Next 4.1 Save Log File The following requirements must be fulfilled: ▲ You have restored files with Nero RescueAgent. ▲ The Process Completed screen is displayed. To save a log file, proceed as follows: 1. Click the Save log file button. The Save As window is opened. 2. Select the folder to which the log file is to be saved and click the OK button. The Save As dialog is closed. 3. Click the Next button.
End Screen 5 End Screen In the end screen you can either start a new scan, scan the same storage medium again, or restore further files. End screen The following menu icons are available: New scan Scan the same drive Returns to the start screen. Restarts a scan on the same drive with the same scan options. Changes to the Files Found screen. Here you can select further files Recover more files to restore, or simply restart restoring with the files that are already selected.
Technical Information 6 Technical Information 6.1 Supported File Systems 6.2 UDF (Version 1.0 to 2.6) CDFS (ISO 9660, including Joliet). Multisession Disc UDF/ISO Bridge Disc NTFS FAT 16, FAT 32, ExtFAT Key Combinations In Nero RescueAgent menu commands can be carried out on-the-fly via predefined key combinations. The following key combinations are available: [Ctrl+B] Returns to the previous screen. Starts recovery.
Technical Information Opens the Find Folder window. [Ctrl+D] Only available in the Files to Recover screen. The Save as window appears. Here you can store a log file and specify the storage location. [Ctrl+L] Only available in the Recovery completed screen. Returns to the start screen. Ctrl+Pos 1 Only available in the Recovery completed screen. Alt+Plus button Expands all entries in the folder tree starting from the selected entry or from the root if no entry is selected.
Glossary 7 Glossary Bridge Disc A Bridge Disc is a variant of a CD-ROM that can be read from CD drives but also from CD-I devices such as a Photo CD for example. It is defined in the White Book Standard and contains extra information in an XA (Standard Architecture) track on the CD-ROM. FAT FAT (File Allocation Table) is a file system developed by Microsoft. The FAT 12, FAT 16 and FAT 32 file systems are used on all types of mobile storage media (e.g. USB sticks, memory cards).
Index 8 Index Screen Find file ................................................. 13 Key Combinations [Ctrl+A].....................................................18, 18 [Ctrl+B].....................................................18, 18 [Ctrl+C] ....................................................18, 18 [Ctrl+D] ....................................................19, 19 [Ctrl+L] .....................................................19, 19 [Ctrl+P].....................................................
Contact 9 Contact Nero RescueAgent is a Nero AG product. Nero AG Rueppurrer Str. 1a Internet: www.nero.com 76137 Karlsruhe Help: http://support.nero.com Germany Fax: +49 721 6272 6499 Copyright © 2014 Nero AG and its licensors. All rights reserved.