{"id":425,"date":"2013-04-21T19:55:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T19:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.cleverfiles.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:09:25","slug":"how-do-i-mount-scanning-results-as-a-disk-and-recover-from-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/help\/how-do-i-mount-scanning-results-as-a-disk-and-recover-from-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Mount Scanning Results As a Disk and Recover From It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Disk Drill you can export your scan results into a read\u2011only virtual disk and browse them in Finder (macOS) or File Explorer (Windows). On macOS, Disk Drill mounts via its built\u2011in KFS<\/a> mounter by default\u2014no FUSE<\/a> is required. If macFUSE is already installed, Disk Drill can use it; you can also explicitly block FUSE usage via an advanced preference (see below). On Windows, Disk Drill mounts via Dokany<\/a> to present the results as a drive letter.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>What Mount Found Items as Disk Actually Does<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

One of the great features of Disk Drill PRO<\/a> is that you don’t have to preview files in Disk Drill. You can instead recover them to a virtual disk\u00a0and open the files in their native applications. When you click Mount found items as disk<\/b>, Disk Drill builds a read\u2011only virtual filesystem view of your results and exposes it to the OS as a disk\/volume. From there you can use your native apps (Preview, Photos, Word, etc.) to open and verify file integrity before copying them out to a safe destination. This mounting mode is read\u2011only by design to protect your data.<\/p>\n

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