Smart Utilities

File System Identifier

Find the most likely file system for your device and get recovery-safe guidance before formatting, scanning, or attempting DIY repair.

Identify Your File System

Select what you know about the device. The tool runs entirely in your browser and does not upload or inspect any files.

1. Device details

Device type

Mostly used with

Approximate capacity

Current symptom

Optional clue

Add any folder name, message, or file-system label you have seen.

2. What do you want to recover?

Photos / videosCamera cards, phones, memory cards DocumentsOffice files, PDFs, desktop folders System driveBoot drive, user profile, OS disk Business dataRAID, NAS, database, server data

Ready to analyze

Likely file system will appear here

Choose your device type and platform to get a practical identification result.

Confidence score 0%

Primary match —

Common on —

Recovery risk —

DIY safety —

What this usually means

Your result will include the likely file system and why it was selected.

Recovery-safe next steps

Do not format, initialize, or save new files to the affected device.

Important: This tool identifies likely file systems from user-selected clues. It does not scan your storage device and does not replace professional diagnostics.

No file upload

The tool does not request, read, or transmit your files. It only uses the choices you select on this page.

Recovery focused

Results include safe next steps so users avoid formatting, overwriting, or running destructive repair commands.

Works offline

This is plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It can be hosted as a static page with no API, database, or sign-up.