diff --git a/crates/guara-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/guara-cli/src/main.rs
index c3f9787..c1e2710 100644
--- a/crates/guara-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/guara-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ fn recover_job(
         filter.organize
     ))?;
     let rj = eng
-        .start_recover(scan_job, ids, Some(q), dest, layout)
+        .start_recover(scan_job, ids, Some(q), None, dest, layout)
         .map_err(s)?;
     let st = wait(eng, &rj, None)?;
     eprintln!();
diff --git a/crates/guara-core/src/explorer.rs b/crates/guara-core/src/explorer.rs
index 9f2f9fe..26ad40e 100644
--- a/crates/guara-core/src/explorer.rs
+++ b/crates/guara-core/src/explorer.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,44 @@ pub fn browse(found: &[Found], path: &str, q: &Query) -> Value {
     json!({ "path": path, "folders": out, "files": page, "total_files": total })
 }
 
+/// What the user marked in folder browsing: whole folders (recursive; `""` is
+/// everything, `"@carved"` the files found by signature), single files, and
+/// files unmarked inside a marked folder.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Selection {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub folders: Vec<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub ids: Vec<u64>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub exclude: Vec<u64>,
+}
+
+/// Whether `f` is inside the browsing folder `folder` (recursively).
+pub fn in_folder(f: &Found, folder: &str) -> bool {
+    let folder = folder.trim_matches('/');
+    if folder.is_empty() {
+        return true;
+    }
+    match browse_dir(f) {
+        None => folder == "@carved",
+        Some(dir) => dir == folder || dir.strip_prefix(folder).is_some_and(|r| r.starts_with('/')),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Files a selection resolves to, in discovery order. Marked folders take
+/// everything inside them, whatever filters the view had; an excluded id
+/// always wins.
+pub fn resolve_selection<'a>(found: &'a [Found], sel: &Selection) -> Vec<&'a Found> {
+    let ids: std::collections::HashSet<u64> = sel.ids.iter().copied().collect();
+    let exclude: std::collections::HashSet<u64> = sel.exclude.iter().copied().collect();
+    found
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|f| !exclude.contains(&f.id))
+        .filter(|f| ids.contains(&f.id) || sel.folders.iter().any(|d| in_folder(f, d)))
+        .collect()
+}
+
 /// Facet counts for sidebar navigation.
 pub fn facets(found: &[Found]) -> Value {
     let mut cats: HashMap<&'static str, usize> = HashMap::new();
@@ -532,6 +570,56 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(folders(&v).is_empty());
     }
 
+    fn ids(v: Vec<&Found>) -> Vec<u64> {
+        v.into_iter().map(|f| f.id).collect()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_selection_folder_and_ids() {
+        let found = sample();
+        let sel = Selection {
+            folders: vec!["DCIM/100CANON".into()],
+            ids: vec![3],
+            exclude: vec![],
+        };
+        assert_eq!(ids(resolve_selection(&found, &sel)), vec![1, 3, 5]);
+        let all = Selection {
+            folders: vec!["".into()],
+            ..Selection::default()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(ids(resolve_selection(&found, &all)), vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn exclude_wins_over_ids() {
+        let found = sample();
+        let sel = Selection {
+            folders: vec!["DCIM".into()],
+            ids: vec![5],
+            exclude: vec![5, 2],
+        };
+        assert_eq!(ids(resolve_selection(&found, &sel)), vec![1]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selection_carved_folder() {
+        let found = sample();
+        let sel = Selection {
+            folders: vec!["@carved".into()],
+            ..Selection::default()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(ids(resolve_selection(&found, &sel)), vec![4]);
+        let prefix = vec![
+            Found::test_file(1, "Foto", "a.jpg", 1),
+            Found::test_file(2, "Fotos", "b.jpg", 1),
+        ];
+        let sel = Selection {
+            folders: vec!["Foto".into()],
+            ..Selection::default()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(ids(resolve_selection(&prefix, &sel)), vec![1]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn browse_paginates_files() {
         let found: Vec<Found> = (0..250)
diff --git a/crates/guara-core/src/recover.rs b/crates/guara-core/src/recover.rs
index dfe01cb..1d11f07 100644
--- a/crates/guara-core/src/recover.rs
+++ b/crates/guara-core/src/recover.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,25 @@ pub fn recover_resumable(
     resume: bool,
     cancelled: &(dyn Fn() -> bool + Sync),
     progress: &mut dyn FnMut(usize, usize, u64),
+) -> Result<RecoverReport> {
+    recover_resumable_with(
+        src, files, dest, layout, None, source_key, resume, cancelled, progress,
+    )
+}
+
+/// [`recover_resumable`] for a folder-browsing selection: with `roots`, each
+/// file lands relative to its marked folder and `layout` is ignored.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub fn recover_resumable_with(
+    src: &dyn Source,
+    files: &[&Found],
+    dest: &Path,
+    layout: RecoverLayout,
+    roots: Option<&SelectionRoots>,
+    source_key: &str,
+    resume: bool,
+    cancelled: &(dyn Fn() -> bool + Sync),
+    progress: &mut dyn FnMut(usize, usize, u64),
 ) -> Result<RecoverReport> {
     use std::io::Write;
     crate::owner::create_dir_all_owned(dest)?;
@@ -219,7 +238,7 @@ pub fn recover_resumable(
                 let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&p);
             }
         }
-        let rel = target_rel(f, layout);
+        let rel = target_rel_in(f, layout, roots);
         let mut path = dest.join(&rel);
         if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
             if let Err(e) = crate::owner::create_dir_all_owned(parent) {
@@ -292,6 +311,97 @@ pub fn recover_resumable(
     Ok(report)
 }
 
+/// Marked folders of a folder-browsing recovery and the name each one gets in
+/// the destination: `a/b/Projeto` is recreated as `Projeto/...`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct SelectionRoots {
+    /// `(folder path, destination name)`; a nested marked folder is dropped
+    /// because the outermost one already covers it.
+    roots: Vec<(String, String)>,
+}
+
+impl SelectionRoots {
+    pub fn new(folders: &[String]) -> Self {
+        let mut paths: Vec<String> = folders
+            .iter()
+            .map(|f| f.trim_matches('/').to_string())
+            .collect();
+        paths.sort();
+        paths.dedup();
+        let covered = |p: &str, by: &str| {
+            p != by
+                && p != "@carved"
+                && (by.is_empty() || p.strip_prefix(by).is_some_and(|r| r.starts_with('/')))
+        };
+        let kept: Vec<String> = paths
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|p| !paths.iter().any(|q| covered(p, q)))
+            .cloned()
+            .collect();
+        let mut used: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new();
+        let roots = kept
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|path| {
+                let base = match path.as_str() {
+                    "" => String::new(),
+                    "@carved" => "Por assinatura".to_string(),
+                    p => sanitize_name(p.rsplit('/').next().unwrap_or(p)),
+                };
+                let mut name = base.clone();
+                let mut n = 2;
+                while !base.is_empty() && !used.insert(name.clone()) {
+                    name = format!("{base} ({n})");
+                    n += 1;
+                }
+                (path, name)
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Self { roots }
+    }
+
+    /// Destination folder for `f`, or `None` when no marked folder holds it
+    /// (a file marked on its own goes to the destination root).
+    fn rel_dir(&self, f: &Found) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        let (path, name) = self
+            .roots
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(path, _)| crate::explorer::in_folder(f, path))?;
+        let mut out = PathBuf::new();
+        if !name.is_empty() {
+            out.push(name);
+        }
+        if f.origin == Origin::Carved {
+            if path.is_empty() {
+                out.push("Por assinatura");
+            }
+            return Some(out);
+        }
+        let dir = f.dir.as_deref().unwrap_or("").trim_matches('/');
+        let rest = if path.is_empty() {
+            dir
+        } else {
+            dir[path.len()..].trim_start_matches('/')
+        };
+        for part in rest.split('/').filter(|p| !p.is_empty()) {
+            out.push(sanitize_name(part));
+        }
+        Some(out)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Destination path of `f`: relative to its marked folder when recovering a
+/// selection, otherwise by `layout`.
+fn target_rel_in(f: &Found, layout: RecoverLayout, roots: Option<&SelectionRoots>) -> PathBuf {
+    match roots {
+        Some(roots) => {
+            let mut p = roots.rel_dir(f).unwrap_or_default();
+            p.push(sanitize_name(&f.name));
+            p
+        }
+        None => target_rel(f, layout),
+    }
+}
+
 fn target_rel(f: &Found, layout: RecoverLayout) -> PathBuf {
     let mut p = PathBuf::new();
     match layout {
@@ -524,3 +634,65 @@ impl Source for FoundSource<'_> {
         read_found_at(self.src, self.found, offset, buf)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod selection_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn rel(roots: &[&str], f: &Found) -> String {
+        let roots = SelectionRoots::new(&roots.iter().map(|r| r.to_string()).collect::<Vec<_>>());
+        target_rel_in(f, RecoverLayout::Folders, Some(&roots))
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            .replace('\\', "/")
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selection_target_relative() {
+        let f = Found::test_file(1, "a/b/Projeto/sub", "x.jpg", 1);
+        assert_eq!(rel(&["a/b/Projeto"], &f), "Projeto/sub/x.jpg");
+        let top = Found::test_file(2, "a/b/Projeto", "y.txt", 1);
+        assert_eq!(rel(&["a/b/Projeto"], &top), "Projeto/y.txt");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selection_nested_uses_outermost() {
+        let f = Found::test_file(1, "a/Projeto/sub", "x.jpg", 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            rel(&["a/Projeto/sub", "a/Projeto"], &f),
+            "Projeto/sub/x.jpg"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selection_same_name_suffix() {
+        let roots = ["b/Projeto", "a/Projeto"];
+        assert_eq!(
+            rel(&roots, &Found::test_file(1, "a/Projeto", "x.jpg", 1)),
+            "Projeto/x.jpg"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            rel(&roots, &Found::test_file(2, "b/Projeto", "y.jpg", 1)),
+            "Projeto (2)/y.jpg"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selection_loose_file_at_root() {
+        let f = Found::test_file(1, "Documentos", "solto.pdf", 1);
+        assert_eq!(rel(&["Outra"], &f), "solto.pdf");
+        assert_eq!(
+            rel(&["@carved"], &Found::test_carved(2, "c.jpg", 1)),
+            "Por assinatura/c.jpg"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            rel(&[""], &Found::test_file(3, "a/b", "z.txt", 1)),
+            "a/b/z.txt"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selection_target_sanitizes() {
+        let f = Found::test_file(1, "x/Proj:e?to/sub*", "a.jpg", 1);
+        assert_eq!(rel(&["x/Proj:e?to"], &f), "Proj_e_to/sub_/a.jpg");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/guara-core/src/service.rs b/crates/guara-core/src/service.rs
index 70d422f..aa2d69b 100644
--- a/crates/guara-core/src/service.rs
+++ b/crates/guara-core/src/service.rs
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ impl Engine {
         scan_id: &str,
         ids: Option<Vec<u64>>,
         filter: Option<Query>,
+        selection: Option<crate::explorer::Selection>,
         dest: &str,
         layout: recover::RecoverLayout,
     ) -> Result<String> {
@@ -477,15 +478,25 @@ impl Engine {
         let src = sj.source().ok_or_else(no_source)?;
         let files: Vec<Found> = {
             let s = sj.st.lock().unwrap();
-            match (&ids, &filter) {
-                (Some(ids), _) => ids
-                    .iter()
-                    .filter_map(|i| s.index.get(i).map(|&k| s.found[k].clone()))
-                    .collect(),
-                (None, Some(q)) => q.select(&s.found).into_iter().cloned().collect(),
-                (None, None) => s.found.clone(),
+            if let Some(sel) = &selection {
+                crate::explorer::resolve_selection(&s.found, sel)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .cloned()
+                    .collect()
+            } else {
+                match (&ids, &filter) {
+                    (Some(ids), _) => ids
+                        .iter()
+                        .filter_map(|i| s.index.get(i).map(|&k| s.found[k].clone()))
+                        .collect(),
+                    (None, Some(q)) => q.select(&s.found).into_iter().cloned().collect(),
+                    (None, None) => s.found.clone(),
+                }
             }
         };
+        let roots = selection
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|sel| recover::SelectionRoots::new(&sel.folders));
         if files.is_empty() {
             return Err(Error::msg("nenhum arquivo selecionado"));
         }
@@ -533,11 +544,12 @@ impl Engine {
                 };
             };
             let refs: Vec<&Found> = files.iter().collect();
-            let res = recover::recover_resumable(
+            let res = recover::recover_resumable_with(
                 src.as_ref(),
                 &refs,
                 &dest_path,
                 layout,
+                roots.as_ref(),
                 &source_key,
                 true,
                 &cancelled,
@@ -1283,7 +1295,13 @@ impl Engine {
                     .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
                     .and_then(recover::RecoverLayout::parse)
                     .unwrap_or_default();
-                json!({ "job": self.start_recover(&s("job")?, ids, filter, &s("dest")?, layout)? })
+                let selection: Option<crate::explorer::Selection> = p
+                    .get("selection")
+                    .cloned()
+                    .filter(|v| !v.is_null())
+                    .map(serde_json::from_value)
+                    .transpose()?;
+                json!({ "job": self.start_recover(&s("job")?, ids, filter, selection, &s("dest")?, layout)? })
             }
             "image_start" => {
                 let format: image::ImageFormat = p
diff --git a/crates/guara-core/tests/disk.rs b/crates/guara-core/tests/disk.rs
index 10c0c20..dab5e84 100644
--- a/crates/guara-core/tests/disk.rs
+++ b/crates/guara-core/tests/disk.rs
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ fn sessao_da_v0_1_0_abre_e_funciona() {
             &job,
             None,
             Some(service::Query::default()),
+            None,
             out.path().to_str().unwrap(),
             recover::RecoverLayout::Folders,
         )
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ fn sessao_abre_sem_a_origem_e_pode_ser_reconectada() {
             &job,
             None,
             None,
+            None,
             out.path().to_str().unwrap(),
             recover::RecoverLayout::Folders,
         )
@@ -452,6 +454,7 @@ fn sessao_abre_sem_a_origem_e_pode_ser_reconectada() {
             &job,
             None,
             None,
+            None,
             out.path().to_str().unwrap(),
             recover::RecoverLayout::Folders,
         )
@@ -712,6 +715,7 @@ fn espaco_insuficiente_no_destino_e_avisado_antes_de_copiar() {
             &job,
             None,
             None,
+            None,
             out.path().to_str().unwrap(),
             recover::RecoverLayout::Folders,
         )
@@ -719,3 +723,120 @@ fn espaco_insuficiente_no_destino_e_avisado_antes_de_copiar() {
     assert!(e.to_string().contains("Espaço insuficiente"), "{e}");
     assert!(recover::free_space(out.path()).unwrap_or(0) > 0);
 }
+
+/// Folder browsing on FAT32 (deleted short names lose their first character,
+/// hence `_raia.jpg`): one level at a time, and recovering a marked folder
+/// recreates only that folder (plus single marked files at the root, minus the
+/// unmarked ones).
+#[test]
+fn navegacao_por_pastas_e_recuperacao_da_selecao() {
+    init();
+    let Some(dir) = fixtures() else { return };
+    let img = dir.join("fat32.img");
+    let eng = service::Engine::new();
+    let job = eng
+        .start_scan(img.to_str().unwrap(), ScanOptions::default())
+        .unwrap();
+    wait_done(&eng, &job);
+
+    let root = eng.browse(&job, "", &service::Query::default()).unwrap();
+    let folders: Vec<(String, u64)> = root["folders"]
+        .as_array()
+        .unwrap()
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|f| f["path"] != "@carved")
+        .map(|f| {
+            (
+                f["path"].as_str().unwrap().to_string(),
+                f["files"].as_u64().unwrap(),
+            )
+        })
+        .collect();
+    assert!(folders.contains(&("Documentos".into(), 5)), "{folders:?}");
+    assert!(folders.contains(&("Fotos".into(), 2)), "{folders:?}");
+    let docs = eng
+        .browse(&job, "Documentos", &service::Query::default())
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(docs["folders"][0]["path"], "Documentos/Trabalho");
+    assert_eq!(docs["folders"][0]["files"], 3);
+
+    let all = eng
+        .results(
+            &job,
+            &service::Query {
+                limit: 5000,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    let id_of = |name: &str| {
+        all["items"]
+            .as_array()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .find(|i| i["name"] == name && i["origin"] == "fat")
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("{name} not found"))["id"]
+            .as_u64()
+            .unwrap()
+    };
+    let selection = explorer::Selection {
+        folders: vec!["Documentos/Trabalho".into()],
+        ids: vec![id_of("_raia.jpg")],
+        exclude: vec![id_of("tese.docx")],
+    };
+    let out = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let rj = eng
+        .start_recover(
+            &job,
+            None,
+            None,
+            Some(selection),
+            out.path().to_str().unwrap(),
+            recover::RecoverLayout::Folders,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    wait_done(&eng, &rj);
+    let got = hashes_in(out.path());
+    let mut paths: Vec<String> = got
+        .values()
+        .map(|p| {
+            p.strip_prefix(out.path())
+                .unwrap()
+                .to_string_lossy()
+                .replace('\\', "/")
+        })
+        .collect();
+    paths.sort();
+    assert_eq!(
+        paths,
+        vec!["Trabalho/_otas.txt", "Trabalho/relatorio.pdf", "_raia.jpg"]
+    );
+    let expected = expected(&dir, "fat32");
+    for (hash, original) in &expected {
+        let wanted = [
+            "Documentos/Trabalho/notas.txt",
+            "Documentos/Trabalho/relatorio.pdf",
+            "Fotos/praia.jpg",
+        ];
+        if wanted.contains(&original.as_str()) {
+            assert!(got.contains_key(hash), "content of {original} differs");
+        }
+    }
+    assert!(out.path().join("guara-manifesto.json").is_file());
+
+    let empty = explorer::Selection {
+        folders: vec!["Nada/Aqui".into()],
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let e = eng
+        .start_recover(
+            &job,
+            None,
+            None,
+            Some(empty),
+            out.path().to_str().unwrap(),
+            recover::RecoverLayout::Folders,
+        )
+        .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(e.to_string().contains("nenhum arquivo selecionado"), "{e}");
+}