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Stellar Phoenix
Windows DataRecovery
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery 5.0 User
Guide
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Overview
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - Technical edition is a complete solution to recover lost
data from hard drive volumes. Lost data files can also be searched in removable storage devices,
lost volumes or existing volumes. However, MS Windows Operating Systems should be
necessarily installed on hard disk to recover data by using Stellar Phoenix Windows Data
Recovery.
Drive Recovery recovers data from logical volumes. A 'Search Lost Volumes' option is given to
search volumes that are deleted. Deleted or formatted volumes can also be
scanned for recovery.
Normal or advance scan
option can be selected to
recover files. A range of
digital file formats are
supported for recovery.
Files damaged in a
CD/DVD can be recovered
by help of CD/DVD
Recovery option. CD/DVD
must be recognized by the
system for recovery to
work.
Photo Recovery option of
Stellar Phoenix Windows Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery
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Data Recovery recovers
lost or deleted image files
from existing volumes,
hard drives and detachable
devices. Photo recovery
feature can also be used to
recover image and media
files from digital card
reader and external
storage devices. However,
digital card reader or
external storage media
should be recognized by
computer.
RAID Recovery feature of
the application is able to
recover data from RAID
storage device.
Main Screen
The recovery software allows you to resume recovery at any time by using image (.img) file.
Two type of image files can be used - scan information file and image of hard disk or volume.
An option to view status of hard disk and create its image is included in Stellar Phoenix
Windows Data Recovery. You can also create image of drive volumes. Images can serve as
backup, since you can recover data from them. An exact replica of hard disk can be created
by using cloning feature.
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Raw recovery feature of the software allows you to recover data from entire hard disk and
volumes. You can select and add file types such that only required files will be found after
scanning.
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Key Features
Recovery of deleted data.
Separate option for photo recovery. New
Full drive scan for recovery of images. Recovery of data from formatted volumes.
Supports FAT, NTFS and exFAT file systems.
Improved Find option.
Categorizing of scanned files. New
Options to insert user-defined file types.
Option to search lost volumes.
CD/DVD Recovery. New
Recovery of data from volumes that no longer exist in hard disk.
RAID Recovery. New
Recovery of data from removable media such as pen drive.
Option to re-size application screen. New
Search option to find files fitting specified criteria.
Auto detection of removable disk / drive on the fly. New
Tabbed view of Tree - Classic List /File List/Masked List. New
Image creation of hard disk or volume, in addition, image of selected region of hard diskor volume.
Cloning of hard disk.
Statistics of hard disk.
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Why Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery?
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a panacea for all your data loss problems. It acts
like a cover for all your data files against any accidental delete. The powerful scan engine of the
software does a thorough scan of the selected storage device, shows personalized preview and
finally saves the recovered files. A separate option to recover only photos from the selected
media is provided.
Recovers Deleted Files
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery recovers deleted files from drive volumes or any
attached supported storage device. The recovery application supports data recovery even if the
volume is deleted or formatted. Scan result shows all the files stored in the selected volume.
User can filter the deleted files from various options given for creating filter file list.
Search and Scan Lost Volumes from Hard drive
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery can also scan a selected hard drive to find lost or
deleted volumes. After the lost volume is found, it is included in the list of volumes. You can
select it for data recovery. Note that, the found volume is shown in the list only till the software
is running.
CD/DVD Recovery New
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery can recover data from damaged CD/DVD. CD ROM,CD-RW, DVD and DVD-RW drives are supported. However, the drive must be in a state that itis detected by the system.
Recovery of Photo Files New
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery gives an
exclusive option to recover only photos from the selected
volume or hard drive. All the files falling in the picture
category are shown after scanning of the selected
storage device is over. Full hard drive scan is supported
Note: For a high recovery
rate, do not save new data inthe drive or card that youhave formatted, or fromwhich you deleted photos.
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in Photo Recovery. Users can also add new file types in
the file type list to include for recovery. A list of all the
supported file types is provided.
RAID Recovery New
RAID Recovery feature is able to recover data from a damaged RAID. The software works even
if you don't remember the RAID parameters. Recovery software will analyze the disk and
provide a list of probable RAIDs, according to the combinations of possible parameters. You
can choose one of the RAIDs for recovery.
Supports External Storage Devices
Whether you have lost data from your hard drive, pen drive, mobile memory card or camera
memory, Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery supports all of the storage drives for data
recovery. Memory cards, USB storages devices, Flash Cards, SD Card (Mini SD, Micro SD,
and SDHC Card), CF Card, Mini Disks and all other Windows based hard drives are supported
by the application. You have to just attach the external storage to the system running the
recovery software. When the device is recognized and shown in the list of drive volumes, select
it for drive recovery.
Filtered List of Scanned Files New
After scanning of the selected storage device, the software shows all the recoverable files and
folders in a 3-pane view. Preview window shows a tree containing all the scanned folders, a list
containing the items contained in the selected folder and a preview window showing the
preview of supported file types. User can create a filtered tree that contains only the folders
having files according to a user defined file mask. User can also find files in the scanned result.
Recovers User-defined File Types
A default list of supported file types is included in the software. If a user wants to include a new
file type, Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery application allows you to insert it before
scanning the volume for recovery.
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Create Image/Clone
Mirror image of a drive volume, hard drive or a selected region of the drive can be created. All
the memory area is mapped into a file. This file can be used as a backup. Another hard drive
can be created as a clone of the attached hard drive. This can also work as a backup in case of
disaster.
Drive Status Report
User can see report of his hard drive. Also a scan process can be executed on the drive to viewany existing bad sectors.
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Installation Procedure
Before installing the software, ensure that your system meets the minimum system requirements.
Minimum System Requirements Processor: Pentium Class
RAM: 512 MB minimum
Hard Disk: 50 MB
Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
To install the software:
1. Double-click StellarPhoenixWindowsDataRecovery-Setup.exe file and click Run to
start Setup Wizard. Setup - Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery dialog box is
displayed.
2. Click Next. License Agreement dialog box is displayed.
3. Select I accept the agreement option. Click Next. Select Destination Location dialog
box is displayed.
4. Specify a destination in the text box or click Browse to select a destination. Click Next.
Select Start Menu folderdialog box is displayed.
5. Specify a destination in the text box or click Browse to select a destination. Click Next.
Select Additional Tasks dialog box is displayed.
6. Select the required check boxes for creating desktop icon and quick launch icon of the
software. Click Next.
7. In the Ready to Install dialog box, verify the settings. Click Back to make any changes,
or click Install to install the software.
8. After successful installation, the Completing the Stellar Phoenix Windows Data
Recovery -Technical Setup Wizard screen opens. Click Finish.
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How to Order?
Order Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery can be purchased online. For price details and to place
the order, click: http://www.stellarinfo.com/disk-recovery/windows-raid-recovery/buy-now.php.
Alternatively, if the demo version is installed then you can click the 'Buy Now' link in the About
dialog box, or click directly on the Buy button in the tool bar.
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Using E-mail
If the software could not communicate with the server, while registering the software overInternet, an error message pops up. Click OK, for registering through e-mail.
To register by using e-mail
The registration wizard for sending the authorization request opens.
Leave the Manually send e-mail checkbox option unchecked and click Next. Type the e-mail address in the text box to which the unlocking code has to be sent. Click Next.
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The e-mail address verification window appears. Click Yes, if e-mail address is correct.The software automatically launches the default e-mail client, and sends an e-mailcontaining the unique site code with registration request to the registration server. If theregistration wizard could not launch the default e-mail client, following messages appear.
Click OK. The Error dialog box opens. Click OK to start the process manually.
The window shown below appears.
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Open the e-mail client such as, Outlook Express, MS outlook, Eudora and create a newmessage. Place the cursor in the box labeled To and press CTRL+V to paste address. If
it does not work, right-click on the To box and select Paste from the popup menu. The Tobox will contain the address. Click Next.
Place the cursor in the box labeled Subject in the same message window and paste(method same as above) the text. The Subject box will contain the text.
Click Next, do the same process as mentioned to paste the encrypted text content in thebody of the message.
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Click Next to finish the procedure and send the e-mail.
Note: Ensure that the content of the e-mail sent for automatic authorization has the details asmentioned above. If they are incorrect, the server will reject the mail registration request.
If the process is successful, following window will appear.
After processing the e-mail, registration server would send an e-mail containing unlockingcode/site-key.
Without Internet
To register without internet (receiving site key for manual activation):
Click About icon , click Register button. The Stellar Phoenix dialog box opens.
Check the I have the registration key check box and select Online Activation. Click OK,and then click Yes.
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In the Welcome to Stellar Phoenix - Electronic Software Registration dialog box, clickCancel. In the Stellar Phoenix dialog box, click Yes.
In the Manual Registration screen, enter the serial number such as 123, abc as per yourpreference in the Enter Serial number text box. Click Next.
A text file will be saved at your desktop with name PHX_REG.txt. Click Finished.
Send the PHX_REG.txt file to e-mail address - [email protected]. You will get aserial number for manual activation.
To register manually after site key is received
Click About icon , click Register button. The Stellar Phoenix dialog box opens.
Check the I have the registration key checkbox and select Manual Activation. Click OK.
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Enter the site key, received through e-mail, in the Enter Site Key textbox.
Click Validate.
Note: All Manual registration process will take maximum of one business day for completion.
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How to Update?
Stellar Phoenix Update Wizard keeps your application updated. Update option in the application
is capable of checking the latest updates. It will check for both, latest minor and major version
available online. You can easily download minor version through the update wizard. However, the
major version available has to be purchased. While updating the software, its recommended to
close all the running programs.
To start Stellar Phoenix Update Wizard
1. Run Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery.
2. In the Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery main screen, click icon. Under
General Settings tab, click button.
3. 'Stellar Phoenix Update Wizard' window pops up. Click Next to proceed.
4. The wizard will start searching for the latest updates and if it finds any new version, a
window pops up indicating the availability.
5. Click Next, the software will start downloading the update files from the server. When the
process is complete, the software will upgrade to the latest version.
Live Update may not happen due to following reasons:
Internet connection failure
Updates are not available
Unable to download configuration files
Unable to locate updated files or version
Unable to locate executable file
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Note: If major version is available, to upgrade the software you have to purchase it.
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Starting Stellar Windows Data Recovery
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is very user friendly software. You have to run the
application to start recovery of your deleted or lost files.
To start Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery, follow any of the following.
Click Start -> Programs -> Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - Technical -> Stellar
Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - Technical.
Or,
Click Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - Technical desktop icon.
Or,
Click Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - Technical in Quick launch toolbar.
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Supported File Types
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery supports preview of file types listed below. This helps
user to verify the file(s) before actual recovery.
Acrobat Files
PDF
Archive Files
ARJ, LZH, ALZ, TAR, ZIP, RAR, CAB
Audio Video Files
RMI, WAV, WMV, MPG, WMV, WMA, MIDI, AU, MP3, AVI, ASF, MPEG, MID
Backup Files
BKF
Database Files
MDF, DBF, CSV
Image Files
BMP, WBMP, WMF, EMF, JPEG, JPG, JPE, J2K, JP2, JBG, J2C, JPC, PNG, MNG, JNG, JFIF,
DIB, GIF, TIF, TIFF, TGA, PCX, PGX, PNM, PGM, PPM, RAS, X3F, PEF, NEF, KDC, K25, ERF,
DNG
Internet files
HTM, HTML, SHTML, SHTM, MHTML, XHTML, XHT, PLG
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Miscellaneous files
C, PRG, TEXT, CXX, HPP, XML, CC, HH, ASM, JS, PHP, ASP, LIC, DEF, CSPROJ, VCPROJ,
SLN, CSS, DSP, DSW, CS, JAVA, INF, INI, LOG, CGI, JSP, REG, FRM, TXT, CPP, H, BAT
Office documents
DOC, DOT, DOCX, DOTX, XLS, XLT, XLW, XLB, XLSX, XLTX, PPT, PPS, POT, PPTX, PPSX,
POTX, RTF
Note:
File types that are not supported for preview are shown in the hex viewer.
Preview of severely corrupted files is shown in the hex viewer.
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Main User Interface
Main user interface contains toolbar, tabs, Data Recovery options- Drive Recovery, CD/DVD
Recovery, Photo Recovery and many more user-friendly options to ease recovery process. 'Help'
button and 'Learn More' links are also provided for a quick view of help manual. A flying pane is
displayed when a volume or hard drive is selected in the application. You can click the top-right
arrow button to close it.
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Log Report
Click this button to view log report.
Help
Click this button to open user help guide.
Find Now
Click to find files of specific file types.
Advance Find Option
Click to enter more advanced search criteria for files.
Buy Now
This button is provided on the main screen. Click to buy the software online.
Settings
This button is provided on the main screen. Click this button to configure generalsettings and file types settings.
About
This button is provided on the main screen. Click this to display information aboutthe application.
Help
This button is provided on the main screen. Click to view user guide.
Back
Click this button to move to main screen from preview window.
Recover
This button is provided on the Scan Results window. Click this to start recovery of
selected files.
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Recover Data
Windows Data Recovery provides you different options to recover your data. All methods are
different as they apply different scanning process.
To recover data, you have to first scan the hard drive or volume. Four scanning options: Quick
Recovery, Deleted File Recovery, Advanced Recovery, and Raw Recovery are provided. If you
have to recover from a scan information file or image file Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery
gives an option to scan them. After scanning, a preview is shown, where you can filter, find and
select required files. After selecting the files, you have to select destination and recover files.
You can also recover data from volumes that are deleted from hard disk. Scan Lost or Deleted
Volumes option finds all volume that has been deleted from the hard disk. You can perform Quick
Recovery, Deleted File Recovery, Advanced Recovery or Raw Recovery on retrieved volumes.
Scan Existing Volumes
Search Lost or Deleted Volumes
Scan CD/DVD for Recovery
Scan Existing Volumes or Drives for Photos
Raw Recovery of Hard Disk
RAID Recovery
Preview the Scan Result
Recovering Files
Specify Destination to Save Recovered Data
Find Files
Filter File List- Set Mask
Save Scan Information to Resume Later
Recovery Options
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Scan Existing Volumes
Drive Recovery option of the software can be used to scan and recover data from hard drive,
selected volumes in hard drive and removable media. You can select only one volume at a time
for scanning. Almost all the data in the files and folders will be found by performing recovery on
selected volume or removable media. FAT, NTFS and exFAT file systems are supported by the
application.
To scan existing volumes
1. Run Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software.
2. Click the Drive Recovery button in the window. Select Volume to Recover Data
section is displayed.
3. In the Select Volume section, all logical volumes that exists in hard disk and all the
removable media will be listed with the volume details. Select the volume to be
recovered.
4. Click Settings button in the application tool bar and perform configuration settings.
5. In the flying pane, click a recovery option:
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Quick Recovery: This scan is fast and recommended.
Deleted Recovery: Choose this to scan for deleted files.
Advanced Recovery: Choose this to recover data from a drive formatted
from NTFS to FAT system, or vice versa.
Raw Recovery: Scan is done for files according to file signatures. This scanis slower than Quick Recovery but gives better results.
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Search Lost or Deleted Volumes
Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery allows you to search and recover data from deleted volumes of a
hard disk. If you have accidentally deleted volumes from your hard disk and want to recover data
from those deleted volumes then you should use this option. This option searches and lists all
volumes that are deleted from a hard disk.
To recover data from deleted volumes of a hard disk
1. Run Stellar Phoenix
Windows Data
Recovery software.
2. Click the Click Here to
Search Lost Volumes
drop down link in the
main screen. Select
Hard Drive to Search
Lost Volumes section
is displayed.
3. In the Select Hard
Drive to Search Lost
Volumes section, all
physical drives
available are listed with
the details. Select the
drive to be scanned for
lost or deleted volumes.
4. In the flying pane,
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Scan CD/DVD for Recovery
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery can recover corrupt or lost data from damaged CD
ROM, CD-RW, DVD and DVD-RW. It supports optical media burnt on Windows, Linux, Unix and
Macintosh systems. The application performs a scan on the selected optical media for recovery.
You can select only one optical disc at a time for scan.
To perform CD/DVD recovery
1. Run Stellar Phoenix
Windows Data Recovery
software.
2. Under Data Recovery
tab, click CD/DVD
Recovery button.
3. In the 'Select Optical
Media to Recover' section,
all discs that are inserted
in drives attached to
computer will be listed.
Select a disc.
4. In the flying pane, click
Scan Now button.
A scan for files and folders will
be performed on the selected
optical media.
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Note:
You cannot save an empty folder. There should be at least one file in a selected folder
in the 'Search Result' to recover and save the folder.
Option to save scan information is not available for CD/DVD Recovery.
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Scan Existing Volumes or Drives for Photos
Photo Recovery option of the software can perform scan on selected volumes, removable storage
devices, or attached physical hard drives. You can select only one volume or hard drive at a time
for scanning. Almost all the image files will be found after recovery of selected volume, removable
media, or hard drive. FAT, NTFS and exFAT file systems are supported by the application.
To scan volume or hard disk for photo recovery
1. Run Stellar
Phoenix
Windows Data
Recovery
software.
2. Click the Photo
Recovery button
in the window.
'Drive Recovery'
options contracts
(if shown) and
'Photo Recovery'
Options are
displayed.
3. In the Select
Volume to Search
Photos section, all
logical volumes
that exists in hard
disk and all the
removable media
are listed with the
volume details. In
the Select Hard
Drive to Search
Photos section, all
Photo Recovery
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Raw Recovery of Hard Disk
You can recover data from hard disk or a selected region of the hard disk. Raw recovery is a scan
method based on file types. File type gives information about a file and the name of its extension.
You can add, edit or remove file types according to your preference.
For raw recovery of hard disk
1. Run Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software.
2. Under Data Recovery tab, click Drive Recovery button in the window.
3. Click the Click Here to Search Lost Volumes drop down link in the main screen. Select
Hard Drive to Search Lost Volumes section is displayed.
4. In the Select Hard Drive to Search Lost Volumes section, all physical drives available
are listed with the details. Select the drive to be scanned for Raw recovery.
5. In the flying pane, click File Type to select, add, edit or remove file types such that
scanning process should include or exclude file types.
6. If you want to scan the entire hard disk, click Raw Recovery. If you want to scan
selected region of the hard disk then click Select Range. In the 'Select Specified Region'
screen, drag sliders to define starting and ending sectors. Click OK, and then click Raw
Recovery. Scan will be performed on the selected region only.
7. Scan will be performed on the selected source and all files that are found in the selected
hard disk will be shown.
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RAID Recovery
RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a storage device made up of multiple disks. A
RAID, connected to system, is shown as one logical disk unit in the operating system. RAID
provides better data access, data safety and fault tolerance. RAID 5 is one of the levels of RAID
technology, that uses distributed parity and distributed data technique. At least 3 disks are
required to construct RAID 5. RAID 5 can afford to have one disk damaged while running. Stellar
Phoenix Windows Data Recovery supports data recovery from RAID 5.
Build RAID
Scan RAID Volumes
Search Lost or Deleted RAID Volumes
Raw Recovery of RAID
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Build RAID When Parameters are Known
To build RAID using Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery, user must preferably know the disk
order, start sector of RAID in each disk, stripe/block size, parity repetition/delay, and parity order.
If all the parameters are known, a single RAID is built. After the RAID is rebuilt, user can perform
scan and recovery on the RAID volumes.
To build RAID
1. Run Stellar Phoenix
Windows Data
Recovery software.
2. Click the RAID
Recovery button in
the window. Stellar
Phoenix - RAID
Reconstruction
window is displayed.
All the RAID drives
and a missing drive
(working disk added in
place of the damaged
disk) is shown in the
Select Hard Drives to
Reconstruct RAID
section.
3. In the Select Hard
Drives to
Reconstruct RAID
section, click a RAID
RAID Recovery options
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10. Click Reconstruct RAID button to perform construction from once again, or click Load Constructed RAID button
select another constructed RAID from the list of probable RAIDs.
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List of Probable RAIDs
5. If you don't know the starting sectors,
check Don't know start sector of
drives. Show list of probable start
sectors. In the Select one or more
probable start sectors section, selectall the possible start sectors. You can
also use Add Sectorbutton to add a
start sector, if it is not listed.
6. In the Select Stripe/block size drop-
down, select a block size or select
'Don't know' option to choose
probable block sizes from a list.
7. If you have selected 'Don't know'
option, a Select one or more blocksizes: list is displayed. Select the
possible block sizes.
8. In the Select Parity Order/Rotation
drop-down, select a rotation method,
or select 'Don't know' option to choose
probable rotation methods from a list.
9. If you have selected 'Don't know'
option, a Select one or more parity
order: list is displayed. Select the
possible block sizes.
10. In the Select Parity Repetition/Delay
drop-down, select a delay amount.
11. Click button.
Recovered RAID is shown.
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Scan RAID Volumes
After you have build RAID, RAID and all the RAID volumes will be displayed in the RAID
Recovery section. You have to scan a RAID volume to recover data in that volume. You can
select only one volume at a time for scanning. Almost all the data in the files and folders will be
found by performing recovery on selected volume or removable media. FAT, NTFS and exFAT
file systems are supported by the application.
To scan RAID volumes
1. After you build RAID, RAID volumes are displayed in the Select Volume to Recover
RAID Data section ofRaid Recovery.
2. Select the volume to be recovered.
3. Click Settings button in the application tool bar and perform configuration settings.
4. In the flying pane, click a recovery option:
Quick Recovery: This scan is fast and recommended.
Deleted Recovery: Choose this to scan for deleted files.
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Search Lost or Deleted RAID Volumes
Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery allows you to search and recover data from deleted volumes of a
RAID. If you have accidentally deleted volumes from your RAID and want to recover data from
those deleted volumes then you should use this option. This option searches and lists all volumes
that are deleted from a RAID.
To recover data from deleted volumes of a RAID
1. After you build RAID,
RAID is displayed in
the Select Hard Drive
to Search Lost
Volumes in RAID
section of Raid
Recovery. .
2. Select the RAID to
scan for lost or deleted
volumes.
4. In the flying pane,
select scan type:
Quick: This
scan is fast and
recommended.
Deep: This
scan is slower
than Quick
scan but gives
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better results.
5. Click Search Lost Volume button. A scan for lost or deleted volumes will be performed in the
selected RAID. You can minimize the application window by clicking on the minimize button in
the application.
6. Any found 'lost volume' will be listed in the Select Volume to Recover RAID Data list section.
Now, you can select the 'found lost volume' for scanning and recovery.
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Preview the Scan Result
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery shows the preview of the files and folders present in the
scanned physical volume or the removable media. All files and folders that are found in the
scanned volume or removable media are shown in a three pane structure.
In the left-pane, a tree structure according to folders is created.
Top right-pane shows preview of file that are supported by the software.
In bottom-right pane, all files and folders that are in the selected folder in the tree view
are listed.
To preview a file
1. Click a tab (Classic
Tree, File Type List,
or Filtered Tree) in the
left pane.
Classic Tree: In
this view,
files/folders are
listed as they are
found in the hard
disk. To see
Classic Tree
preview, click
Classic Tree tab in
preview window.
File Type List (not
available in Photo
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Recovering Files
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery can recover all files of supported file formats. You can
save files and folders listed in preview at preferred location. Photo Recovery option of the
application allows recovery of images only.
To recover lost files
1. Select the files and folders to
be recovered. You can
recover all files or individual
files at preferred location. In
addition, you can narrow the
search result with the
Filtered Tree option (not
available in Photo Recovery).
Or, you can select only
specific type of files to view or
recover.
To select all fileso Check the root
node and then
click Recover.
To select individual files
1. Click a folder in
the left pane to
view files stored in
it.
2. Check the files in
the file list pane,
and then click
Recover.
Scan result of Drive Recovery
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To recover individual file
o Right-Click the file
in the file-list and
select Recover
option.
Scan result of Photo Recovery
To find files according
to a search criteria
o Use the Set File
Mask option in
Filtered Tree (not
available in Photo
Recovery), orFind
Files option.
To recover selected
folders and files and
folders included in them
o Check the folder
in the left pane,
and then click
Recover.
To recover only files of
specific category
o Click File Type
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Apply Recovery Option
This section is shown when all the files and folders are selected for recovery. You can choose to
exclude or include the deleted files while recovery.
To apply recovery option
Select:
All files & folders (Exclude deleted)
Choose this option to exclude the deleted files while recovering the selected filesand folders.
All files & folders (Include deleted)
Choose this option to include the deleted files and folders while recovering the
selected files and folders.
Only deleted files & folders
Choose this option to recover only deleted files and folders.
Add Filter
You can add a filter according to your requirement.
To apply add filter option
Click Add Filterin Choose Destination window.
o
Select a group of file types from the EnterFile Basis: drop down box.
o Type a file extension in the Enter File Basis:drop down box and click Add button, toinclude it in the list.
o Click Include to include the listed file types on recovery.o Click Exclude to leave the listed file types on recovery.
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Find Files
You can search files in the trees in the left-pane shown after scanning process. If you want to
view or recover specific files from the scan result you can use Find option. This provides you
various options for searching required files.
To search files
In the Search File box, type few or all characters of file name(s) or file type(s)
separated by semi colon (;). Click the Find button.
Click Search Options button. In the Find screen, type the few or all characters of
file name(s) or file type(s) separated by semi colon (;) in the Enter file type(s)
delimited by semi-colons textbox. Check the Deleted File, Match Case and
Existing Files options as per requirement. Click Search Now.
The first file matching the criteria is highlighted in the file list. Press F3 or again click on the
Find button to move to next file matching the criteria.
Advanced Options
Advanced option in Find dialog box enables you to search files according to the more
advance options like date criteria and size of file.
Size: You can define size of file.
You have two option for size,
either the file should not exceed
the defined size or should have at
least the defined size.
Date: Date search provides you
three options- Last Access Date,
Last Modified Date and Created
Date for searching required file.
Select Last Access Date to
search file according to the last
accessed date. Select Last
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Filter File List- Set Mask
Filter File List is used to generate Filtered Tree in the left pane. Filter option provides you various
options for creating file mask to filter the scan result.
To create Filtered tree
In the 'Search Result' window, click on Filtered Tree tab in the left pane.
In the Filter option, type the file type(s) separated by semi colon (;). Click the Filter
button.
Or, use Set File Mask option dialog box to filter files according to the more advance
options like date criteria and size of file. Click button in the 'Filter' box.
o In the Set File Mask screen,
type the file type(s) separated
by semi colon (;) in the File of
type(s) textbox. Check the
Deleted File and Existing
Files options as per
requirement.
o Size: You can define size limit
of filtered files. Define the lower
limit of size in Size from (KB)
textbox. Select Upto checkbox
if you want to define the upper
limit of file size and then specify
the size in KB.
o Date: Date search provides you
three options- Last Access
File Mask options
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Date, Last Modified Date or
Created Date for searching
required file. Select Last
Access Date to search file
according to the last accessed
date. Select Last Modified
Date to search file according to
the last modified date. Select
Created Date to search file
according to the creation date
of file. In addition, you can
specify number of days,
number of months or time
interval for any of the selected
date option.
Click OK to generate the Filtered Tree.
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Recovery Options
Windows Data Recovery provides you different options to recover your data. Quick Recovery,
Deleted File Recovery, Advanced Recovery, and Raw Recovery are the four recovery methods
available in this software. All methods are different as they apply different scanning process.
Quick Recovery
Deleted Recovery
Advanced Recovery
Raw Recovery
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Quick Recovery
Quick Recovery option of Windows Data Recovery software can perform a quick scan on
selected existing volumes, lost volumes, and on removable media. You can select only one
volume at a time for quick scan. This scan method is fast and efficient. You will find almost all
data by performing a quick recovery on selected volume or removable media. You can also load
an image file to perform quick recovery.
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Deleted Recovery
You can recover files that are deleted from a volume or removable media by using deleted file
recovery process. The scan result lists only files that are deleted from the selected drive.
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Advanced Recovery
You can recover data from a formatted volume or removable media by using 'Advanced
Recovery' option of Windows Data Recovery. If a volume or removable media is formatted and all
data is lost from that drive, you can recover that data performing this type of recovery.
In addition, you can scan volume either as FAT, NTFS or exFAT. For example, before formatting,
the file system of the volume was FAT. You had formatted the volume and created new volume
with NTFS file system. You can scan the new volume as FAT such that all files will be found
during scanning process. Also, if before formatting the volume the file system was FAT and you
selected scanning as NTFS then scanning process still finds data from that volume.
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Raw Recovery
Raw recovery allows you to recover data from hard disk, pen drive or volumes of a hard disk. It
does a comprehensive scan of the volume to recover each and every bit of lost or deleted data. It
searches for lost files on the basis of file signature. This recovery option recovers everything that
is found in the selected source. This option is specially helpful in case of severely corrupted
volume. You can select a source or define a region for scanning process. However, you cannot
select region from a volume while performing raw recovery on the volume.
A long list of file types is provided in the raw recovery file type option. You can add file type, if the
required file type is not listed in the file type list.
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Resume Recovery
Resume recovery allows you to restart recovery by using either
Recover using Saved Scan Information
Recover using Hard Disk or Volume Image
Both, the scan information file and image of a drive are saved as an image file (.img). You can
use an image file to restart recovery at any time.
You should save scan information file and image file of a drive at different locations with proper
naming such that you can easily retrieve the required file for restarting recovery.
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2. Click Recovery from Image tab. Select the image file from the list, or click Browse.
3. In the 'Open' dialog box, locate and select the scan information, and then click Open.
4. Click Scan Now, all files and files are listed in the Search Results screen. Select files to
recover files.
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4. A 'Select Volume to Recover Data' section will become visible. Volume(s) stored in the
image file will be listed. Select the required volume.
5. Click Settings button in the application tool bar and perform configuration settings.
6. In the flying pane, click a recovery option:
Quick Recovery: This scan is fast and recommended.
Deleted Recovery: Choose this to scan for deleted files.
Advanced Recovery: Choose this to recover data from a drive
formatted from NTFS to FAT system, or vice versa.
Raw Recovery: Scan is done for files according to file signatures. This
scan is slower than Quick Recovery but gives better results.
Note: It is recommended that you should save 'scan information file' and 'hard disk image' atdifferent locations with proper name such that you can easily retrieve the required image file.
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Create Image
You can create image of different sources and save them as .img file by using Create Image
option of Windows Data Recovery. The sources of which you can create image are:
Hard Disk
Logical volumes existing in hard disk
Removable media such as pen drive
Images, of all sources, listed earlier are saved as .img file. This .img file is of same size as of the
source. You can use image files to restart recovery later. Stellar Phoenix Windows Data
Recovery gives two options for creating images:
Create Image of Entire Drive
Create Image of Selected Region
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Create Image of Entire Drive
The image you create by using Create Image option of Windows Data Recovery will be of same
size as the selected hard disk, pen drive, or volume. Ensure that the location where image file
needs to be saved has sufficient space to store the image file.
To create image file of entire hard disk, volume, or removable media
1. Run Stellar Phoenix
Windows Data
Recovery software.
2. Under Advance
Option tab, click
Create Image.
3. In the 'Select Volume
to Create Image'
section select the
volume, or in the
'Select Hard Disk to
Create Image' section,
select hard disk.
4. In the flying pane,
click Start Imaging.
5. In the Save As dialog
box, locate the
destination where
image file should be
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Create Image of Selected Region
You can create an image of a selected region of hard disk, pen drive or logical volume. You will
need to specify starting and ending sectors of the selected source. You can use this image file to
resume recovery at any time.
To create image of selected region of source:
1. Run Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software.
2. UnderAdvance Option tab, select Create Image.
3. In the 'Select Volume to Create Image' section select the volume, or in the 'Select Hard
Disk to Create Image' section, select hard disk.
4. In the flying pane, click Select Region link.
5. In the Select Specified Region screen, drag the sliders to define starting and ending
sectors of the image file. Click OK, and then click Start Imaging.
6. In the Save As dialog box, locate the destination where image file should be saved. In the
File Name text box, type name. Click Save.
7. The Disk Image Creation shows the image creation process. When the image is
successfully created, a message appears. Click OK.
You can click Scan Now to start recovering files from the newly created image or start recovery
later by using Resume Recovery option.
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Create Clone of a Hard Disk
Cloning option of Windows Data Recovery allows you to create an exact replica of a hard disk.
You will need to attach another hard disk for cloning a hard disk. The size of the destination hard
disk should be same or greater
than the source hard disk.
To clone a hard disk
1. Run Stellar Phoenix
Windows Data Recovery
software.
2. Under Advance Option
tab, Clone Drive.
3. Click Select Source Disk
list box to select source
disk drive. Click Select Destination Disk list box to select destination disk drive.
4. Click Start Cloning.
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View Hard Disk Status
The drive status option of Windows Data Recovery shows information of the attached hard disk.
The Drive Status box displays model number, serial number, size, temperature, status, S.M.A.R.T
feature and firmware revision number of attached hard disk. In addition, S.M.A.R.T information is
also listed in the S.M.A.R.T information box.
The Drive Information box shows information such as total sectors, sectors per track, number of
cylinders and number of heads. The volume Information box shows information of existing logical
volumes in the hard disk.
To view hard disk status
Run Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software.
UnderAdvance Option tab, Click Drive Status.
Drive Status screen shows all information related to selected hard disk.
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Editing File Type
You can also edit an existing file type or newly added file type. You can change every setting of
the file type.
To edit a file type
1. Select the file type that needs to be
edited.
2. Click Edit. In the 'Add/Edit Header File'
screen, edit values:
Software Name: Type name of the
software or file
Group: Select the group under
which new file type will be included.
File Extension: Type the file
extension
Header (in hexadecimal): Type the
header value
At Offset (in decimal): Type the
offset value
3. Click OK.
Note: You can also edit
a file type from AddNew Headerscreen.
Add/Edit File Type Screen
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