Stellar Data Recovery/4. Working with the Software/4.9. Save and Load Scan Information

4.9. Save and Load Scan Information

You can save the scan results of a process to resume the recovery at a later stage. This helps you resume the recovery process without scanning the drive again. It is advisable to let the scan complete before saving the scan as you can recover data that is listed in the saved scan.

To save scan information:

1. In the ‘Scan Results‘ window. ClickBackbutton or close the application. Or, click onicon and select theSave Scanoption.

2. You will be prompted to save the scan information.

3. ClickYes.

4. In ‘Save scan information‘ dialog box, specify the location where you want to save the image file. Type the name of the image file in theSave Astext box. ClickSave.

Scan Information file will be saved.

Note:If you stop a scanning process, you can save the scan information up to that point. However, you should perform a complete scan and then save the scan result.

Tip:It is recommended that you should save ‘scan information file’ and ‘hard disk image’ at different locations with a proper name so that you can easily retrieve the required file.

To load the previously saved scan information

This option is used to resume the recovery process from a saved scan information file.

1. Run theStellar Data Recovery软件.

2. Click onicon and select theLoad Scanoption.

3. ALoad Scan赢得dow will appear which displays a list of saved scan information file existing in the system.

4. In case the file you desire is not in the list, clickAddbutton and select the desired file.

5. ClickOpen.

6. The file you added gets displayed in the load scan window. ClickRemovebutton if you want to remove the save scan file.

7. ClickResetbutton to reset the load scanned list.

8. ClickRecoverbutton. A screen showing the scanning process is displayed.

Note: If you are scanning a system drive havingCatalina, Mojave, High Sierra, orBig Surfor the first time usingStellar Data Recovery, you need to allow macOS to load an extension signed by“Stellar Data Recovery”. To know the procedure refer toRecover Data from System Disk with High Sierra and Above.

9. Once the scanning process is complete, details of the files and folder found are displayed in a dialog box as shown below:

10. ClickOK.

Note: You can select only one file at a time to start the process of scanning.