Stellar Data Recovery/Working with the Software/Recovering Data from Existing Volume

Recovering Data from Existing Volume

WithStellar Data Recoveryyou can recover your deleted or lost data from the hard drive or external storage media connected to the system. Almost all data of the volume can be found by performing recovery on selected volume or removable media.NTFS, FAT, FAT16, FAT32 and exFATfile systems are supported by the application.

To Scan Existing Volume:

1. RunStellar Data Recovery.

2. FromSelect What to Recoverscreen, select the type of data i.e.Everything, Documents, Folders & EmailsorMultimedia Files, you want to recover.

3. Click下一个。

4. FromRecover Fromscreen, select a location fromCommon Locationsor any of theConnected Drives. In case you want to scan a specific folder, fromCommon Locations选择Choose Location. Browse to any desired location, select a folder you want to scan and clickSelect Folder.

Tip:Stellar Data Recoveryshows you the temperature and health details of connected drives. To view these, take the mouse cursor to the particular drive inRecover Fromscreen. The Temperature and Health details are displayed inside a tooltip as shown below:

5. ClickScan. A screen showing the scanning process is displayed. ClickStopto stop the scan at any point.

Note: If you are scanning a drive that is encrypted usingBitLocker, you will be prompted to either enter the Bitlocker password/Recovery Key or Select a Bitlocker Startup Key (.BEK file). Use any one of the following steps, to initiate the scan process:

• Enter theBitlocker password/Recovery Keyin the text box given and clickOK.

• Alternatively, chooseSelect Bitlocker Startup Key (.BEK)radio button. Clickto browse and select the .BEK file and clickOK.

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

7. For information on how to preview and recover the scanned data, seePreviewing Scan ResultsandSaving the Recovered Files.

Note: If you wish to save the scanned information and resume the recovery process at a later stage, seeSaving the Scan Information.

Deep Scan an Existing Volume:

Running a deep scan enables you to scan the selected volume thoroughly when you are unable to locate data that you want to recover.

1. RunStellar Data Recovery .

2.FromSelect What to Recoverscreen, select the type of data i.e.Everything,Documents, Folders & EmailsorMultimedia Files, you want to recover.

3. ClickNext.

4. FromRecover Fromscreen, select a drive fromConnected Drives.

5. EnableDeep Scantoggle button which is on the bottom left of your screen.

6. ClickScan. A screen showing the scanning process is displayed.

Note: If you are scanning a drive that is encrypted usingBitLocker, you will be prompted to either enter the Bitlocker password/Recovery Key or Select a Bitlocker Startup Key (.BEK file). Use any one of the following steps, to initiate the scan process:

• Enter theBitlocker password/Recovery Keyin the text box given and clickOK.

• Alternatively, chooseSelect Bitlocker Startup Key (.BEK)radio button. Clickto browse and select the .BEK file and clickOK.

7. Once the scanning process is completed, details of the files and folder found are displayed in a dialog box.

8. For information on how to preview and recover the scanned data, seePreviewing Scan ResultsandSaving the Recovered Files.

Note:If you wish to save the scanned information and resume the recovery process at a later stage, seeSaving the Scan Information.

Note:You can select only one volume at a time for recovery. Deep scan is applicable only for connected drive. You can disable deep scan if you want to perform Quick scan.