StellarExternal Media Recovery
- 1. About Stellar External Media Recovery
- 2. About the Guide
3. Getting Started
- 4. Working with the Software
- 5. Supported File Types
- 6. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- 7. About Stellar
3. Getting Started
Stellar External Media Recovery/4. Working with the Software/4.7. Search a Lost Volume
4.7. Search a Lost Volume
Stellar External Media Recoverysoftware allows you to search for lost or deleted volumes of a hard drive and recover data from it. You should use this option to recover data from an accidentally deleted volume or from a volume lost due to corruption in the hard drive. This option searches and lists all the deleted and lost volumes in the image of the hard disk along with the existing volumes.
To search a lost volume:
1. RunStellar External Media Recovery.
2. From theSelect What to Recoverscreen, clickNext.
3. On theLoad Imagescreen, select the image of the hard disk.
4. ClickSearch. The following screen ofSearching Lost Volumeis displayed:
5. If you wish to stop the scanning process, clickStop.
6. Once the scanning is completed, the followingSearch Lost Volumeto Recover Datasection is displayed withProcess Completeddialog box showing the results of the scan process
7. Any ‘lost volume’ detected by the software, is listed in the window as shown below:
8. From the list of found volumes, select the desired volume and clickScanto continue with the recovery process.
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 image 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 the scan information for Lost/Deleted volumes:
1. In the ‘Select Lost Volume to Recover Data‘ window, clickBack
button or close the application. Or, click on
icon and select theSave Scanoption.
2. You will be prompted to save the scan information.
3. ClickYes.
4. In the ‘Save scan information for Lost Volumes‘ 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.
To load the previously saved scan information for Lost Volumes:
This option is used to resume the recovery process from a saved scan information file.
1. RunStellar External Media Recovery.
2. Click onicon and select theLoad Scanoption.
3. ALoad Scanwindow will appear, clickAddbutton. Select the Scan Information which you want to recover.
4. The file you added gets displayed in the load scan window. Click删除button if you want to remove the save scan file.
5. ClickResetbutton to reset the load scanned list.
6. ClickRecoverbutton. A ‘Searched Lost Partition History’ window is displayed.
7. A screen showing a list of the lost volumes is displayed. Select the required Lost Volume and clickScanbutton.
8. Once the scanning process is complete, details of the files and folder found are displayed.