How is having an image file beneficial to the recovery process?

An image file is beneficial as the storage media is not required to recover the data, and the data can be retrieved later using just the image file.

例如,当你有一个硬盘,bad sectors on it, or when one is not sure that a hard disk may work the next time properly, it is advisable to create an image and then recovers data from the image itself and not the crashed hard disk.

Stellar Data Recovery for Mac software creates a sector-by-sector image of the selected media. Users can also set a range of the media chosen to create an image. Later on, the software uses the Image to recover the data.

You can easily create the Image of the following storage media using theCreate Imageoption of Stellar Data Recovery for Mac:

• Hard Disks
• Existing logical volumes in hard disks
• Removable media such as USB drives, external hard disks, etc.

Steps to create an Image file

Step 1:LaunchStellar Data Recoveryfor Mac.

Step 2:Click thePerform task with the selected itembutton and selectCreate Imagefrom the drop-down list.

Step 3:Select the drive or partition for which you want to create an Image in the Create Image window.

Step 4:To create the Image for an entire disk or partition, clickNext.

Note: Alternatively, to create an Image of a specific range, follow the steps below:

• ClickAdvanced Settings.

• From theSelect Range to Create Imagescreen, adjust the sliders to define the starting and ending sectors for the Image.

• ClickClose > Next.

步骤5:In theCreating Media Image to Savedialog box, select where you want to save the image file.

Step 6:In theSave Assection, insert the name for Image and clickSave.The software will start creating the Image. Wait for it to be completed.

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Step 7:Once the process is complete, a screen with your Image listed will appear. ClickScanto start the recovery.

Step 8:The scanning process will commence. To stop scanning at any point, hit the停止button at the bottom-right.

Step 9:When scanning is completed successfully, clickOk.The list of scanned files is displayed. Select the files you want to recover and clickRecover.

Follow the instructions on your screen to complete the recovery process. You can alsopreview the scan resultsbefore saving them on your Mac.

You can alsorecover your lost data from an existing image fileusing Stellar Data Recovery for Mac.