Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery. Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery 5.0 User Guide

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1 Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery 5.0 User Guide

2 Overview Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - Professional 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 Data Recovery recovers lost or deleted image files from existing volumes, Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Main Screen hard drives and detachable

3 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. 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. 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.

4 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. 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 disk or volume. Cloning of hard disk. Statistics of hard disk.

5 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 it is 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 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. Note: For a high recovery rate, do not save new data in the drive or card that you have formatted, or from which you deleted photos. Supports External Storage Devices

6 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. 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 view any existing bad sectors.

7 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 folder dialog 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 -Professional Setup Wizard screen opens. Click Finish.

8 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: 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.

9 How to Register? To register the software 1. Click About icon. Then click Register button. Stellar Phoenix dialog box appears. If you do not have the registration key, click on the box I do not have the registration key. You will be directed to the web link, where you can purchase Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software. Once purchased, the link to download the software and the registration key will be sent to you by mail. If you have the registration key, click I have the registration Key option, click OK and enter 'User Name' and 'Activation Code' ( as it appears on the back of the CD case or in the mail received after your purchase on the Internet). 2. Click OK button. A confirmation message is displayed if a valid key is entered.

10 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, it s 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 Note: If major version is available, to upgrade the software you have to purchase it.

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