Stellar Windows Data Recovery 6 comes in three variants - Home, Professional and Technical. Stellar Windows Data Recovery, and other data recovery/ undelete tools for that matter, use this (and various other advanced techniques that are beyond the scope of this review) fact to recover files that have otherwise been deleted. Typically, when a file is deleted, the corresponding entry is marked as deleted in the file system, and the actual data associated with the file still sits as is on the physical disk. Without going into too many technical details about how this information is saved, the file systems use a variety of data structures that maintain mapping of the exact physical location of a file within your drive. A file system is responsible for maintaing a mapping of how your data is stored on physical disks, and facilitate the storage and retrieval process of the data.
If your Windows PC can (or could at one point in time) read a drive, chances are it will work with this software.īefore we get into how good - or bad - a job Stellar Windows Data Recovery does, a very brief lesson on how data is stored on your drive, so you can understand how it can (or cannot) be recovered. If these words don't make any sense to you, don't worry. While FAT32 (or FAT) is an older file system, NTFS is the default file system of choice in more recent versions of Windows.
Stellar Windows Data Recovery works with the two most popular file systems on the Windows side, FAT32 and NTFS.
Stellar has a similar product for Mac users as well, though it's not been updated yet to version 6, like its Windows counterpart. This includes accidentally deleting files (even after emptying Recycle Bin), accidentally formatting a drive, and drive errors (including when Windows tells you "The drive is not formatted, do you want to format it now?", when you known perfectly well the drive is formatted, and contains precious data. Windows Data Recovery is one of Stellar's many offerings that, as the name suggests, is designed to help Windows users salvage data from sticky situations. If you've never regretted deleting a file, or had a drive die on you, I salute you, and you can stop reading now.
Desperate, he paid what was a considerable amount to pay for software at the time, but by the end of the week he was a little bit more cheerful - and as a result, so was I - since most of his data was recovered.įast forward a few years, and both Stellar and I are still in the respective businesses of helping recover deleted data and accidentally trashing important data. Someone advised my dad to try data recovery tools by this little know company called Stellar. While I'll never forgot the dressing down I got, another thing that I remember from those days is the name of the company that helped smoothen things out a bit. As luck would have it, I ended up accidentally deleting some files, including ones related to an important assignment that my dad was working on at the time. However, for my 360 videos it was not suitable.I distinctly remember a summer many years ago when I had nothing better to do than messing around on my dad's computer. I will certainly purchase/use this software if I needed to recover standard video or files. However, for my 360 videos, it was not suitable. I will undoubtedly purchase/use this software to recover standard video or files. The support team was excellent, and in this case, the software could not recover my video, and a refund is now in progress.
I spent a lot of time on the remote support telephone line and remote assistance direct to my machine. Unfortunately, the repair function failed to work on the 360 video files. When the recovered files were not playable, I upgraded to "Premium", a video repair facility. However, I had some issues as I originally purchased the "Standard" version to recover some accidentally deleted video files. The software looks full-featured and has an easy to use interface. The support team were really excellent and in this special case the software was unable to recover my video and refund is now in progress. I spent a lot of time of the remote support telephone line, and remote assistance direct to my machine. When the recovered files were not playable I upgraded to "Premium", which has a video repair facility. However, in my case I had some issues as I originally purchased the "Standard" version to recover some accidentally deleted video files.
The software looks full featured and has an easy to use interface. The software is full featured and the support was excellent