Stellar Recovery Reviews

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Thereare four Stellar Data Recovery plans available, with prices ranging from free to $99.99. The free plan includes standard file recovery tools, but users can only retrieve up to 1GB of data. If you need to retrieve a larger files, you can upgrade from within the program.

Paid subscriptions start from $59.99 per year for a Standard plan, which includes everything in the free plan along with unlimited data recovery. Those with more advanced needs will benefit from one of the will need to upgrade.more advanced Stellar Data Recovery subscriptions.

These include Stellar Data Recovery Professional ($89.99), which has all the features of Standard, as well as the ability to recover files from lost partitions, support for unbootable system recovery and retrieving deleted files from CDs and DVDs.

Each option adds more advanced tools than the one before it, and the developers encourage you to download the free trial to see if you can preview lost files before paying, so there's no obligation when you install.

There is also Stellar Data Recovery for Mac. There's a free version, which like the Windows version allows you to recover up to 1GB of data. The "Standard" version is $69.99, while Stellar Data Recovery Professional and Premium cost the same as their Windows counterparts and have the same features.

As we've learned, Stellar Data Recovery is available on both Windows and Mac operating systems. As one of the top hard drive data recovery tools available, it includes powerful features to improve the user experience.

Stellar Data Recovery's website claims it enables the retrieval of all file formats, including custom ones. This said, there are only certain types of files that can be previewed from within the app itself. Naturally the fact you can't preview a file doesn't necessarily mean you can't recover and open it in a different program.

In addition, Stellar Data Recovery works with both non-bootable and encrypted drives. RAID and virtual drive recovery are also supported, and professional versions of the software can even repair corrupted photo and video files.

For our data recovery tests we used a virtual machine with a clean install of Windows 11 with the free version of Stellar Data Recovery.The only third-party tools installed besides the utility itself were VLC Media Player and GIMP.

We did this as we wanted to see how the utility performed with a wide variety of files.The album included 4 music files (2 in Mp3 and 2 in FLAC) format, 6 JPG image files of album covers (with thumbnails) and 4 PNG image files. The files also included 2 XML files, a torrent file and an 'SQLite' file containing details of the album. There were 25 files in total.

2. Delete & format: The files were deleted as outlined above and we also performed a 'Quick Format' using the 'Disk Management' utility built into Windows 11. We then tried to recover the files from the formatted partition.

3. Recover corrupted files: We used the freeware program 'Victoria' to overwrite the volume header of the drive containing the files with zeroes. The drive didn't mount automatically in File Explorer and showed as being unpartitioned in Windows "Disk Management" utility. We then checked if the utility could see it and if so, recover the files.

We do not believe that running data recovery tools in a virtual environment has a significant effect on how they function. Still, if you're considering buying software we encourage you to read all reviews thoroughly and make sure that the developer offers a refund policy.

Previously, when we tried Stellar Data Recovery on a Windows 10 laptop with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive, a quick scan of our hard drive took less than four minutes. However, it did use 200MB of RAM and approximately 75% CPU.

In the very first test of files that had simply been deleted from a drive, it completed the scan in under 2 seconds. A total of 37 files were found across 10 folders, including the original 25 deleted files. These opened perfectly in Stellar Data Recovery's "Preview" Pane. The remaining data were system files.

Our next test was performed on the drive where the files had been deleted, after which we'd formatted the partition. The "quick" scan in this case found 13 system files but none of the deleted media. We selected the "Deep Scan" option but the utility froze at 99% whilst trying to scan a particularly nasty data cluster.

We ran into similar difficulties in our final test, which was of a drive with a corrupted volume header. The good news is that although the drive wasn't visible in Explorer, it appeared immediately in Stellar Data Recovery as a "Lost Partition". Next, we tried to scan it only for the utility to freeze at 96%.

After rebooting, the scan went off without a hitch showing that 20 of the 25 files had been recovered. The missing files included the two FLAC audio files, the two XML files and the torrent file. In fairness these file formats aren't specifically listed as being supported by Stellar Data Recovery but they were visible in our first test.

Retrieving lost files can be difficult, but Stellar Data Recovery did a great job. In our first test it recovered all the files we'd intentionally deleted and it recovered all but the rarest file types from the lost partition.

For our most recent test, we deliberately chose a small number of files as in our previous benchmark the number of retrieved was over half a million. If this happens to you, rest assured that files can be sorted by file type, size, and location. There's also a search bar. As always it's best to preview files from within the app before restoring, to save cluttering up your hard drive.

Stellar Data Recovery users have access to phone, live chat, and online ticket support. Phone support is available worldwide, but only in English. We tested the live chat briefly and were connected with a friendly, knowledgeable agent within a minute.

There are also a few different self-help options available. The FAQ section provides simple answers to common questions, and the comprehensive knowledge base contains excellent step by step instructions on how to perform basic tasks like data recovery as well as helpful information like which file formats are supported by preview.

There are numerous alternatives to Stellar Data Recovery which could better fit your needs. For example, the Ashampoo Undeleter is significantly cheaper (just $14.99 for a lifetime license) and is great for simple file recovery.

Data Rescue 5 is a more expensive alternative (starting at a $99 one-off payment for five recovery drives), but it comes with a selection of powerful features comparable to those of Stellar Data Recovery.

Overall, Stellar Data Recovery is a great file retrieval tool with powerful advanced options for business. In its simplest form, it enables anyone to retrieve lost data from a computer or external storage device.

It has performed well in our benchmarks, with our only real criticism being that deep scans can be slow or buggy. Still, this is par for the course when it comes to trying to retrieve fragments of deleted data.

Stellar Data Recovery is a popular name in the data backup world. It used to be known as Stellar Phoenix, Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery, or Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery. Still, the software rebranded to Stellar Data Recovery a few years ago.

Our Stellar Data Recovery review focuses on many aspects of this software, especially its data recovery capabilities. In short, this is a great tool if you want to retrieve lost or unavailable files such as documents, images, or videos. While many features are well designed and work flawlessly, we did found some limitations that can be improved in the future.

If your device is physically damaged or your data was accidentally deleted, Stellar Data Recovery is there to save you. You can recover almost any file format, including documents, photos, and videos.

This feature lets you restore data from crashed operating systems. It creates a bootable USB recovery media to start up your crashed computer, accesses its storage drive, and recover lost data. This only comes with the paid variants of the software, like Stellar Data Recovery Professional.

As one of the best hard disk recovery software programs, Stellar creates bootable media to access and recover your data from any crashed or unbootable Windows PC or Mac. So, even if your computer crashed, Stellar will scan your hard drive or start-up disk to locate and recover the data.

With the Toolkit, you can reconstruct inaccessible RAID arrays by using parameters such as disk order, start sector, and block size. There is support for anything from RAID 0 to RAID 5 and RAID 6 with seamless data recovery.

We greatly enjoyed the cloning feature, which lets you duplicate a disk to another drive. This is very useful when you need a copy of a failing drive before it deteriorates. While the previous version (Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery) worked well, the new one sees many improvements.

As many Stellar Data Recovery reviews praise the software for its speeds, we were excited to test it for ourselves. We deleted images, videos, and documents to retrieve them to our SSD drive using the software.

We also tried hard disk drives and a USB flash drive. We managed to recover 10 GB of files from an HDD in only 15 minutes. On the USB drive, the speed was slower at around 25 minutes for 8 GB, but still quite impressive. Our second test recovered 1TB from an HDD in two hours.

The quick scan was only able to recover the files and folders we recently deleted. Anything beyond this hard reformat was lost and only recoverable through the deep scan option.

With many other Stellar Data Recovery reviews backing up its customer support, this software has a solid reputation. There is a large library which answers most of your questions. For more complex issues, you can contact the help desk, which operates 24 hours a day on business days.

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