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My hard disk has developed some bad sectors on it. How can I recover data using Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery?
Bad sectors in your hard disk lead to complete inaccessibility of the drives, causing data loss. If your hard disk has some bad sectors, that first thing you should do is to immediately backup your data by creating an image of the disk using the software. You can later use this image to restore all your lost or inaccessible data. The 'Imaging' feature of Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery (Pro) enables you to create an image of the entire hard disk or any selected region of the disk.The software processes all sectors on your hard disk to create the image file and is capable of recovering data from the image created, except the severely corrupt ones.
Follow the procedure as described below:
1. Create an image of the entire hard disk using the software.
2. Recover data from the image created. (You can also recover data from this image later at any later point of time using the 'Resume Recovery' option)
2. Recover data from the image created. (You can also recover data from this image later at any later point of time using the 'Resume Recovery' option)
1. Steps to create image of HDD Using Partition Recovery:
A) Start the software. Click 'Advanced Options' tab and choose 'Drive Imaging'.
B) On the next screen, click 'Create Image'.
C) You will find the 'Drive List' showing all physical drives and logical volumes in your system. Select the hard disk from the list of 'Physical Drive' and click 'Continue'.
D) In the 'Save As' dialog box, specify the destination to save the image file and provide a name for the file. Click 'Save'.
B) On the next screen, click 'Create Image'.
C) You will find the 'Drive List' showing all physical drives and logical volumes in your system. Select the hard disk from the list of 'Physical Drive' and click 'Continue'.
D) In the 'Save As' dialog box, specify the destination to save the image file and provide a name for the file. Click 'Save'.
Note: Do not save the image to be created in the same disk. Save the image in an external hard disk for better recovery result.
When the process is complete, the software enables you to start recovery from the image. Click Continue; select the scanning method to start recovering data from the newly created image. You can also use the 'Resume Recovery' option to start recovery at any later time.
2. Steps to recover data from the image created
A) Start Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery. Click 'Resume Recovery' tab.
B) Click 'Browse' to select the image (.img) file that you created.
C) Click 'Continue' button to start the scanning process. When the scanning is complete, all the recovered data is listed in the left pane. You can select a particular folder and click a specific file from the file list to preview its content in the top-right pane.
D) Click 'Recover', specify a destination to save the recovered data, and click 'OK'.
B) Click 'Browse' to select the image (.img) file that you created.
C) Click 'Continue' button to start the scanning process. When the scanning is complete, all the recovered data is listed in the left pane. You can select a particular folder and click a specific file from the file list to preview its content in the top-right pane.
D) Click 'Recover', specify a destination to save the recovered data, and click 'OK'.
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I have a hdd with bad sectors. I have created a .img file. Can I use that .img file to recreate the sector by sector disk image on to a new hdd?