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Stellar® Data Recovery for Windows

Windows Data Recovery

Recovers lost or deleted Windows data with ease in any data loss situation—whether files were removed unintentionally or deleted intentionally

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Data Loss Reasons from Windows System

Scenarios in which Windows Data Recovery Software Help

Accidental Human Error

More than 50% of files get deleted due to human error. We tend to make mistakes either intentionally or unintentionally. We delete some files to clear up our space and, in the process, sometimes delete our important files which we realize little later. Windows Data Recovery Software is very helpful in this scenario and can recover files deleted ages ago.

Unrecognized External Drive

Stellar Data Recovery for Windows is very handy in case we have backed up our data on External Drive and system is not able to be recognized. System will keep asking to format the drive to access while doing so we will lose our data. But Stellar software can help you to bail you out from this situation and get back with all the data stored on the external drive.

System Malfunction

Machines also fail, hang and freeze which can lead to data loss situations. Uninterrupted power failure and abrupt shutdown can also cause corruption in system files and can make our files disappear. Data Recovery for Windows can be used in this case to recover our missing or lost files

Virus Infection

We all keep antivirus software to safeguard our system but not updating them can infect our system as new viruses keep evolving. These viruses damage our files or encrypt them. To solve this kind of problem Stellar Data Recovery for Windows is a great tool to combat the situation and recover our data.

Search for Missing Files

Many times, it happens that we tend to hide our files to protect it from other system users. But when we need those files, we cannot find them. Stellar Data Recovery for Windows is very helpful in finding those missing and hidden files. The Software can scan the entire hard drive to locate and surface that file.

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Scan 1TB of hard drive in few minutes

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Recover 1000+ File types

Recover Documents, Photo, video and various other file types

PSD
GIF
JPEG
PNG
DOCX
RAR
MOV
MP3
MP4
ZIP
DOC
WMV
CRW
XLS
WAV
PPT
PDF
AVI

All Storage Devices Supported

Recover data from HDDs, SSDs, External Drives, and SD Cards

Power Packed Benefits

Windows Data Recovery Software Key Benefits

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Lost or Deleted Data Recovery

Stellar Data Recovery for Windows recovers data from accidental deletion, drive formatting with no backup, drive corruption, disk errors, system errors, and more, this DIY data recovery software helps you to get your data back. You can even recover shift-deleted files or the ones which are lost by emptying recycle bins.

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Encrypted Drive Recovery

Recover your data from encrypted drives with this Windows recovery software. The software supports recovery from encrypted hard drives such as HDDs, SSDs, or other storage media drives. You can even perform recovery from a Image encrypted with BitLocker. All it requires the BitLocker password to recover deleted files.

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RAW Drive Data Recovery

Recover data from severely corrupted RAW physical or removable storage drives with this Windows data recovery tool. Whether your system’s drive (physical) or an external storage drive has turned RAW or is inaccessible, the software competently scans the drive to locate the lost or deleted drive partition and recover each bit of its data.

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How Windows Data Recovery Works?

Windows Data Recovery from All Data Loss Scenarios

Step 01

Download & Install

Download the trial version and follow the instructions to install it.

Step 02

Choose What to Recover

Select documents, photos, videos, or “Recover Everything.

Step 03

Select the Location & Scan

Run Scan or Deep Scan depend on data-loss severity.

Step 04

Preview & Recover

Preview your files before upgrading to recover and save them.

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After Windows 11 Upgrade?

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Windows Data Recovery Pricing

Standard

Recover Documents, Photos, Videos, Emails from Windows Systems

$69.99
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Benefits

  • infoRecover Documents, Photos & VideosRestore accidentally deleted or lost data with ease
  • infoData Recovery from Formatted SystemsRecover data even after a system or drive has been formatted
  • infoRecover from Internal & External DevicesRecover data from HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, memory cards, and more
  • infoEncrypted Drive Data RecoverySafely recover data from password-protected or encrypted drives
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BEST VALUE

All Benefits of Standard + Partition Recovery + Recovery from Non-Booting PC

$99.99
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All Standard Benefits +

  • infoData Recovery from Lost PartitionsRecover data from lost, deleted, or inaccessible HDD partitions
  • infoUnbootable System Data RecoveryRestore data from crashed or unbootable Windows PCs and laptops
  • infoDisk Imaging for Safe Data RecoveryCreate a disk image and perform data recovery at a later stage
  • info SMART Drive Monitoring and Alerts 24/7 hard drive monitoring with alerts to prevent further damage
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All the Benefits of Professional + Repair Corrupt Videos + Repair Corrupt Photo

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All Professional Benefits +

  • info Repair Corrupt Video Files Fix damaged or unplayable video files with high accuracy
  • info Repair Multiple Videos at a time Repair multiple corrupt video files in a single process
  • info Repair Corrupt Photo Files Restore damaged or distorted photos to their original quality
  • infoExtract Thumbnails of ImagesRepair multiple corrupt photo files simultaneously
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Windows Recovery System Requirements

Tech Specification & Whats New

Version
12.5.0.0
Edition
Standard, Professional, Premium, Technician, Toolkit
Language Supported:

English, Deutsch, Français, Português Brasileiro, Dutch, Italiano, Español, 日本語 , 한국어, हिंदी, 中国人

Processor:
Intel compatible (x64-based processor)
Memory:
4 GB minimum (8 GB recommended)
Hard Disk:
250 MB for installation files
Operating System (64 Bit only):

Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 and Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016

Advanced Benefits

Windows Data Recovery Software Additional Benefits

Recover Data 4K hard Drives

Dual Scan Mode for Recovery

Windows Data Recovery Software comes with Simple Scan & Deep Scan. Where Simple scan is very quick and recover lost or formatted data. The deep scan helps you restore data where file extensions are missing.

Recover Data 4K hard Drives

Recovers Data from 4K Hard Drives

Windows Data Recovery software recovers data from the modern 4K hard drives that store the files on large-sized sectors. It performs effective recovery from all types of advanced 4K drives formatted with FAT32, ExFAT, or NTFS file systems.

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Unlimited File-Type Support

The software restores all file types and formats. It offers an 'Add File-Type' feature that allows the recovery of even files with unique extensions. Thus, enabling unlimited file-type recovery. You just need to select the RAW drive to restore your files.

File Sorting for Easy Recovery

File Sorting for Easy Recovery

Stellar Data Recovery for Windows provides you with the facility to sort out the files to perform quick and easy file recovery. The software provides three different layouts "File Type", "Tree View" and "Deleted List," that contain neat, well-sorted scan results.

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FAQs

You can recover your deleted data from Windows by following mentioned steps:

  • Download Stellar Data Recovery software.
  • Now Install the software and run it on your system.
  • Select the type of data you want to recover under ‘Select What to Recover’ option.
  • Choose the desired location from ‘Recover From’ to retrieve the deleted data.
  • Click the scan option and it results in the list of files which are shown under ‘File Type,' ‘Tree View’ and ‘Deleted List'.
  • Select the files/folders which you want to recover and click on ‘Recover Button'.
  • Save the recovered files by choosing a desired location.

Yes, the software recovers deleted data from desktop.

The recovery time depends upon the size of hard disk or volume. If the scan is running that means the software is working and you would require to wait for the scan process to complete. Once the process completes, you can save the recovered files at your desired location.

Yes. After scan is complete, right-click the file and choose ‘Recover’.

Quick scan is a faster scanning option, which you can use to recover deleted files in Windows PC and from external drives. Deep scan is a bit slower but results are better than quick scan. Use it when the files are not recovered with Quick scan. Deep scan facilitates file signature-based RAW recovery and recovers data from formatted, corrupt, and severely corrupt storage media.

Yes, you can safely recover data from any exFAT-based volume or drive by using Stellar Data Recovery. The software also supports FAT (FAT16/FAT32) and NTFS partitions.

Yes, you can recover deleted email data files with the help of Stellar Data Recovery. The software recovers EMLX, PST, MSG, EDB, MBOX, NSF, GWI, EML, DBX, and many more email file types.

Yes, you can choose to specifically recover photos from removable devices such as pen drive, memory card etc. Select ‘Photos’ option from ‘Select What to Recover' screen to search and recover only images from a removable media.

No, Stellar Data Recovery doesn’t recover deleted data or inaccessible files from CD or DVD. You can use Stellar Data Recovery Professional software for recovery from CD/DVD.

Stellar Data Recovery is a comprehensive tool that supports hundreds of different file types for recovery. You can easily recover any of the below-mentioned categories of file types using the software:

Documents Files

MDB, ACCDB, PDF, PS, CWK, FM3, FMT, WK1, WK3, WK4, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, SDW, QXD, QXP, EPS, QBB, QBW, WPD, DOT, WBK, DOCM, DOTX, DOTM, DOCB, XLT, XLM, XLSM, XLTX, XLTM, XLSB, XLA, XLAM, XLL, XLW, POT, PPS, PPTM, POTX, POTM, PPAM, PPSX, PPSM, SLDX, SLDM, ADE, ADP, MDA, MDN, MDT, MDF, MDE, LDB, AND, ACCDR, ACCDT, ACCDA, MDW, ACCDE, LLACCDB, XPS, ODT, OTT, ODM, ODS, OTS, ODP, OTP, ODB

Emails Files

EMLX, PST, MSG, EDB, MBOX, NSF, GWI, EML, DBX, DCI, VCF

Photos Files

NEF, CRW, CR2, ORF, SR2, SRF, K25, KDC, DCR, RAF, MRW, PEF, X3F, JPEG, JPG, TIFF, TIF, BMP, GIF, PNG, XCF, PAT, ARW, DNG, PSP, PCT, RAW, MOS, PSD, EPS, INDD, ERF, FH3, FH5, FH7, FH8, FH9, FH11, MCD, VWX, MEF, WP, CDR, CPT, VSD, DWG, PGM, PPM, PCX, MNG, MSP, WMF, WPG, EMF, ANI, NRW, TGA, JP2

Audio Files

WAV, AIFF, RPS, MIDI, MID, M4A, AU, OGG, WMA, AAC, RFL, RNS, RA, RM, MP3, M3D, CDA, AU, OGG, WMA, AAC, RFL, SND

Video Files

AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MOV, M4V, 3GP, MXF, MKV, MTS, DIVX, OGM, MOI, VOB, MPEG, MPG, AVS, DVM, QT, ANM, SMJPEG, SCR, FLC, CLK, ANI, FLA, SWF, FLV, M4P

Miscellaneous

MHT, MHTML, ASPX, JSP, PHP, DBF, QDG, QSD, ABD, CBK, CAS, CHM, HLP, NBP, QDF, RTF, TAX, TXT

Archive Files

ARJ, CAB, 7Z, LZA, RPM, TAR, BZ2, HQX, RAR, SIT, SITX, ZIP

Yes. Stellar Data Recovery software efficiently works on a system with TPM chips.

To run Stellar Data Recovery on Windows, your PC should meet these minimum requirements:

  • Operating System: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 (64-bit) and supported Server versions
  • Processor: Intel-compatible (x86/x64)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)
  • Hard Disk Space: 250 MB free space for installation

These specs ensure the software installs and scans effectively.

Yes. Permanently deleted files (e.g., Shift + Delete or emptied Recycle Bin) can often be recovered using Stellar Data Recovery, provided the data hasn’t been overwritten. For best results, stop using the drive and start recovery as soon as possible.

Stellar Data Recovery offers a free trial with limited recovery (up to 1 GB). Paid versions vary by edition and license type — basic plans typically start around $59.99 /year for the Standard edition, with more advanced editions costing more depending on features like partition recovery and bootable media support.

Stellar Data Recovery can recover data from a wide range of storage devices, including HDDs, SSDs, USB flash drives, memory cards, or any other removable media supported by Windows OS.

No data recovery software can guarantee 100% recovery. Success depends on factors like data overwrite, storage device condition, and how quickly recovery is attempted.

There is no fixed time limit for data recovery. Files can be recovered using Stellar Data Recovery as long as the deleted data has not been overwritten. Also, recovery success depends on factors like how actively the drive was used after deletion, and whether features like TRIM are enabled on SSDs.

Recovering files to the same drive can overwrite the data you’re trying to restore. Always save recovered files to a different drive when using Stellar Data Recovery to ensure safe and successful recovery.

You can Free Download the software to scan your drive and preview recoverable files before buying. To actually save and recover the files, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid license.

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