Stellar Data Recovery Knowledge Base (KB) Articles 10

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While installing Windows, I accidentally formatted the drive and then installed Windows. How can I recover the formatted data with Stellar Data Recovery?

While installing Windows, I accidentally formatted the drive and then installed Windows. How can I recover the formatted data with Stellar Data Recovery? If you have formatted your drive and then installed Windows, it seems that you have lost all your volumes. You can recover all your lost volumes using Stellar Data Recovery. The partition that has been overwritten by operating system file..

Date Published 11 Mar 2013

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How to fix PDF file error "The file is damaged and could not be repaired"?

Sometimes while trying to open a PDF document you may encounter the following error message: 'There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired' Due to the corruption of the PDF file you become unable to view the multimedia and graphics contents of this PDF document. You only get to see the textual information or sometimes only a blank page appears o..

Date Published 30 Aug 2011

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Why Adobe Acrobat Viewer Shows 'A Blank White Screen' When You Try to Open a PDF

At times, your Adobe Acrobat viewer fails to display your PDF files properly; instead, it shows a 'blank white screen' when you try to open it. Mentioned below are some of the common reasons that are responsible for such behavior of your PDF file: Causes: The causes responsible for such behavior of PDF are: Missing plug-ins of Adobe Acrobat reader PDF files are not present in the..

Date Published 17 Jul 2013

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How to Resolve the Error 'Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt'

MS Word is a largely used application of MS Office suite. Computer users of different cadres use this application at different levels. For example, students use it for doing their assignments, whereas professionals use it for maintaining the documentation of their work. Despite its usability, the files created with this application (the document files) often get corrupt. An error message that a MS..

Date Published 17 Jul 2013

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Common SQL Database Corruption Errors, Causes and Resolutions

MS SQL Server database is one of the popular and advanced relational database management systems, which is largely used by organizations and professionals. The improved user interface and advanced features of SQL Server make it one of the best database management tools for managing a large amount of data. Despite the usefulness of this software, the databases created by it are prone to corruption,..

Date Published 05 Aug 2013

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macOS is unable to recognize the external drive, and Disk Utility can’t mount it. How to recover data from the unmounted drive on Mac?

The external hard drive going unrecognized might be giving you nightmares since you are unable to access your important documents, videos, photos, audio files? Don't worry since this KB article shares a unique solution to recover data from an unmounted or unrecognized drive on macOS Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion. &n..

Date Published 27 Jan 2012

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How to Repair Corrupt MOV, MP4, AVI, MKV and other files with Stellar Repair for Video Windows and Mac OS?

There are various video file formats supported across different media players. MOV is yet another popular file format, used by Apple devices. One of the most popular media players is QuickTime, which uses the MOV file format majorly used in Mac OS. However, there are many other media players, which support MOV files. In addition, there are devices like CCTV and HD cameras that capture the video in..

Date Published 17 Oct 2012

Total Views 54761

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How to recover data from an Unbootable system/ Crashed OS?

To recover data from a crashed or non-booting Windows PC and Laptop, follow these steps: Video Tutorial Step 1: Prepare a Bootable Data Recovery Media For this, you need an empty USB thumb drive (at least 1GB size). Connect the USB thumb drive to a working Windows PC and follow the instructions below: a) Download, install and launch Stellar Data Recovery Professional software. b) Fro..

Date Published 23 Dec 2019

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What are Advanced Setting options of Stellar Photo Recovery software?

The additional options in Advanced Settings make Stellar Photo Recovery an exceptionally competent and convenient software to recover lost files. The software allows you to set your preferences for recovery through its Advanced Settings. The advanced options in the software help you to: • Speed up the recovery process • Recover exactly what you want ..

Date Published 12 Sep 2011

Total Views 51217

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How to Resolve 'Format error: not a PDF or corrupted' Error of PDF File

Sometimes while trying to open a PDF document you may encounter the following error message: 'There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired' Due to the corruption of the PDF file, you become unable to view the multimedia and graphics contents of this PDF document. You only get to see the textual information or sometimes only a blank page appears ..

Date Published 17 Jul 2013

Total Views 49693