1. About Stellar Data Recovery

Stellar Data Recovery is a solution for various data loss problems. Data loss can occur due to a number of factors, like accidental deletion, system crashes, hardware or software failure, cyber-attacks, human errors, virus-infection, etc. The data lost can be recovered from corrupted, damaged, deleted, or formatted Mac volumes. Stellar Data Recovery comprehensively scans (formatted, deleted, or damaged) volumes and finds all the lost data, such as documents, emails, pictures, audio, video and all other files. After scanning, the software displays all the recoverable files and folders in a tree view structure.

The major file systems supported by the software are Macintosh file systems – APFS, HFS, HFS+, Windows file systems – NTFS, FAT, FAT16, FAT32, and exFAT, Linux file systems – EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4. It can recover lost data from existing volumes, lost drive, unallocated partitions, CD/DVDs, lost partitions, non-booting Mac, and crashed computers. Most interestingly, the data lost can even be recovered from a disk image (a compressed file data backup method in which a solid-state drive (SSD) or hard drive’s data can be copied and stored on any storage device and later can be used to recover data in case of system failure). Also, it can recover data from optical discs and supports all CD/DVD formats and common file systems such as ISO 9660, Joliet, UDF, and Rock Ridge.

Stellar Data Recovery has a number of features that help in recovering data easily and efficiently. It has features like deep scanning of a volume, auto-refreshing drive lists, and previewing availability during the scan process. The software also allows you to stop and save your scanned information so that you can resume data recovery at a later stage, create an image of a volume, or complete hard drive. Additionally, you can filter your data using the search option. The search option along with the tree view structure makes it easy to identify and recover the desired files and folders.

Stellar Data Recovery is available in five different editions:

1. Free edition
2. Standard edition
3. Professional edition
4. Premium edition
5. Technician edition

To know more about these editions, click here.

 

Key features of Stellar Data Recovery:

1. Deleted File Recovery: Recovers all the accidentally deleted files.

2. Recovery from Lost Drive/Unallocated Partition: Recovers data from unallocated, uninitialized, unidentified, and RAW partitions on a hard disk.

3. Partition Recovery: Recovers data from damaged, deleted, formatted, and lost partitions on any storage media device.

4. Data Recovery from Non-Booting Mac/Crashed Computer: Provides the option to recover data from a non-booting Mac for M1, M2, M3 and T2 chip systems. Supports recovery from all versions of Mac.

5. Raw Recovery Support: Raw recovery of volumes and hard drives to search data based on signatures.

6. Deep Scan: ‘Deep Scan’ performs a comprehensive signature-based search to maximize the recovery in tough cases of data loss. Deep Scanning is particularly useful for recovering the files that couldn’t be found with normal scanning.

7. Image Creation: Supports the creation of images for hard disks and volumes for recovery.

8. Preview Support: Supports previewing of files before recovery for most file types. User can also save the data during scanning of file systems APFS, HFS+, NTFS, ExFAT and FAT32.

9. Save and Resume Recovery Session: Save and resume recovery option to recover data at a later stage without scanning the drive again.

10. T2 chip security macOS Support: Supports data recovery from systems with T2 security chips.

11. M1, M2 and M3 chip technology macOS Support: Supports data recovery from systems with M1, M2 and M3 chip.

12. Encryption Support: Supports encrypted file systems.

13. Support for Apple Time Capsule: Supports Apple Time Capsule on Sparse Bundle disk images.

14. Support for Time Machine: APFS supports recovery from Time Machine Backup drive.

15. Drive Information Display: Option to display drive details which offers better information about selected volume and hard drive.

16. Unicode Support: Support for Unicode Drive Name/Image.

17. Auto-Refreshing of media: Newly added media is automatically added to the display list.

18. Advanced options for customization: The software provides options such as Preferences (Preview, Supported File Types, Add/Edit Header, and Filter) and Search that can be used for recovering data according to personal requirements.

19. File System Support: Supports multiple file systems such as:

• • Macintosh file systems – HFS, HFS+, and APFS

• • Windows file systems – NTFS, FAT, FAT16, FAT32, and exFAT

• • Linux file systems – EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4

• • CD/DVD file systems – CDFS, UDF

20. Simultaneous Scanning for File Systems: Supports scanning of multiple file systems simultaneously and offers the best possible scan results.

21. Supported File Types: Supports more than 300 file types by default. Also, it supports adding and editing unlimited custom file types.

22. File Vault Recovery: Supports recovery from APFS File Vault.

23. Support Large Sector in Drive: The software provides 4K/2K sector in drive to Search Lost Partitions, Create Image, Scan and Preview. Provides 4K/2K sector in the drive to perform recovery process for all file systems (APFS, HFS+, FAT32, NTFS, ExFAT, EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4). 

24. Support APFS Encrypted Drive Recovery: Supports recovery from APFS encrypted drive.

25. Support APFS Fusion Drive: APFS supports fusion drive option.

26. Virtual Machine Recovery: The Technician edition of the software supports Virtual Machine Recovery. The image formats supported are: VMDK, VDI, VHD, and VHDX.    

27. Support for Multiple Drive Types: Recovers data from desktop and laptop hard drives, external hard drives and pen drives, memory cards, SSD drives, SD cards, etc.

28. Operating System: Compatible with macOS 10.12 and above.

Note: Depending on the edition of the Stellar Data Recovery software that you have, the above-mentioned key features may not be available.