4.11. Save and Resume Scan Information

You can save the scan results of a process to resume the recovery at a later stage. This helps you resume the recovery process without scanning the drive again. It is advisable to let the scan complete before saving the scan as you can always recover the data that is listed in the saved scan.

Steps to Save Scan Information:

1. In the Scan Results window. Click   Back button or close the application.

2. The software prompts you to save the scan information. Click Yes.

3. In ‘Save scan information‘ dialog box, specify the location where you want to save the image file. Type the name of the image file in the Save As text box. Click Save.

4. Scan Information file will be saved.

Note: If you stop a scanning process, you can save the scan information up to that point. However, you should perform a complete scan and then save the scan result.

Tip: It is recommended that you should save ‘scan information file’ and ‘hard disk image’ at different locations with a proper name so that you can easily retrieve the required file.

 

Steps to Resume the Previously Saved Scan Information:

This option is used to resume the recovery process from a saved scan information file.

1. Run the Stellar Data Recovery software.

2. Click on  icon and select the Resume Recovery option.

3. A Resume Recovery window appears with a list of saved scan information file existing in the system.

4. Select your desired saved scan file you wish to resume by clicking on it.

Note: In case the file you desire is not in the list, click  Add button and select the desired file.

5. Your added file is displayed in the resume recovery window. Click  Remove button if you want to remove the listed saved scan file.

6. Click Resume button. A screen showing the scanning process is displayed.

Note: If you are scanning a system drive having Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, or Big Sur for the first time using Stellar Data Recovery, you need to allow macOS to load an extension signed by “Stellar Data Recovery”. To know the procedure refer to Recover Data from System Disk with High Sierra and Above.

Note: You can select only one file at a time to start the process of scanning.

7. Once the scanning process completes, details of the files and folder found would be displayed in a dialog box as shown below:

8. Click OK.