5.11. Performing a Deep Scan

Deep Scan allows you to recover data from hard disk, pen drive, or volumes of a hard disk. It does a comprehensive scan of the volume to recover each and every bit of lost or deleted data. It searches for lost files on the basis of file signature. This recovery option recovers everything that is found in the selected source. This option is especially helpful in case of severely corrupted volume.

In case, after the quick scan process is completed and your desired file is not included in the list of files detected, you can opt for Deep Scan to perform a comprehensive scan of the selected drive or location.

To perform Deep Scan:

1. Run Stellar Data Recovery.

2. From What To Recover screen, select the type of data i.e. All Data or Office Documents, Emails, Audio, Photos and Videos, you want to recover.

3. Click Next. Recover from screen apperas.

4. In the Recover From screen, enable the Deep Scan toggle located at the bottom.

5. Click Scan. A screen appears that display the scanning process.

Note: You can also initiate the deep scan process, once the scan of the selected hard drive volume is complete, click the "Click Here" next to "Deep Scan" at the bottom of the screen.

Note: To view the scanning details, click on the Click here link next to the Scanning details at the bottom of the screen.

Note: Click on  Stop or Pause/ Resume button to stop or resume the process.

6. Once the scanning process is completed, a dialog box showing the number of files and folders found during Deep Scan is displayed.

7. For information on how to preview and recover the scanned data, see Previewing Scan Results and Saving the Recovered Files.

Note: If you wish to save the scanned information and resume the recovery process at a later stage, see Saving the Scan Information.