5.6.2. Recovering Data from Existing Image

With Stellar Data Recovery you can perform the recovery operation on a newly created disk image using Create Image option or on any previously created disk image.

To recover data using any disk image:

1. Run Stellar Data Recovery.

2. From Select What to Recover screen, select the type of data i.e. Everything, Documents, Folders & Emails or Multimedia Files, you want to recover.

3. Click Next.

4. On Recover From screen, select Recover from Disk Images from Other Locations and click Scan.

5. From the displayed dialog box select Recover from Existing Image option and click Next.

6. All the disk images are listed on Recovery from Image screen with their respective sizes. If the image is not listed, click on Add to browse and select the image file.

7. To remove an image from the list, select that image and click Remove. Click Reset, to restore the list to default.

8. Select the desired image file and click Scan to start the recovery process.

Note: If you are scanning a drive that is encrypted using BitLocker, you will be prompted to either enter the Bitlocker password/Recovery Key or Select a Bitlocker Startup Key (.BEK file). Use any one of the following steps, to initiate the scan process:  

• Enter the Bitlocker password/Recovery Key in the text box given and click OK.

• Alternatively, choose Select Bitlocker Startup Key (.BEK) radio button. Click  to browse and select the .BEK file and click OK.

9. A screen showing the scanning process is displayed. Click Stop to stop the scan at any point.

10. Once the scanning process is completed, details of the files and folder found are displayed in a dialog box as shown below:

11. 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.

Note: You can select only one image at a time for recovery.