A disk image is a file that contains the data and structure of a disk volume or an entire storage device, such as a hard disk, SSD, etc.
Stellar Data Recovery Technician features an option to create a virtual hard disk image (VHD) of data storage devices. You can use this option to create disk images of different storage devices, especially failing hard disks or media that is severely affected by bad blocks or sectors. It saves the disk images as ‘IMG’ file.
With Stellar Data Recovery Technician, you can create a disk image of,
- Hard Disk, SSD, and eMMC
- Logical drive partitions or volumes on the hard disks and other storage media
- Removable storage devices such as pen drives, external hard disks, SD card etc.
- RAID 0, RAID 5, and RAID 6 volumes
| Did you know: Data recovery is much faster and more secure from when performed on disk images when compared to a physical drive. |
Steps to Create an Image File of Your Hard Disk, Volume, or Removable Media:
- Run Stellar Data Recovery Technician software.
- On ‘Select What to Recover’ screen, click ‘Next.’
- On ‘Select Location’ screen, choose ‘Recover from Disk Images’ under Other Locations and click ‘Scan.’
- From the displayed dialog box, select the ‘Create Image’ option and click ‘Next’.
- Select the drive or partition that you want to image and click ‘Start Imaging.’
- Alternatively, you can also create an image of a selected region on a drive or partition.
- Click on ‘Advanced Settings’. On ‘Select Range to Create Image‘ screen, drag the sliders to define the starting and ending sectors of the image file. Click ‘Close’, and then click ‘Start Imaging’.
- Choose the destination where you want to save the disk image file. In the File Name text box, type name and click ‘Save’.
| Tip: Always save disk image at a different location with a proper name, preferably on a different disk to avoid overwriting. |
| NOTE: The image created by using Stellar Data Recovery Technician is of the same size as the selected drive or disk volume. Ensure that the location where the image file needs to be saved has sufficient space to store the image file. |
Steps to Recover Data from Disk Image
To recover data from a disk images by using the Stellar Data Recovery Technician, follow these steps,
- Run Stellar Data Recovery Technician software
- From ‘Select What to Recover‘ screen, choose what you want to recover and click Next.
- On Select Location screen, choose ‘Recover from Disk Images’ and click ‘Scan’.
- From the displayed dialog box, choose ‘Recover from Existing Images’ option and click ‘Next.’
- Select the disk image from the list or browse and add it manually by clicking on the ‘Add’ button
- After adding the disk image, click ‘Scan.’
- After the scan, you can click on a file to see its preview and select the files for recovery
- In case desired files are not found, click ‘Click Here’ link at the bottom beside ‘Deep Scan’ text to run an extensive scan
- After selecting the required files, click ‘Recover.’
- Click ‘Browse’ and choose a save location
- Click ‘Start Saving’
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