Hard Drive Recovery Software

Disk formatting is the process of preparing the disk for use by setting-up an empty file system and erasing all the previously stored files and folders. The process is primarily used to prepare the storage media for use by writing fresh file system entries for the hard drive partitions. The partitions can be either primary or logical.

Hard drive formatting is required for:

• Removing file system corruption
• Operating system re-installation
• Removing virus from computer
• Resolving Metadata structure corruption

While hard disk formatting enables you to resolve all the above problems, it also removes data stored on the particular hard drive partition. To overcome the effects of hard drive formatting and to access your lost data, you will need a commercial hard drive data recovery application.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v4.1 is a hard drive data recovery application that uses powerful scanning procedures to recover lost, missing, and formatted data and restore it at user-specified location. The hard drive recovery software supports recovery from FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 partitions. Compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000, the hard drive recovery tool supports recovery of 185 file types. The number of file types can be increased when required.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v4.1 features various advance functionalities, like hard drive cloning, hard disk imaging, file filter, file mask, save scan, and live update. Below are the steps that enable you to recover data from a formatted hard drive:

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