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Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery becomes Stellar Data Recovery

Stellar Data Recovery[1] was developed by Indian-based technocrats Sunil Chandna, Manoj Dhingra and Kuljeet Singh in 1993. Today the company has more than 3 million customers in 190 countries around the globe and the number is constantly growing.Stellar Data Recovery

Stellar is headquartered in Gurgaon, India and has offices in the USA and Europe.[2]

Stellar Data Recovery is a leading information technology company that has revolutionized the concept of data recovery with smart, simple software and services.

The company claims to provide users with data recovery, repair, and system optimization tools to bring back lost data. The company offers a variety of data recovery products for consumers and businesses.

When it comes to consumers, the company’s offerings include Data Recovery Software, Photo Recovery Software, iPhone Recovery Software and Video Repair Software for both, Windows and Mac operating systems.

Stellar Data Recovery Software for Windows[3] Review

Stellar Data Recovery is a data recovery tool for Windows used to recover lost data and files, including video, photos and other data from a storage device, like an internal or external hard drive, SD memory cards, Pen drives, Flash Drive and more.

PROS

CONS

VERDICT

High-powered

Is able to recover slightly fewer items than other products

Stellar Data Recovery is one of the most trustful and powerful data recovery tool in the market.

Lucid and helpful interface

The free version does not actually recover anything

Quick performance

Could seem expensive

Pricing

Stellar Data Recovery follows the freemium model an allows users to download the feature-limited tool to scan and preview the lost or deleted data. However, if you actually want to recover your data, you will have to purchase the full version.

Stellar Data Recovery offers the following premium versions:

  • Stellar Data Recovery Standard starts at $79.99 for a yearly subscription and $99.99 for a lifetime subscription. The package recovers deleted data, photos, videos, email, and other files.
  • Stellar Data Recovery Premium starts at $179.99 ($99.99 with an offer) for a yearly subscription and $219 ($149 with an offer) for a lifetime license. The package is able to recover deleted data and repair photos, videos.
  • Stellar Data Recovery Technician starts at $499 ($199 with an offer) for a yearly subscription and covers up to three systems. The package recovers data from RAID and offers all premium features.

Test results

We tested Stellar Data Recovery Software with our test PC running Windows 10 operating system. The download and installation of the utility were simple and did not take long.

Stellar Data Recovery ScreenshotRecovery

Once installed we looked at the basic recovery process. The software asked to pick the type of file and scan it. We quite liked this feature to select the specific file type to scan, since it can reduce scan time.

Users also can pick a specific partition to scan or even a folder. If you are not able to find the location or a drive or want to recover data from RAW partitions with relative ease, you can pick from options such as other locations or cannot find a drive.

Once you select a lettered drive, a folder or a lost partition and hit scan the scan begins.

How long a custom scan will take depends on the amount you are scanning. The full initial system scan took more than two hours, while, a quick scan took only a couple of minutes.

Stellar Data Recovery provides on-screen data so users know how much of the scan has already been completed and how much more it should take.

Once the scan is finished, users can review the data according to File Type, Tree View, or Deleted List. You can also have all of the three options, or search files using the Search option.

Once a user clicks on the file, the software previews of its contents, in order to help a user to determine if that is actually the needed file. The preview feature is necessary since the software does not offer the undo feature.

What we did not like is that the Stellar Data Recovery does not offer thumbnail preview, which is available in EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.Stellar Data Recovery Scan

Features

As it was mentioned before, Stellar Data Recovery offers users with three Pro packages including:

Stellar Data Recovery Professional is capable of recovering Photos, Videos, and other files, from any storage media, including Hard Drives, SSD, USB, Flash Driver, SD Cards and Others. The program recovers any photo, video document, database or email file formats, and is able to restore files from scratched or damaged optical disks. The package also includes a Deep Scan.

Stellar Data Recovery Premium offers all the mentioned features and also includes Video and Photo Repair features to repair and extract corrupt video and photo files.

Stellar Data Recovery Technician includes all of the premium features and RAID recovery.

Stellar Data Recovery Scan In ProgressCustomer support

Stellar Data Recovery offers users 24×5 call-in and email technical support. Users are also able to submit a query to get help from Stellar Experts.

Stellar also offers an informative support webpage where users can get product-related information, such as Knowledge Base, FAQs, Stellar Software Upgrade and can submit a ticket.

The final verdict

Stellar Data Recovery is one of the most popular recovery utilities in the market. It is quick, powerful and has a very useful feature set. In addition, Stellar Data Recovery has probably one of the most convenient and user-friendly interfaces, thus it should be the first choice for beginners. However, it might seem a bit expensive.

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Olivia Morelli
Olivia Morelli - Senior Media writer

Olivia Morelli is a senior media writer on Reviewedbypro.com. Her favorite topic to write about is ransomware attacks and how to deal with them, but she also enjoys covering the topics of other types of malware and VPNs.

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