Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Home
Developer Website: http://www.stellarinfo.com/disk-recovery.htm
- 2015
- 2014
Overall Product Rating: 3.0
A program with a very good wizard interface and file recovery features. However, we could not recover any files from a deleted NTFS partition. This program also received some of the poorest file recovery performance for several other tests.
File recovery using file signatures (raw file recovery): 5.0Compare
This feature exists with a pre-defined file signature set. Supports adding and editing of custom file signatures.
File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 3.5Compare
Search parameters: “Show only deleted files”, “Show only existing files”, individual file search, file sorting by file extension, file sorting by file time.
User interface: 4.0Compare
Good wizard interface but only a few recovery parameters can be specified.
Localization support: 4.0Compare
Languages supported: English, German, French, Spanish and Dutch.
Language management: A separate version for each language.
Localization support: 4.0Compare
Characters recognized: Russian, French, Arabian.
Characters unrecognized: Japanese and Chinese (changed to the underscore character). These characters were correctly recognized in the previously tested version (Version 5).
File preview: 5.0Compare
The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio, and video files, Microsoft Office documents (if Office is installed), Adobe PDF, some WWW files, most popular archives, and some other file types.
File recovery performance
FAT file system: 4.0Compare
Recently deleted files: The program successfully recovered all files with their original names.
Previously deleted files: The program could find many (not all) files with their original filenames. Many recovered files appeared damaged.
NTFS file system: 4.0Compare
Recently deleted files: The program successfully recovered all test files and the deleted folder, but their names were changed.
Previously deleted files: The program could find some files, mostly using raw file.
A FAT32 partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size: 3.0Compare
Raw files found and successfully recovered: zip, jpg, mp3
Files partially found with incorrect file size: pdf
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size: 2.5Compare
Raw files found and successfully recovered: avi, jpg, zip Files found with incorrect file size: pdf
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.: 6.0Compare
All files were found and successfully recovered with their original file and folder names.
A FAT16 partition reformatted to a new FAT16 partition of the same size: 5.5Compare
Successfully recovered all files. Could not recover the original folder name.
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.: 6.0Compare
Successfully recovered all files and the folder with its original name.
A FAT32 partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size: 3.5Compare
Raw files found and successfully recovered: doc, zip, 2 jpg, pdf, txt, xls, avi, mp3, exe
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size: 2.5Compare
Raw files found and successfully recovered: avi, jpg, zip
Files found with incorrect file size: pdf, mp3
A damaged NTFS file system: 0.0Compare
We could not find and recover any files. The previously tested version could find the partition and recover all files and the original folder.
A damaged FAT32 file system: 0.0Compare
We could not find and recover any files even after a disk scan.
NTFS partition deleted from a 2 GB disk using Windows Disk Management: 0.0Compare
We could not find any files or the folder, or the deleted partition. The previously tested version could successfully recover all files with their original folder.
Overall Product Rating: 3.0
Very good localization support; recognized all tested localized characters in file and folder names. Completely failed one file recovery test and showed the poorest file recovery performance for several others.
Interface and Features
Deep analysis of disks (disk scan): 2.0Compare
No scan parameters can be specified. Scan results cannot be stored.
File recovery using file signatures (raw file recovery): 2.0Compare
Users can add and edit their own file signatures.
File search, mark for recovery, sorting: 2.0Compare
Software features that help users find, sort, and mark files for recovery: “Show only deleted files”, “Show only existing files”, individual file search, file sorting by file extension, file sorting by file time.
User interface: 4.0Compare
A good wizard interface, but only a few data recovery parameters can be specified.
Supported interface languages: 5.0Compare
Supported interface languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, and Italian.
Language management: A separate version for each language.
Localized file name recognition: 5.0Compare
Recognized all tested localized characters in file and folder names.
File preview: 5.0Compare
The built-in previewer can show graphic, audio, and video files, and Microsoft Office documents when the application is installed.
File recovery performance
NTFS file system: 5.0Compare
Recently deleted files: Successfully recovered all test files and the deleted folder.
Previously deleted files: Could find some files, mostly using raw file search.
FAT file system: 5.0Compare
Recently deleted files: Recovered all files.
Previously deleted files: Could find many (not all) files with their original filenames. Many recovered files appeared damaged.
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size.: 3.0Compare
Found in raw files and successfully recovered: avi, jpg, zip.
Found with incorrect file size: pdf.
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size.: 3.0Compare
Found in raw files and successfully recovered: avi, jpg, zip.
Found with incorrect file size: pdf, mp3.
A FAT32 partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.: 3.0Compare
Didn’t find anything. Showed the warning: “Not a valid volume, or critical data structure of volume badly corrupt.”
A FAT16 partition reformatted to a new FAT16 partition of the same size.: 3.0Compare
Successfully recovered all files with their original file names. Could not recover the original folder name.
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.: 3.0Compare
Successfully recovered all files with their original file names and the original folder name.
A FAT32 partition reformatted to a new NTFS partition of the same size.: 3.0Compare
Found in raw files and successfully recovered: zip, jpg, mp3.
Found with incorrect file size: pdf.
An NTFS partition reformatted to a new FAT32 partition of the same size.: 3.0Compare
Found the deleted NTFS partition, although with incorrect size. All files were found and correctly recovered with their original file and folder name.
A damaged NTFS file system: 4.0Compare
All programs could successfully recover all files and the original folder.
NTFS file system: 6.0Compare
All programs successfully recovered all files with their original folder.
