Pros
Stellar Phoenix can quickly recover almost any type of file from nearly any device, including disks, optical discs and memory cards. It is particularly proficient at finding lost image files and can work with storage devices greater than 2TB in size.

Cons
Some advanced features such as disk imaging and working with unbootable drives require an upgrade to the Pro version. In addition, recovery experts will want to upgrade to the technician license.

Stellar Phoenix is now faster and can recover data from hard disks with more than 2TB of storage space. It also includes a new fast scan designed exclusively to help you recover lost photos and media files. Even though we all know we should diligently back up our files, accidents happen. When they do, Stellar Phoenix can help. This disk recovery software can recover more than 185 different files types and provide previews for most image types. Our TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award winning recovery software can recover files from nearly any storage device, including camera cards, discs, mobile phone memory cards and external drives.

This disk recovery software can help you restore data from most disk disasters, including altered or deleted partitions, virus attacks, reformatted disks and file system corruption. It can easily recover accidentally deleted files and files emptied from the recycle bin. The newest version also allows you to see recoverable files lists in three views: Classic Tree, File Type and Filtered Tree.

Stellar Phoenix is now easier to use. It has a new graphical user interface and on-the-fly media detection. This best file recovery software has powerful search tools. You can search for files and filter the results by file type, size, last modified date and created date to help you find specific critical files. The updated interface takes the complex task of finding specific files and makes it as simple and fast as possible.

Stellar Phoenix restores files from nearly any storage device, including hard disks, connected disk drives, optical discs, USB-attached drives, camera cards and mobile phone SD cards. It can even recover from hard drives greater than 2TB in size. The only capability missing from this particular version is the ability to recover RAID arrays; however, the company does offer this type of recovery as a professional service. In addition, the Pro version is more adept at recovering damaged sectors because it includes a disk-imaging tool that this version does not.

For clarification, it should be noted that Stellar Phoenix’s ability to recover files from mobile phone memory cards is not the same as recovering information stored on a SIM card. This file recovery software can recover from phone memory cards (often used for extra storage space) such as microSD cards, not SIM cards. It can also recover images and video from common camera cards. The software detects connected storage devices automatically and scans them quickly on command.