UNFORMAT software. Restoring a Disk Image

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2.1.3.3 Restoring a Disk Image

If you have made an attempt to recover data with unsatisfactory results, you may restore the drive to its original condition before the Unformat process.

Before you started scanning for and recovering deleted files, you created a disk image for the original drive. You can recover these deleted files and folders from this disk image.

To Restore a Disk Image – Simple Mode:

  1. Select a disk image in the Disk Image list.
  2. Click Restore Disk Image. A confirming message appears.
  3. Click Yes. The Restoring Image progress bar page appears.
    • Various status messages appear above the progress bar.
    • Text messages about the restore process appear in the list below the progress bar.
  4. To stop the restore process, click Stop at any time.
  5. After the process is complete, the message “Image restored successfully” appears in the text message area.
  6. Click Back to return to Step 1.

To Restore a Disk Image – Expert Mode:

  1. Select a disk image in the Disk Image list.
  2. Select the Restore Image Expert Mode check box.
  3. Click Restore Disk Image. A confirming message appears.
  4. Click Yes. The Restore Image page appears.
    • To be certain that you have selected the correct disk image, view the detailed description on the left.

Image Recovery Confirming Message

  1. In the Destination panel, select a logical drive. This is the place where you want to write the restored disk image.
  2. Click Next. The Restore Image progress bar appears.
    • Various status messages appear above the progress bar.
    • Text messages about the restore process appear in the list below the progress bar.

Restoring a Disk Image

  1. To stop the restore process, click Stop at any time.
  2. After the process is complete, the message “Image restored successfully” appears in the text message area.
  3. Click Back to return to Step 1.

Click Restore Image – to revert unformatting results (if any), thus restoring original drive/device configuration.

Note If two identical devices exist (for example, two USB devices with the same model number and the same number of sectors on the drive), you cannot restore data to either device. If you have two identical devices, to restore data, you must physically remove one of the devices.

Advanced View – Disk Images < Contents > Options – Step 1