File deletion is the most frequent process which leads to data loss complications in SQL Server. There could be several reasons of deletion of MDF file. The deletion may be either intentional or accidental. No matter what the reason of MDF deletion is, the ultimate result would be the loss of your business critical data.
Fortunately, the deleted file never leaves the hard drive until or unless it has got overwritten. The lost file can be recovered with the help of data recovery software. To recover deleted MDF file, you need to use a powerful and sophisticated Windows data recovery software such as Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery.
Sometimes, after recovery of MDF file, you may find the file unusable. When you attempt to open the file, it may refuse to do it and may show you some sort of corruption related error messages. In such situations, to make the file accessible and usable, you need to perform MDF recovery.
MDF recovery with a powerful and highly developed software such as Stellar Phoenix SQL Database Recovery software is very easy and effective. This robust and influential MDF recovery software works in all posers of corruption and can perform MDF recovery for all of the database objects.
To recover deleted MDF file using Stellar Phoenix SQL Database Recovery, you need to simply follow the given steps:
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Recover deleted/lost MDF files through Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v3.0 |
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| >> Launch the program and double click on a particular Logical Drive from which you wish to recover the files. |
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| >> A new window will pop-up with three scan options. Select the 'Standard Scan' option. |
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>> You can select the scan option according to the requirement. In case, you are unable to get the desired result through the standard scan, choose advanced scan for extensive scan and better result.
Standard Scan - Scan performed in most cases, which quickly and efficiently search the selected drive/image file for lost files.
Advance Scan - This method takes more time to scan but has greater chance to discover lost data. It scans each cluster of the logical drive and also scans the entire unused cluster for known file types. In case of formatted drive, previous file system can be selected for scanning.
>> As you click on any of the option, the software will start scanning for the data as below: |
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>> When the scanning process is completed, the software displays all the lost data in the tree structure. The directory tree structure is formed as below: |
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>> You can find your MDF files from the directory tree structure in the software. |
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>> Check the box for the MDF files and go for ‘Recover selected’ icon and recover the files: |
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