Today people do all their work in files, or with files, irrespective of which computer they use, or which operating system they have. Every vital data is saved in files. Photographers, sitcom makers, and even film makers save all their important work in files. Infact, MS Outlook, Outlook Express, Exchange emails are saved in files. Such is the significance of files that they have become the epicenter of our lives. And that is why, loss or deletion of even one file can mean a major problem in the life of the person, or people who need it, or use it. Having realized this, people have started keeping backup of their crucial files. These backups help user in effective file recovery.

But accidents do happen, and mostly when least expected, despite all the precautions, and impact everybody greatly. At times, when we most need something, we find, we do not have access to it, and we have to face the consequences of its loss. The same is the case with backup. Absence of backup can spell disaster for a user. That is why, these situations call for a file recovery software. Other situations that need software to recover data include absence or corruption of backup file and the backup not being updated.

These software are sophisticated programs that run on a machine to extract all the data that was deleted, but has not been overwritten. The concept behind these software is that when the files are deleted, it is only their index entry that has been deleted and the area where they were saved still have the files intact. When we run these software, they recover the files from that location. Though this is the basic concept behind file recovery, not all software, have hundred percent performance. A tool which has been developed by expert programmers is far more effective than a software developed by other competent developers.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a comprehensive tool that recovers files from NTFS, NTFS5, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT and exFAT file system volumes. This efficient file recovery software is compatible with Windows 7.0, Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000, and is capable of recovering more than 185 file formats.