A data drive is a non-boot, non-system drive that only contains user programs and data. The procedure is straightforward and requires four steps as follows:
Step 1: Protect the source drive.
To stop data from being written to a data drive, please do the following:
Stop using the computer for any activities other than data recovery.
Stop all background programs that may write to the data drive. For example if the drive holds an SQL database, stop SQL.
Do not download or install any software on the data drive.
Disable all shared folders on the data drive.
Step 2: Install File Scavenger®
Step 3: Purchase a license.
Step 4: Search and Recover.
Step 5: Validate results.
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