Using Virtual Drives

A Virtual Drive is a copy (a clone) of a logical drive using a defined geometry that emulates a real logical drive or partition. If you have a logical drive that is recognized by Windows, but you cannot access the data in that drive, creating a Virtual Drive copy might help you to gain access to your data. 

You can create Virtual Drive as a clone of real Logical Drive or create it as a new drive.

Creating a Virtual Drive

To create Virtual Drive, select a logical device in which you will store the Virtual Drive and then do one of the following:

• From the Disk menu, click Add Virtual Drive... 
• Right-click the logical device and click Add Virtual Drive... from the context menu.

The Create New Virtual Drive Wizard appears. Follow the instructions in this wizard.

Modifying Virtual Drive Properties

You can alter the properties of a Virtual Drive by doing one of the following:

• From the Disk menu, click Modify Drive Info...
• Right-click the Virtual Drive item and click Modify Drive Info... from the context menu.

The Virtual Drive Geometry Wizard appears. Follow the instructions in this wizard. You can modify the drive properties in as many combinations as you want and as many times as you want while data on this drive is accessible.

Saving the Device’s Drive Info

After scanning a device for deleted or damaged partitions, or after manually editing a device's existing local drives, all device drive information can be stored into a file and loaded back into ARAX Disk Doctor at any time.

To save a device’s drive info, you must select the desired device and do one of the following:

• From the Disk menu, click Save Drive Info... 
• Right-click the device with Virtual Drives or detected partitions items and click Save Drive Info... from the context menu

Later, you can open a previously-saved device drive information file. To do so, select the desired device and do one of the following:

• From the Disk menu, click Load Drive Info 
• Right-click the device item and click Load Drive Info... from the context menu

See Also

Access Deleted Partitions using Virtual Drives | Scan Data Storage Devices for Deleted Partitions

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