Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Windows 7 Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store is a database that contains boot-time configuration data. This is a firmware-independent file and is a replacement of boot.ini file used in Windows operating systems earlier to Windows Vista. Once the file get corrupted, a Windows 7 computer loses the ability to boot. Since the file is editable through command-line tool called bcdedit.exe, you can use it to overcome the Windows boot issues. But if the corruption is high or the tool doesn't work, the last alternative is to restore from a backup and/or reinstall Windows. However, while backup is unavailable, you need a
Windows Data Recovery solution to recover the lost data.
Consider a practical instance of such problems. You use a Windows 7 based computer and it fails to boot prompting an error that is similar to below:
Boot manager generic failure 0x000000e
Repair Action: Boot configuration data store repair...
Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Windows NT operating systems encounter various errors and issues, but the most problematic one is the STOP error message. These errors are commonly identified by an 8-digit hexadecimal code which may sometimes appear if the file, which is required at the time of system boot is corrupt or damaged. As a result, a STOP error occurs and the process of the system comes to a halt. Additionally, the hard drive data becomes inaccessible. An ideal way to overcome such situations is to restore the data from a valid backup file. However, if the backup fails or is not available, then you can rely upon a powerful
Hard Drive Data Recovery application to recover your data.
Consider this example – Suppose, you start your Windows XP based system and suddenly the following STOP error message appears:
“Stop: 0xC000012F STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_NOT_MZ
The specified image file did not have the correct format, it did not have an initial MZ.”...
Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Hard drive damage or failure is a very common problem with modern computers, which leads to grave data loss. When you face such situations, Data Recovery is the most significant thing to do. It is the process of retrieving lost, missing, or inaccessible data from damaged storage media, which can not be accessed in normal way. The success rate of recovery process may vary, depending upon the extent of damage.
Before you take any action to retrieve lost data, you need to determine what the cause of disk failure is. Disk failure can be resulted by either the external or internal factors. All data loss causes are divided into to major categories- Logical and Physical.
Logical Disk Failure:
Logical damages are caused by damage software, operating system malfunction, file system corruption, virus infection, improper system shutdown, hard drive formatting, accidental deletion, and other such reasons. In such cases, hard drive remains physically intact and your system may boot properly in most of the cases...
Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9:47 PM
A Windows 7 based computer can become unbootable for several number of factors. One of the typical results of such problems is Blue Screen Of Deaths (BSODs) at startup, which generally render your data inaccessible. In such cases, the data backup availability is essential or otherwise, it can leave you in unavoidable situations of using a
Windows Data Recovery utility.
For instance, consider you try to start a Windows 7 based computer system. At this point, the system might fail to respond and prompt an error message as below:
“STATUS_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATED”
Or
“STOP: 0xC000021A”
The error might prevent you to let access the data stored on the hard drive.
Cause
The mentioned stop error occurs when a subsystem (such as Winlogon etc.) of user-mode in Windows 7 has been compromised. Windows 7 cannot guarantee the security. The error typically occurs when Windows 7 switches into kernel mode. The system cannot run without the aid of these services. This can occur because of some third-party tool...
Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9:43 PM
In spite of your best attempts, your system may get infected by a virus or some other malicious programs. Viruses need to be gotten rid of, to restore the system to its previous working state. Removing the virus from the system may be quite simple, or even amazingly difficult, depending upon the methods deployed to remove them. You may also come across data loss when your system gets affected by a virus. Data loss may be permanent or reversible. Mostly,
Data Recovery Software can help recover all your lost data.
Most of the virus scanners use virus definition files to scan the system for viruses and deploy several algorithms for removing different types of viruses, and fix all the damage caused by them. However, in some cases, though the anti-virus detects the virus, it can not remove the virus from the system. In such situations, the system remains affected and is prone to many critical problems...
Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9:39 PM
Many of Windows 7 users might be unaware of the fact that when they install Windows 7, it forcefully creates a separate 200 MB partition to store WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment) files. The partition is hidden, automatically activated, is not labeled by any drive letter, and has only 32 MB of space occupied. Though the partition is required to hold system and bootable files to aid in recovery after crash, but cannot be deleted using normal tools like Windows Disk Management. Also, this has been observed that when the user tries to delete it using a third-party partition manager or partition editor, the partition table might get corrupted or invalid. This causes other data partitions to become inaccessible and create critical data loss situations. To restore data in such scenarios, you need to either use the last available backup or apply a commercial Partition
Recovery Software...
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 11:09 PM
A Windows 7 based computer can become unbootable for several number of factors. One of the typical results of such problems is Blue Screen Of Deaths (BSODs) at startup, which generally render your data inaccessible. In such cases, the data backup availability is essential or otherwise, it can leave you in unavoidable situations of using a Windows
Data Recovery utility.
For instance, consider you try to start a Windows 7 based computer system. At this point, the system might fail to respond and prompt an error message as below:
“
STATUS_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATED”
Or
“STOP: 0xC000021A”
The error might prevent you to let access the data stored on the hard drive.
Cause...
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 11:05 PM
NT Loader, commonly known as NTLDR, is the boot loader for Windows NT operating systems, including Windows XP and Server 2003. For systematic loading of the operating system, the loader needs minimum two files (NTLDR and boot.ini) on the system's volume. Corruption or missing of any of the files halts the booting process, further resulting in the inaccessibility of data stored in the hard drive. In most cases, you encounter an error message after your NTLDR gets corrupt. To access the data stored in the hard drive after the NTLDR damage, you will need to restore the data from an updated backup. However, with the probability of any file being corrupted, backup file can not be considered as 100% safe. In such situations, the only way left to access your lost data is by using advanced
Data Recovery Software.
Consider a practical scenario, where you receive the below error message when you attempt to boot your system:...
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 11:02 PM
Master Boot Record or MBR is the first sector of hard disk that is accessed to determine where and how the operating system is located so that the computer can boot. It also imparts information, like number and type of partitions that the hard disk contains. Because it is the first code executed when the computer is turned on, it is one of the common sites for virus writers to aim. For this reason or another similar if MBR gets damaged, serious data loss can take in effect. In such circumstances if all techniques to rewrite the MBR fail and suitable data backup is unavailable too, it is suggested to look for a Windows
Data Recovery tool.
For instance, suppose you try to boot your Wis-based computer. The boot process may not end successfully and stop at a black screen. Additionally, you might receive an error message, such as below:
“No bootable partiton in table”
You cannot access the data stored on hard disk after you receive this error message...
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:58 PM
There are some situations where you may find that your hard drive's file structure is damaged and the stored data is unreadable. The hard drive may act as it is not formatted or the drive is having serious errors. At the same time, the hard drive may generate strange errors or it may behave as if the drive is seriously damaged. The drive may look like as completely clean and all your valuable data become inaccessible. In such circumstances, you need to opt for
hard drive recovery solutions to extract lost data from damaged storage media.
When this behavior occurs, huge amounts of files might get deleted or become damaged. The lost clusters or several other minor file system damage like situations are generally very benign. Always keep in mind that if you do not scan file system regularly, it may make the
conditions more problematic.
Root of the problem:...
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:55 PM
Master Boot Record (MBR) is primarily used to hold disk's primary partition table, identify particular disk media, and bootstrapping operating systems. The first sector of the hard drive is located at the Main Boot Record area and consists of entries for primary partition in the partition table. Corruption in MBR can be caused due to numerous logical reasons, like improper system shutdown, operating system malfunction, malicious software like virus, and human errors. MBR once corrupted, halts the booting process of Windows, resulting in inaccessibility of data stored on the hard drive. An appropriate way to access the lost hard drive data is by restoration of data from an updated backup. However, in worst case scenarios, where you have not created any backup, a powerful third-party
Data Recovery application acts as a boon.
To illustrate the above case, consider a scenario where you encounter any of the underneath error messages when you attempt to boot your system:...
Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 10:32 PM
In spite of your best attempts, your system may get infected by a virus or some other malicious programs. Viruses need to be gotten rid of, to restore the system to its previous working state. Removing the virus from the system may be quite simple, or even amazingly difficult, depending upon the methods deployed to remove them. You may also come across data loss when your system gets affected by a virus. Data loss may be permanent or reversible. Mostly,
Data Recovery Software can help recover all your lost data.
Most of the virus scanners use virus definition files to scan the system for viruses and deploy several algorithms for removing different types of viruses, and fix all the damage caused by them. However, in some cases, though the anti-virus detectsthe virus, it can not remove the virus from the system. In such situations, the system remains affected and is prone to many critical problems...
