The Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 include a full disk encryption feature, called BitLocker Drive Encryption. For BitLocker to operate, it requires the boot volume isolated from encryption. To accomplish it, Microsoft provides 'Bitlocker Drive Preparation Tool'. To fulfill the requirements of two NTFS volumes, for operating system and a minimum of 1.5GB volume, it shrinks the existing volume in order to create required room for a new boot volume and to transfer the essential bootstrapping files to it. At times, when you find the tool failing to operate, one of the top reasons might be files that it finds unmovable from the partition. Such cases create unavoidable situations of reinstalling the operating system, which causes data loss. Thus, to restore it, you should have a valid data backup or a powerful windows data recovery utility that could recover the data.

For instance, when trying to use BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool for your Windows Vista based computer, you might receive an error as below:...

If a Windows system undergoes unexpected shutdown, an automatic disk check runs that examines the disk for file system errors. Once the process starts, it should not be interrupted in anyway or otherwise can cause unrecoverable errors. Apart from rendering the data inaccessible, it can introduce several corruption errors to critical data structures of the disk. The data thus lost should be restored from available backup. However, you can use more effective products of partition recovery in case no access to valid data backup is feasible.

To illustrate it, consider a scenario of unexpected shutdown with your Windows based system. The next time when it restarts, the disk check runs to scrutinize the disk for consistency. You kill the operation, but when you restart the computer, the system is unable to boot. Consequently, you receive errors, such as it cannot locate Windows. The installation disk repair function fails too...

When it comes to the loss of your valuable data and information, the situations become drastic. In the majority of data loss situations price is not a big factor. The most important that you should aim towards is- what is the best possible method to retrieve your lost data? If you are not aware of the recovery solutions, then you might try anything that could result into severe data loss. The frantic efforts could make situations worse and minimize the chances of successful data recovery.

Following are some common techniques that would help you take right decision to ensure secure and complete recovery of your mission-critical data:

Traditional methods

There was time when the loss of data was considered the greatest headache. The data loss victims used to send their failed hard drives to the recovery professionals to retrieve their lost data. The recovery help was composed of several factors such as time, several human errors, enough money and the recovery service labs. The data recovery using old techniques was very slow and the success rate was also quite less...

Data storage is the most integral part of every organization's regular operations. Either you work on the computer on daily basis or use it only for some special operations,you stored data in the form of emails, documents, audio files, video files, images, graphic files and so forth. Although computers are considered as the most secure way to store data, but it also may fail at some point of time due to software or hardware malfunction and cause critical data loss situations. In these cases, you need to opt for the data recovery software through effective and advanced tools and techniques.

Some of the computer users think that the data storage deal with all types of damaged in case of system failure or virus infection. This is right up to an extent but not always help you to protect your data. In order to safeguard your data, backup is the best option. Several business are required to maintain accurate information in accordance with government regulations and tax law...