Sometimes, when you try to boot Windows XP computer system, it displays an empty, black screen. The black screen flashes even before you could see Windows XP logo and after the Power-On Self Test is complete. After the blank screen appears, the system stops booting, making the hard drive data inaccessible. To overcome black screen and to access the data, a Windows user needs to identify its exact cause. However, if the user is unable to determine the reason and still wants to read the data stored in the hard drive, then s/he needs to restore the data from an updated backup. But in case of deficient or corrupted backup, the user is left with no option, but to search for an effective third-party Partition Recovery Software.

To thoroughly explain the above scenario, consider you try to boot your Windows XP system and encounter a black screen. The same screen appears every time you attempt to boot your system.

Cause:

The two main causes for the occurrence of black screen are:

There is a CD, DVD, or a floppy in the CD, DVD, or floppy drive at the time of starting your system. The second reason could be corruption in Master Boot Record (MBR), Partition table(s), boot sector, and NTLDR file. Corruption in either of these components breaks the boot sequence, resulting in black screen.

Resolution:

To resolve the above error message and to access the hard drive data, follow the below guidelines:

Remove the CD, DVD, or floppy from CD, DVD, or floppy drive, and then boot your system.

In case of corruption: Run FIXMBR command in 'Windows XP Recovery Console', to repair corrupt MBR. Run FIXBOOT command in 'Windows XP Recovery Console', to repair boot partition. Re-install Windows XP operating system and restore the data from an updated backup, in case of partition table corruption. However, in case no backup of hard drive partitions is available, then you will need to opt for an advanced Partition Recovery utility. A Partition Recovery utility employs intensive recovery procedures to recover all lost partitions and data within them.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a powerful Partition Recovery Software to recover all lost, deleted, and formatted hard drive partitions. It recovers FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system partitions. The user-friendly software can be installed on Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.

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