Posted on Friday, August 27, 2010 at 3:27 AM
Have you ever encountered the abominable blue screen of death. If you have, you know chances of accessing your data is bleak, and you are likely to be in a state of loss of all the vital data that was saved in it, unless you have an updated backup. Sam booted his system the other day, and witnessed this highly tragic incident that any computer user could possibly experience. Another person, Rita experienced a similar event, a blue screen, with an error message, which didn't allow her to load her system. This happened because registry file is either missing or corrupt. In such a situations, the user can either opt for partition recovery methods, and if they don't work, then opt for
partition recovery software.
What Sam had faced with his Windows-based computer was:
Stop 0xc0000218 (0xe11a30e8, 0x00000000, 0x000000000,0x00000000)
UNKNOWN_HARD_ERROR
Similarly, Rita had received following error message:...
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 11:11 PM
DiskPart is a command line utility by Microsoft Windows that enables you to manage disks, partitions or volume by using scripts or direct input of commands. Functionalities of DiskPart includes creation of partition of a disk, setting the partition active and formatting of the partitions. As DiskPart enables explicit control over the partitions and volumes, many times, incautious usage of it results in data loss demanding any
partition recovery software.
Below are some of the cases, where incautious use of DiskPart causes data loss or inaccessibility:
DiskPart converts a basic disk to a dynamic disk. Before using DiskPart, you must ensure that the disk must be empty or contains either primary partition or logical volume to avoid loss of data. Furthermore, the basic disks containing fault-tolerant disk driver (FtDisk), must be converted using Disk manager rather than DiskPart before upgrading, or else, these situations will lead to data loss...
Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 10:26 PM
It is like a regular custom for computer users to make different partitions to their hard disks and keep their data categorically into them. Apart from this, users also install different operating systems into different partitions. However, while booting an operating system from a particular partition, you may encounter some stop errors. These error messages pops up making the booting process cease and the partition in which the particular operating system is being installed, becomes inaccessible. In that situation, to access the saved data from the inaccessible partition, you need to follow certain steps of windows recovery and finally a clean installation of the operating system, if Windows recovery fails. With a clean installation of the operating system, all your data will be erased, hence, you need to restore them from the latest backup. Real problem arises when you don't have available backup or for any reason, the backup fails to restore your data. Then, every finger desperately point to any efficient
Windows partition recovery software...
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2010 at 3:18 AM
Like a hardware device, NTFS file system also uses a driver file that lets you access data from the partition. The default driver file of NTFS file system is Ntfs.sys. You can also obtain third-party hardware and file system drivers, as per your requirements. However, in some cases, third-party drivers may prevent you to access files from NTFS file system partition and cause grave partition loss situations. In such cases, you need to use advanced
Windows partition recovery solutions to get your valuable data back if backup is not available.
As a practical example of this problem, you may come across the below symptoms when you try to open files on NTFS partition on a computer that is running Windows XP SP2 on NTFS file system formatted hard drive and have third-party drivers installed:
Your Windows system reboots automatically.
You encounter the below error message after logging into the system:
“Microsoft Windows...
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2010 at 2:47 AM
NTFS (New Technology File System) is a journaled file system, developed by Microsoft Corporation for Windows operating system. It is the successor of FAT file system and provides enhanced reliability, functionality, and performance. Some advanced features of Windows NT-based operating system are supported only by the NTFS file system. The file system uses a new structure for easy storage, access, and manipulation of data. However, in some situations, the structure of NTFS file system may corrupt and the NTFS file system partitions may become inaccessible. It causes Windows partition loss and requires
partition recovery to be resolved.
The NTFS file system structure uses a number of system files, which are responsible for performing specific operations. Some of the major attributes of NTFS file system are as given below:
Multiple Data Streams- It supports various data streams, where stream name recognizes new data attributes on file. You can open a handle to every data stream...
Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 11:53 PM
In Windows systems, the hal.dll file is an abstraction layer file that acts as a interlink between the hardware components and operating system. This file is required to boot the Windows system. If this file gets corrupt or goes missing, then you would not be able to start the system. Such cases would occur because of various reasons such as virus infections, power outages, hardware malfunctions, abrupt system shutdown, etc. There are several in-place methods that you should use to fix this problem. However, if none of them work then you should use a third-party
partition recovery software to recover the inaccessible data.
Consider a scenario wherein you start your Windows XP system, but unable to do so. An error message is displayed, that is:
“Winnt_root\System32\Hal.dll missing or corrupt:
Please re-install a copy of the above file.”
In addition, you may observe the following strange behavior as well:...
Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Are you unable to read data from and write data to your Microsoft Windows hard drive? Well, the problem may occur due to errors or corruption with the internal structure of Windows hard drive. In such situations, all your business-critical Windows files become inaccessible and you come across severe file loss situations. This behavior may occur with both internal and external Windows hard drives. In such situations, you must have an absolute, valid, and updated backup of all your significant files. Otherwise, you have to opt for Windows
file recovery to get your lost files back.
As an practical example of this problem with Microsoft Windows operating system, you may come across the below error message when you try to perform a read or write operation on your Windows hard drive:
“Serious disk errors writing to drive X”...
Posted on Friday, June 18, 2010 at 2:27 AM
In the Windows NT (Server 2003, XP, and 2000) systems, the HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) file is the collection of certain technology and drivers that communicate with the system hardware. It prevents the applications to directly access the system's resources, which prevents many device conflicts and system crashes. However, still sometimes the HAL file may get corrupt thereby making the system inaccessible. Such problems may occur due to various reasons such as virus infections, power outages, damaged file systems, etc. In such situations, you should take appropriate corrective measures to address the situation. However, if you are unable to do so then you should use a third-party Windows
partition recovery software to rectify the issue and recover your inaccessible data.
Consider a scenario wherein your Windows XP system is unable to start when you switch it on. An error message is displayed, that is:...
Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 11:13 PM
Is your Microsoft Windows hard drive partition inaccessible? Is Disk Administrator showing the partition as 'unknown'? Well, this problem may occur due to corrupt or damaged boot sector of hard drive partition. In such cases, your Windows hard drive partition become totally unusable and you can not extract stored data from it. It leads to significant partition loss situations and needs
partition recovery to be resolved, if there is no backup in place.
Microsoft Windows operating system enables you to replace the damaged boot sector with backup copy of the partition boot sector. Before you replace the damaged boot sector with the backup of boot sector, you should bear in mind that the following two conditions must meet:
You must have NTFS file system on your hard drive. FAT file system currently doesn't keep backup copy of Windows boot sector.
You must be capable of booting your computer to Windows NT...
Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 11:21 PM
In the Windows Vista and later versions, the BCD (Boot Configuration Data) store contains the boot entries that are required to boot the operating system. When a system is started, the Bootmgr reads the boot entries from the BCD store and a boot menu is displayed to the user. It is much more secure than the previous boot.ini, which used to boot Windows XP and prior versions. However, at times the BCD store get corrupt thereby making the system unable to boot. This could happen because of various reasons such as corrupt active partition, virus infections, power outages, etc. In such cases, you should take appropriate steps to solve the issue. If the issue is not resolved, then you should use a third-party Windows
partition recovery software to recover partition.
Consider a scenario wherein your Windows Vista is unable to boot. An error message is displayed, that is:
“File: \Boot\BCD
Status: 0xc0000034...
Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 11:30 PM
A Master Boot Record (MBR) is the 512-byte boot sector that is the first sector of a partitioned data storage device such as a hard disk. It has a significant role in system bootstrapping, disk identity, and disk partitioning. It is the main program that is used for bootstrapping the operating system after BIOS executes the machine code instructions. Sometimes, the first sector of the partition gets corrupted because of various reasons such as power fluctuations, human errors, abrupt system shutdown, virus infections, damaged operating system, etc. In such situations, you should use the Recovery Console to fix the MBR to resolve the issue. However, if you are unable to solve the issue then you should use a third-party
partition recovery software to recover Windows partition.
Consider a scenario wherein your Windows XP system fails to boot up when you start it. An error message is displayed, that is:
Operating system not found...
Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Microsoft Windows operating system enables you to move your working Windows hard drive from one computer to another and access it. It helps you to have two different hard drives with different operating systems, for the same computer. When you attach your hard drive to another computer, it is easily accessible and bootable. However, under some situations, you can not boot your system after moving your hard drive from one system to another. You get boot errors while starting your computer and boot process gets halted. This behavior renders all your Windows hard drive partitions inaccessible and causes serious partition loss situations. In such circumstances, you need to opt for
partition recovery software to retrieve lost partitions.
After moving your Windows XP hard drive, which is a boot or system device, to the backup computer, you may encounter the below error message while trying to boot system:...
Posted on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 11:40 PM
Windows system updates allow the users to make their system compatible with all the new applications, secure from viruses, and offers many other things. These updates are installed in your system automatically through 'Automatic Update' feature. Once these updates are installed on your system, your computer needs a restart. While these critical updates prove successful in most cases, they can also result in corruption of critical system file(s). In such cases, the operating system becomes unbootable and the data saved in the hard drive becomes inaccessible. For such situations, the user needs to overwrite the corrupted file by a new and valid copy of that file. However, if the user is unable to perform the above task, then s/he is not left with any option, but to perform a reinstall of Windows operating system. While this resolution works in every case, it also results in loss of data from all the partitions. To recover all the formatted partitions and data within them, in case of no data backup availability, the user needs to opt for a commercial
Partition Recovery Software...
Posted on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Microsoft Windows 7 is the most advanced and latest version of Windows operating system, which is a successor of Microsoft Windows Vista. It is compatible with all hardware and software, with which MS Windows Vista is compatible. Along with the features of Windows Vista, Windows 7 also includes enhanced and added security features, performance, and interactive graphical user interface. In order to take benefit of advanced features of Microsoft Windows 7 operating system, various users want to upgrade to it. However, under some circumstances, the upgrade process may fail and you may lose access to both of the operating systems. This behavior renders your entire system inaccessible and cause severe partition loss. In the event of partition loss, you need to go for
Partition Recovery solutions, if there is no backup in place...
Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 1:44 AM
Hard drive is a critical component of Microsoft Windows computer to store precious data and install software. You can store huge amount of data on your hard drive and easily manage it. For easy and effective management of your valuable data on the hard drive, the hard drive can be divided into various partitions. Creating partitions helps you in preventing data loss situations, if your operating system crashes. However, in some situations, the NTFS data partition may also get damaged due to numerous reasons like virus infection, file system corruption, and more. At this point, you may face severe partition loss situations and require
NTFS Data Recovery to sort out the problem.
The NTFS (New Technology File System) is an advanced and powerful file system, which is used on Microsoft Windows operating system. NTFS uses file system journaling feature to keep your valuable data safe in case of improper system shutdown and system crash. However, there are various other reasons, which may damage your NTFS file system partitions and cause severe partition loss situations. These reasons include the following ones:...
Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 4:29 AM
A multi-boot environment allows a user to access two or more operating systems in a single-computer system. These operating systems are stored in different hard drive partitions. The environment also allows the user to re-install any operating system on any hard drive partition. While the process of re-installing the operating system is easy, it might result in corruption of boot loader. This primarily happens when the re-installing process is not performed systematically or gets interrupted. In most of these situations, other hard drive partitions also become unmountable, rendering to inaccessibility of data saved in them. To overcome such situations, the user needs to format the hard drive, re-create all the partitions, and restore data from an updated backup. But, in case of no backup availability, the user needs opt for an efficient
Partition Recovery Software...
Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 12:08 AM
A Master Boot Record (MBR) in your computer system is the 512 byte boot sector that is the first sector of a partitioned data storage device such as a hard disk. It MBR plays an important role in disk partitioning, system bootstrapping, and disk identity. It is the main program that is used for bootstrapping the operating system after BIOS executes the machine code instructions. The MBR is located in the Main Boot Record area in front of the first partition. Sometimes, the first sector of the partition gets corrupted. This can happen because of various reasons such as virus infections, power fluctuations, damaged operating system, abrupt system shutdown, etc. In such situations, the system gets corrupted and fails to boot. In such cases, you should look to use a third-party
partition recovery software to recover partition from its corrupt state.
Consider a scenario wherein your system fails to boot up when you switch it on. A black screen is displayed and either of the error message is displayed:...
Posted on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 2:14 AM
Microsoft Windows operating system enables you to use its various versions in dual-boot configuration. You can run different versions of Windows operating system on a single machine. A combination of Microsoft Windows 2003 Server and Microsoft Windows XP in dual-boot configuration, is very popular and quite common, which is used. However, in some situations, you can not boot your computer with Microsoft Windows 2003 Server computer. This renders Windows 2003 partitions inaccessible and causes severe partition loss situations. At this point, you need to go for
Partition Recovery Software to retrieve lost Windows partitions.
In a practical scenario, you may come across the below error message when you attempt to start Microsoft Windows 2003 Server in dual-boot configuration with Windows XP:
“Windows Server 2003 could not start because the following files were missing or corrupted:...
