Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery

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.

If the hard disk has already been upgraded to dynamic disk, then usage of DiskPart command can damage the partition table leading to data loss and the need of partition recovery becomes inevitable.

DiskPart verifies the particular partition that is is capable of containing an operating system’s startup files. If you mistakenly mark a partition as active and it does not contain the operating system’s startup files, your computer won’t start leaving the data inaccessible.

On basic disks, the partitions are deleted  through focus. Thus incorrect choosing of partition focus and thereby deletion causes data loss. Partitions lost in this way can only be recovered using any good partition recovery software.

Be extremely careful while using the ‘Create Partition msr’ command by DiskPart as it creates  Microsoft reserved partitions as the first partition. However, GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks require a particular partition layout and creating Microsoft reserved partitions as the first partition could cause the disk to become unreadable resulting in data loss.

All these cases of data inaccessibility or loss necessitate partition recovery as those partitions contain your valuable data. Furthermore, in the above cases, when backup is not available or failed to restore the data due to any erroneous reason, use of partition recovery software to get back your data is the only option left.

These Partition Recovery tools are safe and are easy to use without the need of any prior technical knowledge. The application use a certain set of scanning algorithms which help extracting lost information.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is one of the reliable and effective Partition Recovery software to recover lost, corrupted or inaccessible partition. This software offers risk free recovery through effective scanning and supports all FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 file systems.

Disk partitioning is a common practice of computer users to divide the storage space of the hard disk and accordingly store data of different categories into them. The purpose behind making different partitions in the system also includes installation of different operating systems into it. Sometimes, a partition gets corrupted because of file system corruption, operating system malfunctioning, virus intrusion or even due to re-sizing of the partition area. All these situations lead to the inaccessibility of the data stored in that particular partition of the hard drive. In order to get your data back, you need to restore the data from the latest backup after rectifying the issues related to partition corruption. However, if you have not taken the backup or the backup process failed to restore the data, then only through one way, you can retrieve your data back, that is by using any good partition recovery software.

Let’s take a real life scenario:
These days, tools are available for making partitions to your existing hard drive partition without even losing the stored data. Take a similar scenario that you tried some application to re-size your old hard drive partition and during the process, there is a sharp power outage. Your system gets shutdown and you get the unusual blue screen with a error message.
The Error message reads like:

“A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to our computer”

Explanation:
The system becomes stops booting with the Blue Screen Of Death and the error message on the screen. Hence, all your data in the hard drive becomes inaccessible.

Cause:
This is an internal problem with Windows operating system that the partition gets corrupted if the partitioning process is being carried out by a third party tool and is interrupted in the middle.

Resolution:
Start your computer and press the F8 key to go to the Windows advanced menu.
When Windows advanced options menu appears, select Last Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked), and then press ENTER.
Try to disable your anti-virus or backup utilities and then, boot from the install CD.
Use CHKDSK command to check and repair the hard drive corruption.

If the above measures fail to resolve the issue, you need recreate all the hard drive partitions by reformatting the system. Reformatting will erase all the data in the hard drive partitions and in such circumstances, you have to use any effective Partition Recovery application to recover and restore your lost data. Such Partition Recovery applications incorporate advanced and effective scanning algorithms with an interactive graphical user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is one of the trust worthy Partition Recovery Software available in the market. This application supports Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and recovers your lost or inaccessible data form any hard drive make/model.

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.

Let us discuss the scenario in a bit more detail. You have two partitions with two different OS installed into them. An error popped up and the booting process is halted. The error reads like:

“Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.”

Causes:

Foremost causes behind the above error message are:
boot.ini file is corrupt or missing or invalid.
Invalid partition path of Windows XP in boot.ini file
The Ntoskrnl.exe file is missing or damaged.

Resolution:

In order to resolve the above error and to access the data, following steps are to be followed:
Try running Windows Setup from the product CD shipped with your computer manufacturer.
Run “Recovery Console” by pressing ‘R’.
Choose the option to restore your system to previously saved configuration.

However, even after following the above measures you may not be able to recover Windows partition. Further you may encounter these following issues:

While running “Recovery Console”, a command prompt may come up without any login option.
While running the product CD, the installation can not be completed.
You may encounter an “Access Denied” error message while trying to access the Windows folder.

In the above scenario, to get rid of the error, you need to reinstall the operating system. As, a fresh installation of the operating system will delete all the data from the particular partition of the hard drive, you need to perform Partition Recovery. With a easy-to-use graphical use interface, Partition Recovery utilities have advanced and effective methods to completely recover and restore your data.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is one of the best buy Partition Recovery Softwares which provides a smooth recovery of all your lost data from the inaccessible partition. This Partition Recovery Software is a powerful recovery tool with complete compatibility to Windows XP, Vista, 2003 and 2000, supporting more than 300 file types.

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.

Reparse Points- These are new objects of NTFS file system, which have definable attributes having user-controlled information and are employed for extending functionality in I/O (Input/Output) subsystem.

Change Journal- It is used by the NTFS file system to offer a pertinacious log of all the modifications made to Windows files on NTFS partition.

Sparse File- It enables Windows applications to create large files, however to use hard drive space only as required.

Data Encryption- It improves data security and prevents unauthorized access of your valuable data.

In some cases, the structure of NTFS file system corrupts and you come across error messages similar to the following ones while accessing the partition:

Event ID: 41
Source: Diskperf
Description: The file system structure on disk is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the device with label “Volume_name”

Event ID: 55
Source: NTFS
Description: The file system structure on disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume “Drive_letter:”

In such cases, you need to format your hard drive and reinstall operating system to fix the file system problem. However, it removes all the disk partitions and causes further partition loss situations, raising the need of Windows partition recovery.

You can easily recover partition using commercial partition recovery software. They are capable of systematically scan the Windows hard drive using advanced scanning algorithms. The applications are pretty safe and easy to use.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software recovers lost, missing, deleted, and inaccessible Windows hard drive partitions. The software retrieves all exFAT, NTFS5, NTFS, FAT32, VFAT, FAT16, and FAT12 file system partitions. It is usable with Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000.

Have you recently upgraded to Windows XP from an earlier Windows operating system? If yes, then there are chances that you would be getting startup problems in the new system. Such problems usually arise due to incompatible startup codes the partitions in Windows XP and the earlier systems. These problems can be easily sorted out by rewriting the startup code. However, if you are unable to start the system then you should use a Windows partition recovery software to recover Windows partitions.

Consider a scenario wherein you have a Windows 98 system that you have upgraded to Windows XP with FAT32 file system. However, when you start the system it fails to do so. An error message is displayed as a result, which is:

“NTLDR is missing

Press any key to restart”

Cause:

The root cause of this erroneous situation is that Windows 98 startup code ignores the BPB (BIOS Parameter Block) and starts the system even if the respective value is incorrect. However, this value is required in Windows XP, and thus, the system does not start if this value is incorrect.

Resolution:

To resolve this situation, you should correct the heads value in the FAT32 BPB to start Windows XP. To do this, perform the following steps:

• Restart the system using Windows 98 startup CD.
• Make a copy of the msdos.sys file by entering the following commands at the command prompt:

attrib -h -r -s c:\msdos.sys

rename msdos.sys *.ysy

• Type the following command in the command prompt to rewrite the startup code with the correct BPB information:

sys c:

• Start to the Recovery Console and run the fixboot command to rewrite the Windows XP system startup code.
• Restart the system. It should run fine now.

However, if you are still facing the similar problems during startup then you should use a third-party partition recovery software to recover partition. Such partition recovery tools are read-only in nature that do not overwrite the existing data while scanning.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a Windows partition recovery software that enables you to recover Windows partition from inaccessible FAT, NTFS, or exFAT file systems. It is capable of recovering more than 185 different file types, which can be customized even further, from various storage media such as hard drives, external hard drives, pen drives, iPods, etc. In addition, this partition recovery utility enables you to restore deleted emails from MS Outlook and Outlook Express. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

A computer needs at least one operating system, like Microsoft Windows, to run. Operating system is a significant component your machine, which works as an interface between user and hardware resources. It is a group of system software, which regulate the way in which applications can use computer hardware and users can control the system. It comprise of various system files and data structures to perform different tasks. However, under some situations, you may find that your Windows operating system is damaged and system can not boot up. This behavior renders hard drive partitions inaccessible and lead to partition loss situations. In order to sort out this issue and recover lost Windows hard drive partitions, NTFS partition recovery is required.

Major components of Windows operating system:

• Boot Loader- MS Windows consists of a boot loader, called Ntldr, to load operating system into main memory, while booting.
• MBR (Master Boot Record)- It is the first sector of a partitioned Windows hard drive, which is responsible for storing primary partition table, uniquely identifying storage media, and bootstrapping operating system.
• Boot partition- It is a hard drive partition, which stores all significant files and data structures of Windows operating system, which are required for the system to boot up.
• File system- It is a data structure or database, which is used by operating system to store, manage, and manipulate files on hard drive.

Causes of Windows operating system corruption:

• Virus infection- Viruses are malicious programs that may damage operating system and your hard drive structure. They causes severe partition loss situations and put you in need of NTFS data recovery.
• Improper system shutdown- Operating system may also get damaged if your system shuts down improperly because of power outage or system crash.
• Corrupt system files or data structures- If Windows boot loader, MBR, and other data structures get damaged, operating system may not function properly. It causes serious data loss situations.

When operating system corruption occurs, your computer can not boot up and you can not get into it. Hard drive partitions become inaccessible and partition loss situations take place. It requires NTFS partition recovery to be sorted out.

Recovery is best possible using powerful and advanced third party applications, known as NTFS data recovery software. The applications methodically scan entire hard drive and extract all inaccessible partitions from it.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most advanced and efficient tool to ensure absolute Windows data recovery in all scenarios. It recovers exFAT, NTFS5, NTFS, FAT32, VFAT, FAT16, and FAT12 file system partitions. The software is designed for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000.

Is a FAT32 file system partition corrupt on your Windows drive? Are you unable to repair the corrupt FAT32 file system partition using Chkdsk.exe utility on Windows hard drive? You may run across this problem due to serious damage to the partition or if the drive is RAW. As a result, FAT32 file system partition becomes totally inaccessible and you come across severe partition loss situations. In order to recover lost partitions in such cases, Windows partition recovery becomes need of hour.

In a practical scenario, Chkdsk utility may quit without repairing the file system if you run it on a FAT32 file system partition with corrupt file system. Chkdsk reports the file system correctly, either as FAT32 or as RAW (depends upon the extent of damage). If you run chkdsk <drive name>: /f command on same Windows partition, you face the following error:

“The type of the file system is FAT32.
Volume Serial Number is C408-2213”

When you apply Chkdsk again without command-line switches, the volume is still reported as corrupt. If you apply chkdsk <volume name>: on corrupt FAT32 file system partition, you encounter the below error message:

“The type of the file system is FAT32.
Volume Serial Number is C408-2213

Errors found. CHKDSK cannot continue in read-only mode.”

After this behavior, the Windows partitions remain inaccessible. To recover partition in such cases, you need to identify the cause of this behavior and fix it.

Root of the problem:

The problem occurs due to the backup copy of boot sector that FAT32 file system preserves. But, Chkdsk.exe utility doesn’t try to use the backup copy unless primary boot sector physically exists in bad sector. Chkdsk.exe gets I/O while attempt to read Windows partition.

Resolution:

You can fix this behavior of Windows operating system by replacing the corrupt boot sector using Dskprobe.exe utility. It replaces the corrupt boot sector by backup copy. Primary boot sector is the first sector of logical drive. Backup copy of the boot sector is stored at 6^th sector of logical drive.

In case you fail to replace the corrupt boot sector, partition recovery software are required to scan the entire drive and extract lost partitions from it. The partition recovery tools come equipped with simple and self-descriptive graphical user interface to offer easy recovery of lost Windows partitions.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most excellent solution of effective handle all data loss situations. The software successfully recovers all NTFS5, NTFS, FAT32, VFAT, FAT16, and FAT12 file system partitions. It is usable with Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000.

A Master Boot Record (MBR) is a 512-byte boot sector, which is the first sector in a partitioned storage device. When a system is started, the MBR is accessed first, and then processes are carried out. So, its well being is very essential for the health of the computer. However, sometimes the MBR gets corrupted thereby making the system inaccessible. In such cases, you should use in-house methods to recover Windows partition. If you are not able to fix the issue, then you should use a third-party Windows partition recovery software to recover partition.

Consider a scenario wherein you are using a Windows XP system. When you start the system, it fails to boot. An error message is displayed as a result, that could be either of the following messages:

• Operating system not found.
• Missing operating system.

You, then, start the computer from the Recovery Console mode to fix the errors. However, here as well you get an error message, that is:

“Setup did not find any hard drives installed on your computer.”

Cause:

There could be various reasons for this strange behavior of your system. They are:

• The BIOS system is unable to detect the hard disk.
• The hard disk is damaged and, thus, inaccessible.
• The Sector 0 of the hard disk has a damaged master boot record. It is quite possible that it got damaged due to some third-party programs or disk corruption.
• An incompatible partition is marked as active.
• The partition having the MBR is not active.

Resolution:

To resolve this issue and recover partition, you should perform either of the following methods:

• Contact hardware manufacturer: Contact your hardware manufacturer for the hard disk repair. However, it may further damage the hard disk, which may even result in data loss of your hard disk
• Verify the BIOS settings: Check the BIOS settings of your system. Ensure that the settings are appropriate and the BIOS recognizes the hard disk.
• Use Recovery Console: Run the Recovery Console to execute the fixmbr command. This command will repair the MBR of the active partition. Restart the system, it should run fine now.

However, if you are still facing the same error messages then you should use a third-party partition recovery software to recover Windows partition. Such partition recovery tools are read-only in nature that do not overwrite the existing data while scanning the storage media.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software is a partition recovery software that recovers lost, formatted, or deleted data from inaccessible or corrupted file systems. It works well in FAT, NTFS, and exFAT file systems. This Windows partition recovery software is able to recover more than 185 different file types from various storage media. This partition recovery utility is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

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:
When you try to repair the system using the Recovery Console, the command prompt may appear but without any option to guide you to perform Windows installation.
When you try to repair the installation using the Windows XP CD-ROM, the previous Windows installation is not detected. Because of which, you are unable to repair Windows.

Cause:
There could be the following reasons for this erroneous situation:
The default vale of the Boot.ini file is either missing or corrupt.
In the Boot.ini file, the location of the Windows XP is different than the actual location.
The Ntoskrnl.exe file is either corrupt or missing.
In the Boot.exe file, the partition parth is set incorrectly.
There is hardware failure that is causing this issue.

Resolution:
To resolve this problematic situation, you should perform either of the following methods:
You should edit the Boot.ini file. This would serve the following two purposes:
To restore or correct the default entry of the Boot.ini file.
To make sure that other entries in the Operating Systems section of the Boot.ini file reference to the proper locations.
In the Recovery Console, you should use Bootcfg utility. This utility will correct the Boot.ini file.
In the Recovery Console, you should run the chkdsk /r command. This command is used to repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information from the disk.

You would be able to boot your system using the aforementioned methods. However, if you are not able to access the system then you should use a third-party partition recovery software. Such partition recovery tools are able to recover partition using fast yet sophisticated scanning algorithms.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a Windows partition recovery software that enables you to recover Windows partition from inaccessible FAT, NTFS, and exFAT file systems. In addition, this partition recovery tool is able to recover more than 185 different file types. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

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:

“Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt.
Windows root\system32\hal.dll.
Please re-install a copy of the above file.”

The partition of the system drive is corrupt and, thus, inaccessible.

Cause:

There could be following causes for the aforementioned error message:
The partition or boot record in the system drive is corrupt.
The Hal.dll and the Ntoskrnl.exe files are mismatched.
The Hal.dll or the Ntoskrnl.exe file has damaged because of corruption to the file system.

Resolution:

To address this error message and access the data, you should perform the following methods for every cause, respectively:

Resolution for Cause 1:

Repair the master boot record by using fixmbr in the Windows XP Recovery Console.
If the system drive has FAT partition, then use fixboot in the Windows XP Recovery Console to write a new boot sector on the system drive. Then, use fixmbr to repair the master boot record.

Resolution for Cause 2:

Start the system from the Windows XP installation media, start the Recovery Console, and then use Bootcfg.exe to rebuild the Boot.ini file.

Resolution for Cause 3:

Start the system by using the Windows XP Recovery Console, and run chkdsk /r.

However, if you are not able to recover partition by using the aforementioned methods, then you should use a third-party partition recovery software to recover Windows partition. Such tools are read-only in nature that do not overwrite the storage media while scanning it.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a Windows partition recovery software that is able to recover partition from both FAT and NTFS file systems. It is able to recover more than 185 different file types from various storage media such as hard drives, pen drives, iPods, memory cards, etc. In addition, this partition recovery tool is capable of recovering deleted emails from MS Outlook and Outlook Express. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.