Stellar Windows Data Recovery

Windows operating system makes use of a registry to store information and configuration settings.

Registry is quite helpful in improving system integrity. Registry is like any other database, which is also vulnerable to corruption. Corruption occurs due to unexpected system shutdown, malicious virus, human errors, application malfunction, corruption of file system etc. A serious problem of unbootability of Windows occurs after corruption of registry. Due to which, all the Windows based hard drive data becomes inaccessible. However, maintained backup proves beneficial. But in absence of backup, you are required to go for a third party Windows recovery product.

Here are few error messages that come on the computer screen at the time of booting of Windows 2003 after the corruption of Windows Registry. These error messages seem to be like this:

“Stop: 0xc0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\CorruptHive or its log or alternate. It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.”

Or

“Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.ced”

Or

“System hive error”

After receiving above error messages, your system becomes unbootable and the hard drive data becomes inaccessible.

Cause:

The root cause responsible for the occurrence of above error message is the corruption of Windows registry.

Solution:

For solving above error messages and to make the data of hard drive accessible, you are required to follow the below steps:

• Make an attempt to restore the system to previous state before the occurrence of Windows registry corruption.
• Check all the firmware drivers, hardware, BIOS, and the disk.
• Before shutdown of computer, quit all running processes.
• If still problem remains as it is, make a comparison between registry hives with the help of a comparison tools like, Windiff.exe.

If none of the above steps help you to sort out the problem, try to format your system and make an attempt to restore data from an up-to-date backup. If backup is not available, then go for a third party Windows recovery tools. Such third party tools recover Windows and restore all the lost hard drive data. Such tools do not demand for strong technical skills.

An upgraded version of software offers new features with enhanced functionality. It also contains fixes to the bugs present in all the older versions. The new upgraded product offers better speed, compatibility, and increased security to the users. Many people upgrade their Windows XP operating system to Windows 7 for getting the facilities of better media sharing and storage. Windows 7 upgrade also extends a comprehensible user interface with a much improved home network security. Sometimes, due to various reasons, the upgrade process may fail in between and result in severe data loss. Because of an incomplete upgrade, the system may refuse to boot up the very next time you start your PC. To overcome the problem and recover back your lost invaluable data, you need to go for Windows recovery through a reliable third-party utility.

For instance, you are using a Windows XP-based computer. When you try to upgrade your system to Windows 7, you may receive the following error message:

“Upgrade has been disabled.
To upgrade Windows, your hard disk partition must be formatted as NTFS. To reformat the partition, cancel the installation, open the Command Prompt window, and then type: convert c: /fs:ntfs”

Cause:

You are trying to upgrade Windows XP that is installed on a FAT 32 partition. But to perform a Windows 7 installation, you require NTFS partition.

This would terminate the Windows 7 upgrade process. As a consequence, the system may become unbootable making you lose all the precious information stored therein. In these circumstances, you may use a backup to recover Windows files. If the backup is missing, you should follow the below mentioned resolution steps.

Resolution:

These steps may help you fix the problem-

• Go to Start and select Run.
• Type ‘cmd’ in the box and click ‘OK’.
• The command prompt window will appear.
• Run the following command at the command prompt and press Enter:

“convert :/FS:NTFS”

• Restart the computer.

If the problem still persists, take help of efficient Windows data recovery software. These software encapsulate various advanced features to recover the lost files, photos, documents, emails, databases etc. safely from your inaccessible system. They have a highly interactive user-interface that makes the recovery process simple for even the non-technical users.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a professional utility that recovers data from deleted, formatted FAT, NTFS, and exFAT file systems. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, 2000, and NTFS(SP6). It can perform Windows recovery of more than 185 file types.

While working on the Windows system, error messages are not at all new. Sometimes, these error messages cease the booting process and all your data in the hard drive becomes completely inaccessible. Though, if you have taken regular backups of your data, the problem may never seem serious to you. However, in case you do not have any valid backup available or unable to restore data from the backup following any unresolved problem, the situation has ample reasons to worry. In such cases of data loss or inaccessibility, any third-party Windows data recovery utility can be of immense help to recover the seemingly lost data back.

Among many such error messages, following are some of the commonly encountered ones:

“Winnt_root\System32\Hal.dll missing or corrupt:
Please re-install a copy of the above file.”

Or

“Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.
Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information.”

Causes:

There can be a number of possible reasons behind the above erroneous situations. Below listed are the most probable ones:

• The file with the name ‘Ntoskrnl.exe’ is either missing or damaged.
• Invalid value in the [Boot Loader] section of the Boot.ini file.
• Incorrect partition path setting in ‘Boot.ini’ file.
• The ‘Boot.ini file’ file is referring to a wrong location, where Windows Os has not actually installed.

Resolution:

In order to resolve the issue, you have to go to the recovery console and run the command ‘CHKDSK/r’.

If you failed to solve the problem with the above command, the only possible way to fix the errors is to format and make fresh installation of Windows. Formatting of the drive will erase the data in it and if you do not have any recent valid backup to restore the data, you need to opt for Windows recovery software.

These read-only utilities are designed to recover Windows files from any instance of data loss without modifying or damaging the data in the media. This powerful recovery software are capable of recovering all your lost, deleted or formatted Windows data irrespective of the software/hardware limitations.

Stellar Phoenix Windows recovery software is trust-worthy software, which has been designed with enough research to recover your Windows data from almost any instance of data loss. The software is compatible with all current Windows versions and is absolutely risk-free in its recovery operations.

We often face unexpected system shut-downs and restarts while working with Windows operating system. The possible reasons could be a power loss, an unresponsive system, file system corruption etc. In all such cases, the operating system logs a Kernel Power Event 41 message in the Windows event log. It may also happen that a STOP error or Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) appears and the system shuts down without logging the STOP error information in the event log. These circumstances may make your system unbootable, thereby preventing you from accessing the vital data stored in your system. To overcome such situations, you need to go for Windows recovery through a reliable third party utility.

Sometimes when you restart your Windows 7-based computer, the following error may appear in your Windows event log:

“The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.”

Causes:

The following reasons may result in such error message:

• Interrupted power supply to the system
• A driver problem
• Overclocking of system components
• A hardware problem especially with RAM

You might not be able to track the exact source of the problem. Continuous rebooting and improper shut down may lead to a system crash. This may put you in a critical data loss situation. In such cases, you can recover Windows by using a backup. If the backup is not there, you should follow the below resolution steps.

Resolution:

You may follow these steps to solve the problem-

• Shut down your system, wait for some time, and then restart again.
• Use the CHKDSK utility to check for any hard disk errors.
• Use an anti-virus program to check your system for any viruses.
• Try installing all the latest service-packs available for Windows OS currently installed on your system.
• Disconnect any new hardware that you have recently installed in your system.

These steps may not be effective in all the situations. Here, you should take help of Windows data recovery software that would safely recover all your lost data from inaccessible Windows hard drives or volumes. They include several add-on utilities, such as cloning, imaging etc. which can later serve as a drive or volume backup. They help you to perform Windows partition recovery from corrupt, formatted, or deleted FAT, NTFS, and exFAT file system partitions,

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is an advanced utility that recovers lost, inaccessible, or deleted files from your Windows operating system in all situations of data loss. Furthermore, it is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.