Disk Corruption and Dirty System Shutdown May Cause Partition Loss in Windows

Are you unable to boot your Windows computer due to errors in ntfs.sys file? Are you facing STOP error after rebooting your Windows machine? Is your system unbootable after improper system shutdown or disk corruption? This behavior may lead to file system corruption, which is the most critical part of Windows operating system. At this point, all your hard drive partitions become inaccessible and you come across partition loss situations. In order to recover lost partitions, Windows Data Recovery is the last resort.

In a practical scenario, Windows may display the following STOP error in ntfs.sys file on a blue screen when you reboot your system, followed by a 'dirty' shutdown or disk corruption:

“STOP 0x0000000A”

• Ntfs.sys is the main driver file of NTFS file system that enables the Windows operating system to read/write data from/to NTFS file system partitions.

After the above error message, boot process gets halted and you can not access any of your hard drive partitions. In order to get your NTFS partitions back, you need to find out the cause of this problem and fix it using Partition Recovery Software.

Root of the issue

This behavior of Windows operating system occurs when you try to mount an NTFS file system partition whose MFT (Master File Table) or boot sector is damaged. Corruption may occur due to unexpected system shutdown, after system crash or power outages like situations.

Hard drive corruption may also result in this situations. In some cases, disk corruption may simply render it unmountable, without giving a STOP error.

Resolution

Try out the following things to fix this issue:

• Identify the damaged partition.
• Prevent this partition from being mounted.
• Boot Windows computer.

If the damaged partition is boot/system partition, you need to format the hard drive and reinstall operating system. Formatting is the process of removing all the existing hard drive partitions and data and then reinstalling new file system, operating system, and metadata structures. As formatting removes all the hard drive partitions and data, it causes grave partition loss situations and you need to Recover Partition to get your data back.

Recovery is best possible with third-party Partition Recovery Software that methodically scan the whole hard drive using advanced scanning techniques to recover lost partitions and data. They are totally safe and easy to use.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most advanced and efficient tool for assured recovery of lost partitions. The software works well with Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. It recovers FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 file system partitions.

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How To Recover Files From Corrupted NTFS File System Partition?

Are you unable to access stored files from NTFS file system partition? Is your NTFS partition inaccessible or missing? The problem may occur due to corruption to the NTFS file system. After corruption to the file system, Windows operating system cannot locate the files on partition and access them. This behavior leads to serious file loss situations and need File Recovery to be sorted out.

NTFS is a self-healing and high-performance file system of Microsoft Windows operating system. It is a journaled file system, which enables auto recovery in case of improper system shutdown or operating system crash. It provides you extended data security and data management, as compared to other Windows file systems.

Though, the NTFS (New Technology File System) file system is designed to be less prone to the corruption than its predecessors- FAT16, FAT32, and VFAT file system, however the corruption still occurs due to a wide range of reasons.

NTFS file system may come across corruption because of numerous problems, such as virus infection, improper system shutdown, corrupt boot sector, system crash, and more. If the boot sector of NTFS file system gets damaged, you may not be able to boot your Windows computer.

Corruption to the file system renders all your valuable files inaccessible as the file system is used by operating system to locate the files on hard drive. In case of file system corruption, operating system can not locate and access the files. In such cases, you need to perform NTFS Data Recovery by fixing this issue.

How to fix corrupted NTFS file system

The NTFS file system is a critical component of your system. Microsoft Windows includes an effective utility to check the integrity and consistency of file system- ChkDsk. It is a disk repair tool that detects file system errors and tries to fix them.

If ChkDsk cannot solve the problem, you need to format the hard drive and reinstall operating system. Formatting replaces all the damaged data structures and take your system back to life. However, it removes all the files from hard drive. At this point, using File Recovery Software is the only option to retrieve your files.

The NTFS Data Recovery applications are powerful enough to methodically scan the NTFS partition and retrieve all lost, missing, and inaccessible files. They are completely safe and easy to use.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most excellent solution for all your file loss situations. The software recovers lost files from NTFS5, NTFS, VFAT, FAT32, and FAT16 file system partitions of Microsoft Windows7 , Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. It recovers all types of lost files, including documents, photos, songs, videos, PDFs, and more.

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What Are the Common Faults in Hard Disk Drive?

Is your Windows computer unbootable or unresponsive? Are you unable to get access of your valuable data stored on hard drive? This behavior can be caused by a number of issues with your hard drive. Generally, you encounter a number of BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) errors, when your hard drive comes across failure. The BIOS errors may vary, depending upon the version of BIOS, system motherboard, and system configuration. This behavior causes serious data loss situations and need stellar phoenix recovery software to get your valuable data back.

The hard drive may prompt any of the below behaviors when it faces failure or breakdown due to any reason, either logical or physical:

• Hard disk controller failure: It is a common prompt that makes your hard drive inaccessible and causes data loss situations. In such circumstances, you must check the data cable or interface cable of your hard drive. Try detaching and reattaching the cable to fixing it up. If the controller plug is faulty, you need to get it replaced.
• Data Error: If you come across such kind of error, hard drive is facing CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) errors or the hard drive sectors are unreadable. You can try resolving the issue using disk repair utilities, such as ChkDsk in Windows, Disk Utility in Mac OS X, and fsck in Linux. These are built-in tools, which check the integrity and consistency of the hard drive.
• No boot sector on disk: It occurs when the boot sector or MBR (Master Boot Record) of your hard drive gets damaged. It may occur due to various reasons, such as boot sector virus, improper system shutdown, operating system malfunction, and many alike.
• Hard drive not detected: This issue occurs if your system BIOS is unable to detect the hard drive and boot your system through it. It may occur due to hard drive mechanical failure or hard drive crash.

All the above errors cause data loss and need hard drive recovery to be sorted out. If the data loss is caused by mechanical of physical hard drive failure, Disk Recovery service is required to repair or replace the damaged components and retrieve data from it.

On the other hand, logical disk failure failure can easily be handled by disk recovery software. They are completely safe and easy to use. The applications are capable of handling all types of logical data loss situations.

Stellar Data Recovery is the foremost provider of superior recovery solutions. The software are offered for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX, and Novell operating system.

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Fixing “startup repair cannot repair this computer..” Error

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Tried everything to boot your Windows based system, but it is still unbootable? Unable to find out the exact cause for unbootability of your system? The most obvious cause for the above scenarios is severe damage in file system. In most cases of file system corruption, a Windows user encounters a boot error message that does not allow him/her to access the data saved in the hard drive. Few major causes of corruption in file system are improper system shutdown, virus attack, application malfunction, and operating system damage. These scenarios can be easily surmounted if the user has created an adequate backup of all his hard drive data. However, in the absence of an updated backup, the user needs to opt for powerful Stellar Data Recovery Software

Consider, while trying to boot your Windows Vista based system, you receive an error message :
“windows failed to startup properly, a resent hardware or software change might be the cause.”
The moment the above error message pops up, the booting process stops, rendering to inaccessibility of hard drive data.
Cause:
Damage in Windows file system.
Resolution:
To resolve the above error message, you will need to boot your system using 'Startup Repair' option. However, there is a possibility that this option may fail to boot and display the below error message:
“startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically.”
In such cases, if you wish to boot your system, then you can:

• Perform a system restore to a particular restore point.
• Use Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool to boot your system.
• Run CHKDSK command.
• Format and re-install Windows Vista operating system.

Re-installation will surmount the above error message and allow you to boot the system. Though the system becomes bootable, all the previously saved hard drive data becomes inaccessible. To access that data, you will need to opt for effective Recovery Software. Such Data Recovery tools scan a formatted Windows based hard drive and recoup all lost files.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery recovers all lost files post formatting. The data recovery application performs recovery in three simple steps. Compatible with FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems, the recovery tool supports recovery of 185 different file types. It is designed for Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, 2003, and 2000.

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Resolving Booting Error Post NTFS.SYS Corruption

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Reasons for the occurrence of a STOP error message could be many, including the corruption of NTFS.SYS file. The Windows system file stored in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers folder can be corrupted due to various reasons like, operating system damage, virus attack, application malfunction, and MFT (Master File Table) corruption. The STOP error message that occurs post NTFS file corruption does not allow you to boot the system. This makes the data saved in the hard drive totally inaccessible. In such situations, it is safe to restore a copy of the data from an updated backup. But, if the backup is not available or is damaged, then the only option is to employ an
advanced NTFS Recovery Software to recover data from NTFS-based partition.
The above scenario can be explained using the below error message, which pops up when you restart your computer:
“A problem has been detected and windows has shut down to prevent damage to your computer

The problem seems to be caused by the following file :Ntfs.sys

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGEDAREA

Technical info:
***STOP: 0x0000050 (0x8A010FFD, 0x00000001,0xF85D8FC3, 0x00000000)

Ntfs.sys - Address F85D8FC3 base at F85C9000, Datestamp 3d6de5c1”
Since the above error message appears at the time of booting, it makes the hard drive data completely inaccessible.
Cause:
The above boot error message pops up due to corruption of NTFS.SYS file (also told in the error message).
Resolution:
Follow the guidelines to resolve the above boot error message:

• Boot the system in safe mode and run CHKDSK/F command.
• Insert the boot CD and use the Repair utility.
• Scan the NTFS.SYS file to remove all kinds of viruses.

However, if all the above measures fail to resolve the boot error, then you need to format the NTFS based hard drive partition. This resolution, though reliable, deletes all the data from the hard drive partition. However, there is no reason to worry because the formatted data can be easily recovered using a third-party NTFS Partition Recovery Software. Such NTFS Recovery tools are available on the Internet, and can be easily used and installed by any user.
Data recovery Software is an easy to understand and powerful application that recovers data from NTFS and NTFS5 based partitions. This utility can recover data after all kinds of logical crashes. It supports Windows7 , Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000. The NTFS Recovery utility also recovers data from external hard drives, memory cards, and USB flash drives.

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