Data loss has become a commonplace issue in the world of computers and since Windows is one of the most popular operating systems, this is more common among the Windows users. You may find a lot many queries over the Internet that Windows users have lost their files due to accidental deletion, file system corruption, hard disk crash, virus infection, and many such reasons. Though these situations cause complete data loss from your system, you can recover deleted data with the help of a professional tool.
Let us understand this issue with a practical example of hard disk corruption, which occurs commonly with Windows users. You get the following error message while trying to open your Windows XP based computer:
“Missing Operating System”
Or
“Operating system not found”
‘Recovery Console’ of Windows based computers is an ultimate tool to overcome such situations of OS corruption or hard drive crash. When you use Windows Recovery Console to fix this, you get another error message as:
“Setup did not find any hard drives installed on your computer”
This error message results in complete data loss from your Windows XP based hard drive. Thus, to rectify it, it is recommended to understand the basic cause. Mentioned below are some of the most prominent reasons accountable for these issues:
Causes:
- Incorrect configuration of BIOS or BIOS is unable to recognize the primary partition of your hard drive where the OS is installed
- Master Boot Record (MBR) corruption
- Corrupt or damaged hard drive
- No partition on your hard drive is marked as ‘active’
Since the Recovery Console is unable to perform your job, formatting remains the last resort to overcome this issue. However, before formatting your hard disk, you can try these resolution methods to solve your problem:
Resolutions:
- Verify the BIOS settings of your computer and make sure it is able to recognize the hard disk.
- To repair the MBR corruption, run ‘Fixmbr’ command using Windows Recovery Console.
However, if none of the above mentioned resolutions are able to do any needful for you, then formatting the hard drive and reinstalling the OS remains the only way to resolve this issue. Formatting causes data loss, but you can restore all data from a backup. In case of unavailability of a backup, use of a professional Windows data recovery software is recommended.
Reliable Windows data recovery tool like Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software recovers all the files lost due to formatting of your hard drive. Therefore, with these steps, you can resolve the issue of hard drive corruption as well as recover your lost data.
