Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery

Stellar Data Recovery- Gurgaon (India)- the industry leader in data recovery software development has launched the upgraded version of its award winning data recovery software Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v4.2. Stellar has introduced a simple easy to use version for Home users – called as Home Edition and Advanced feature version of the software for professional/advanced users. Using Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v4.2 can easily recover their lost, deleted, and formatted data from their Windows OS based systems.

The updated Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v4.2 is that along with FAT and NTFS file systems, the software is now supporting data recovery from exFAT file system. The software comes in two separate editions for Home and Professional users. The interface of the software is so simple, systematic, and interactive that recovering data with the software is just few clicks away. The updates are now available for download from the company’s official website.

“For long, a need of separate Windows recovery software for home and professional users is realized in the market and the myriad advanced features in the earlier version of Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery opened up the scope to develop two separate, customized editions of the software both for the home as well as professional users. This also unleashed the value of the software and makes it very affordable to home users especially as the home edition is priced at $49”, said Sunil Chandna, CEO of Stellar Information Systems Limited. “Recovering data from your Windows - based system is now much simple, easy, and affordable for all”

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Software Features:

• Recovers lost, deleted, formatted Windows partitions, such as FAT, NTFS, and exFAT.
• Option to search a particular file or folder in the drive.
• Raw & Signature based file recovery.
• Formatted Files/Folders recovery from the hard drive.
• Allows deleted file recovery, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access files, Zip, and BKF files.
• Allows deleted email recovery from email clients, such as Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express.
• Recovers various multimedia files, such as photos, pictures, audio, and video files.
• The recoverable files can be previewed after scanning.
• Advanced features like Hard Drive Cloning, Imaging, Monitoring Status of the Hardrive – SMART.

Pricing and Availability
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v4.2 is available in two separate editions for Home and Professional users. Very cost-effectively priced, the software is available at $49 for the home users and $99 for the Professional users,

About Stellar Information:.

Stellar Information Systems Limited is the leading creator and provider of industry’s finest data recovery software and services since 1993 and offers largest suite of data recovery, email, database, and file repair software products worldwide. With more than 1,100,000 satisfied customers worldwide, the company holds direct presence in USA, Europe, and Asia.

Contact Information :

For more information about the product features and purchase options:

Call : +1-866-554-2512 (TOLL FREE)
Mailto: orders[at]stellarinfo.com.
Web Address- http://www.stellarinfo.com

http://www.windows-data-recovery.net

I believe most of you, like me, upgraded to Windows Vista when it was launched as it promised better performance and reliability along with better graphic experience. However, people soon realized that it is unable to match the robustness and support for hardware and software that Windows XP provides. Because of this, some of us opted for dual-boot systems.

However, at times you are not able to access Windows Vista when you make it a dual-boot system. In such situations, you should use appropriate measures to resolve the issue. If you are unable to address the situation then you should use a third-party Windows data recovery software to do so.

Consider a scenario wherein you have Windows Vista in your computer system. Now, you install Windows XP so as to make it a dual-boot system. However, when you start the system you are not able to boot the Windows Vista and only Windows XP is starting.

Cause:

The root cause of this erroneous situation is that the prior versions Windows than Vista are incompatible with the new Windows Vista startup method. In Windows Vista and later versions, a new Boot Configuration Database (BCD) store is used to boot the operating system .This is why, unlike Windows XP, the Boot.ini file cannot be used to start Windows Vista.

Resolution:

To resolve this problem, you should perform the following steps:

Use the Bootsect.exe tool to restore the Windows Vista MBR (Master Boot Record) as well as the boot code that transfers control to the Windows Boot Manager program. To do this, you should use the following command:

prompt: Drive:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All

Use the Bcdedit.exe tool to create an entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for Windows XP. To do this, you should use the following commands:

Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d “Description for earlier Windows version”

Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=x:

Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr

Drive:\Windows\system32\Bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast

Restart the computer.

The aforementioned method should be able to resolve the issue. However, if it is not so then you should use a third-party Windows data recovery software to recover Windows files. Such read-only tools are able to recover Windows data using fast yet sophisticated scanning algorithms.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a Windows data recovery software that recovers lost, deleted, or formatted data from both FAT- and NTFS-based file systems. It is able to recover more than 185 different file types from various storage media such as hard drives, pen drives, iPods, etc. In addition, this Windows data recovery tool is able to recover deleted emails from Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and Server 2000. In addition, this tool is packaged with a Boot CD that is very helpful when you are not able to boot the system.

Microsoft Windows Vista includes a utility Windows RE (Recovery Environment), which is a platform to recover your system from serious errors that may prevent Windows operating system from booting. A Windows Vista computer can failover automatically in on-disk Windows Recover Environment only if it detects a boot failure.

Windows loader sets the status flag at startup for indicating that boot process is started. The flag is cleared before logon screen appears. The flag is not cleared if boot process fails. In this case, Windows RE is launched by the loader. It fixes the boot issues, prevent data loss and need of Windows data recovery solutions.

Because failover technique of Microsoft Windows Vista counts on Windows boot loader and Windows boot manager, some failure can render Microsoft Windows Recovery Environment inaccessible. For instance, you have to use a bootable disk of Windows RE to recovering your Windows Vista in the below circumstances:

The disk metadata in the MBR (Master Boot Record), boot sector of the Windows Recovery Environment partition, or partition table is corrupted.

Corrupt or missing Windows boot manager.

Corrupt or missing Microsoft Windows boot configuration data.

Sometimes, the Windows boot loader can not read or write boot status flag. In such cases, Microsoft Windows Vista does not automatically failover in Windows Recovery Environment. But, you can still launch on-disk Windows RE manually, using F8 menu.

How to manually diagnose and repair Windows Vista Boot issues?

When initializing Windows RE from MS Windows RE disk or using F8 menu for launching on-disk MS Windows Recovery Environment, you can manually launch the following system recover tools and fix the issues:

Startup Repair (if not launched automatically).

Windows System Restore (by using the existing restore points, on rollback).

Microsoft Windows Backup Disaster Recovery (for restoring your system from volume backup image).

Command prompt, which can be used to launch all standard tools of Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) console, such as Chkdsk and Regedit.

Custom OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) support/recovery tool.

If Windows RE can not help you to fix this problem, you need to format the hard drive and reinstall Windows operating system. It removes all the data from hard drive and you have to recover Windows data using third-party tools.

Windows data recovery software are powerful enough to methodically scan whole hard drive and extract all lost data. The Windows recovery tools are totally safe and easy to use.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software recovers lost data from all NTFS5, NTFS, FAT32, VFAT, FAT16, and FAT 12 file system partitions. The software is designed for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000.

Microsoft Windows operating system enables you to create dynamic disks to take advantages of the features, which are not provided by basic disks. These features include- ability to create mirrored volumes (fault tolerant volumes) and ability to create striped and spanned volumes (volumes that span over multiple hard drives). The volumes of dynamic disks are known as dynamic volumes.

Dynamic volumes are considered as more reliable and stable than basic Windows hard drive volumes. However, in some situations, you may accidentally delete the dynamic Windows volumes and come across serious data loss situations. In such circumstances, you need to go for Windows data recovery solutions to get your valuable data recovered.

You can delete the dynamic volume using Disk Management snap-in tool in Microsoft Windows. However, if the deleted volume contains significant data, serious problems may occur. However, you should not panic in such cases, as it is possible to recover deleted dynamic volumes from Microsoft Windows hard drive. It is possible only if you have not created a new hard drive volume and formatted on the disk space, occupied by deleted volume.

When Windows Disk Management snap-in deletes any volume from dynamic disk, the file system boot sector (the first sector of volume) of particular volume is deleted, and then the volume entry from Disk Management private region database is removed. Rest of the dynamic volumes are physically intact (including stored data and information). As NTFS file system volumes keep backup of the boot sector, you can easily recover Windows volume by restoring boot sector.

How to Recover Deleted NTFS File System Volume?

Recreate exactly same hard drive volume, but do not format it. The process may become difficult if you don’t remember exact size of the deleted volume, particularly because Disk Management tends to round the partition sizes.

Recover backup boot sector using Dskprobe.exe utility.

Quit the Dskprobe.exe utility after rewriting NTFS boot sector.

Click the Rescan Disks option on Action menu in Disk Management. It mounts the volume for quick access.

If the above method does not work, you need to use Windows data recovery software to recover lost data. The applications are incorporated with indigenous scanning techniques to thoroughly scan whole hard drive and extract all lost data from it. Such Windows recovery tools have interactive user-interface to offer easy recovery.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software successfully recovers lost Windows hard drive volumes, both dynamic and basic. The software works well with Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. It supports recovery from all NTFS5, NTFS, FAT32, VFAT, FAT16, and FAT12 file system volumes.

Microsoft Windows 7 is the latest release of Microsoft Windows, a series of GUI (Graphical User Interface)-based operating systems by Microsoft Corporation. It is used for both home and business computers. It is the successor of Microsoft Windows Vista. It is compatible with all the applications and hardware, which runs on Microsoft Windows Vista.

It includes advanced security features and improved system performance. Windows 7 is considered as more stable and reliable than its predecessor Windows Vista. However, under some situations, you may face serious problems with your Windows 7, which leads to critical data loss situations. At this point of time, you need to go for Windows 7 recovery to get your valuable data back, if a valid backup is not in place.

You may lose your business critical data from your Windows 7 hard drive due to any of the below reasons:

Accidental Deletion- If you accidentally remove some critical files from your Windows hard drive and then realize their importance, data loss occurs. Deletion can be either intentional or unintentional.

Hard Drive Formatting- Hard drive stores all your valuable data, applications, and operating system. When it is formatted, all the data stored on it is removed and serious problems take place.

File System Corruption- File system is a critical data structure of your Windows 7 hard drive, which organizes all the data. When file system gets damaged, operating system can not locate files on the hard drive and they become inaccessible.

Virus Infection- Viruses are malicious programs, which enter your system through Internet or removable storage media and damage data on your hard drive.

System Metadata Structure Corruption- Windows 7 operating system comprises of various data structures, such as MFT (Master File Table), boot loader, and MBR (Master Boot Record). When they gets damaged, system can not start and you face data loss.

In grave situations of data loss, Windows recovery is required if updated backup is not in place. Recovery is best possible using Windows data recovery software.

The applications recover Windows data in all possible data loss scenarios, using advanced and powerful scanning techniques. They are incorporated with simple and interactive graphical user interface to offer easy recovery. Such tools do not alter original data on your Windows hard drive.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the best data recovery software ever made to recover lost Windows data. The software has read-only and non-destructive conduct, and is usable with Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000 operating systems. It supports recovery from NTFS5, NTFS, FAT32, VFAT, FAT16, and FAT12 file system partitions.

Monkey virus is one of the common boot sector viruses that can render your Windows unbootable. The article discusses few technical aspects, prevention measures, and some ways to Recover Windows by removing Monkey virus.

The virus retains a peculiar characteristic and spreads only from floppy disks, which can further infect the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your hard drive. The virus uses the stealth technology to hide its presence. Since it encrypts the original data of your partition table, when you boot the Windows-based computer from a floppy disk, the system fails to recognize the hard drive (’Invalid drive specification’ error occurs).

However, when you boot from the infected hard drive, the partition table is decrypted and everything appears to be normal. This occurs because Monkey virus replaces the MBR code of hard drive by its own code and moves the MBR to the third sector of the hard drive.

Precaution:

If your Windows computer is infected from Monkey virus, never attempt to run commands like, /fixmbr or fdisk /mbr etc. Doing so can damage your partition table and MBR badly, instead of fixing it.

Do not use any disk editor that claims to restore the MBR back to its original position. This might get successful in removing the virus case, but Windows cannot boot after this.

When you use an anti-virus software to remove Monkey virus, make sure that it is able to decrypt the partition table. Ignoring this can result in complete data loss from hard drive.

How to Remove Monkey Virus?

Apply any of the below measures, whichever is suitable, to get rid of Monkey virus:

Restore MBR and partition table from an infection-free backup

If possible, locate the original zero track, decrypt the information, and move it back to the original place

Use an appropriate anti-virus software

Repartition the hard drive, reformat the logical drives, and restore the lost data from a previous backup

If in case, you find your data backup invalid or absent, use a Windows Data Recovery tool. These special utilities can scan your Windows disk and Recover Windows data safely.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software is a comprehensive utility designed to recover and restore lost data from Windows based disks. This Windows Data Recovery software is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000 and features advanced options like, disk cloning, disk imaging, RAW file recovery, and others.

When you boot your Microsoft Windows-based computer from hard drive, BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) code describes startup disk and then reads MBR (Master Boot Record) from it. The boot code in MBR searches from active partition on hard drive. If the first hard drive doesn’t have any active partition or it can not locate system partition to boot your system, the system can not boot up.

This behavior renders all your mission-critical data inaccessible and causes severe Windows data loss. In such situations, you need to perform Windows Data Recovery to recover inaccessible data from Windows hard drive.

When master boot code of your Windows computer can not locate boot partition, MBR may display any of the below error messages:

Invalid partition table.

Error loading operating system.

Missing operating system.

Cause

The problem may occur if there is no active partition on your hard drive that you are using to boot your system, or an incorrect Windows partition is identified as active partition. Corruption of the system or boot partition may also cause this behavior.

Resolution

You can try to resolve this problem and perform Windows Recovery by using MS-DOS startup disk to boot your system and then using Fdisk utility to change or set active partition.

The Fdisk utility can set only the primary partitions as active. However, if Master Boot Record corruption prevents the tool from changing or setting an active partition, you may need to employ any commercial disk editor to change it manually.

Restore MBR

Sometimes MBR may get damaged. It may be the outcome of virus infection, improper system shutdown, and human errors. In such cases, you can try the below steps to restore MBR:

Use Windows Recovery Console to rewrite MBR so as to fix damaged MBR on startup disk.

Copy MBR of another Windows hard drive using Disk Editor and replace the corrupted MBR. It is possible only if the partition table structure is similar in both the systems.

Overwriting existing MBR and manually recreating partition table options are suggested only for advanced users. The chances of serious data loss are very high in such cases. When you face data loss, Windows Data Recovery Software come for your help.

The applications are powerful enough to effectively handle all types of data loss situations. They enable you to Recover Windows data in a safe and easy way.

Windows 7 Recovery

Booting of any Windows XP system can stop due to various reasons like system file(s) corruption, registry corruption, MBR (Master Boot Record) damage,  MFT (Master File Table) damage, and file system corruption. While the cause for halting boot process could be any of the above, the result in most cases is the same – inaccessibility of data saved in the hard drive.

A perfect alternative for surmounting any Windows XP booting issue is by performing a clean reinstall and restoring data from a valid backup. But, with case studies proving that most computer users fail to maintain an up-to-date backup, it becomes necessary for them to opt for a commercial Windows Data Recovery application to perform recovery.

For deep analyses of the above scenario, look at the below error message that appears when you try to start your Windows XP system:

“Windows cannot start because the following file is missing or
corrupt: \Windows\system32\config\system. You can attempt to repair this
file by starting windows setup using the original cd-rom. Select R for
repair”

However, when you perform Windows XP repair, you encounter another error message:

“The system registry does not appear to have an active ControlSet key. The system registry may be
damaged. If your system is currently not starting correctly, you can try restarting it with the Last Known Good configuration or you can try repairing the installation with the setup program’s repair & recovery options.”

After the above error message appears, the system stops booting, rendering to inaccessibility of all hard drive data.

Cause:

As stated in the error message, the registry is corrupt. Corruption in Windows registry can occur due to improper system shutdown, virus infection, and application malfunction.

Resolution:

To overcome registry corruption, perform a fresh reinstall of Windows XP operating system. This process will install new entries in Windows Registry. However, re-installing also erases all your formerly saved files. To recover those files, you will need to use a third-party Windows Recovery Software. Such Windows Data Recovery tools use effective recovery techniques to perform comprehensive recovery of all lost files post re-installation.

Windows XP is the most widely used operating system of Microsoft. It has been the choice of millions of users across the world despite facing stiff competitions from newer Windows operating systems. It has got online tutorials on the Internet as its users are all over the world who contribute regularly to such forums. It is a very robust system that emphasizes on performance and flashiness alike.

Also, the drivers of certain hardware for Windows XP are easily available over the Internet. However, despite being such an efficient system it can sometimes pose problems. These problems can occur because of power surges, virus infections, human errors, file system corruption, etc. In such cases, you should employ corrective measures to resolve the issue. However, if you are unable to do so, you should use a third-party Windows data recovery software to recover Windows files.

Consider a scenario wherein you get the following error message when you start your Windows system:

“File is missing or corrupt: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\Pci.sys”

Cause:

The most possible cause of this error message is that pci.sys file is either missing or corrupted. Because of this, you are not able to boot Windows system. Even if you are able to access the system, it may freeze frequently.

Resolution:

To resolve this error message and to access the Windows system, you need to perform either of the following methods:

Restore the file by using the Windows Recovery Console: Use the Recovery Console to expand Pci.sy_ from the i386 folder on the provided CD to the \%SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers folder on the hard disk.

Use in-place upgrade to restore the file: To do this, you should replace all missing and corrupted files using the Windows Installation CD. This process takes the same time as taken during the installation process. Moreover, you can lose some of the customized settings for the system files.

However, if you are not able to recover Windows system even after using the aforementioned methods then you should use a third-party Windows data recovery software to recover Windows files.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software is a Windows data recovery tool that is used to recover Windows files. It is used to recover lost information from the FAT and NTFS file systems. The software can recover more than 185 different file types from various media such as hard drives, memory cards, external hard drives, pen drives, etc.

It is packaged with a Boot CD, which proves quite handy when the system is unable to boot. This Windows recovery utility is also capable of recovering email items from MS Outlook and Outlook Express. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

Booting of any Windows XP system can stop due to various reasons like system file(s) corruption, registry corruption, MBR (Master Boot Record) damage, MFT (Master File Table) damage, and file system corruption. While the cause for halting boot process could be any of the above, the result in most cases is the same – inaccessibility of data saved in the hard drive.

A perfect alternative for surmounting any Windows XP booting issue is by performing a clean reinstall and restoring data from a valid backup. But, with case studies proving that most computer users fail to maintain an up-to-date backup, it becomes necessary for them to opt for a commercial Windows Data Recovery application to perform recovery.

For deep analyses of the above scenario, look at the below error message that appears when you try to start your Windows XP system:

“Windows cannot start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\system32\config\system. You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original cd-rom. Select R for repair”

However, when you perform Windows XP repair, you encounter another error message:

“The system registry does not appear to have an active ControlSet key. The system registry may be damaged. If your system is currently not starting correctly, you can try restarting it with the Last Known Good configuration or you can try repairing the installation with the setup program’s repair & recovery options.”

After the above error message appears, the system stops booting, rendering to inaccessibility of all hard drive data.

Cause:

As stated in the error message, the registry is corrupt. Corruption in Windows registry can occur due to improper system shutdown, virus infection, and application malfunction.

Resolution:

To overcome registry corruption, perform a fresh reinstall of Windows XP operating system. This process will install new entries in Windows Registry. However, re-installing also erases all your formerly saved files. To recover those files, you will need to use a third-party Windows Data Recovery Software. Such Windows Data Recovery tools use effective recovery techniques to perform comprehensive recovery of all lost files post re-installation.