Data Recovery Software Help

In computing, stress test is a process to testing a system by putting great emphasis on availability, error handling, and robustness under heavy load. It is done to ensure that the system does not fail or crash in situations where sufficient computational resources are not available. However sometimes it can create problems and cause system failure. Such behaviors can also lead critical data loss in some cases. In such critical circumstances, an absolute and valid backup of your valuable data proves great help. But, if backup is not available, data recovery software are required to get your mission-critical data recovered.

In a practical scenario, you may come across file system corruption and file corruption like situations when you run extensive stress test on an NTFS (New Technology File System) partition on Windows 2003 Server computer.

After this behavior, you may not be able to access Windows hard drive partitions and stored data. To retrieve lost data in the event of system failure, you must find out the cause of this behavior and then perform data recovery by fixing it.

Cause

This issue may occur only if all the below conditions are true when stress test is run for many hours:

Your Windows computer has small NTFS file system partitions.

The NTFS file system partition on your hard drive is almost full or full.

Almost 1,000 delete, create, or extend operations are run simultaneously.

Your Windows system has multiple processors.

Resolution

The above problem is quite improbably to take place if the underwritten conditions are true:
Your system has a large NTFS file system partitions. This behavior generally occurs on the small NTFS file system partitions, which range from 1-24 GB (Gigabytes). As partition becomes larger, the possibilities of corruption are significantly decreased.

Free extend, create, or delete operations occur.

The database writes and reads are limited to the files, to which you have already allocated space on the hard drive.

If you do not take the above precautions, serious data loss situations occur and data recovery tools become the last resort to fix it.

The data recovery software are specifically developed to thoroughly scan entire hard drive and extract all lost, missing, and inaccessible data from it. They work in all possible data loss scenarios, ranging from accidental deletion to serious system crash.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most advanced and comprehensive utility to ensure safe and easy recovery of lost Windows data. The software is designed for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. It supports recovery from all NTFS5, NTFS, FAT32, VFAT, FAT16, and FAT12 file system partitions.

These days, nearly all business organizations need to use effective computers in order to work effectively. Nevertheless of the excellence of your computer system, there comes a time point when it requires to be substituted. Operating systems malfunctions, new inventions develop, and frequent wear and tear may actually degrade even the best system. But you can not throw your failed systems away as they contain significant data and information that are essential for your business. In such cases, you need to go for Data Recovery solutions to extract data from failed systems.

The process of retrieving data from unusable computers is known as Asset Recovery in business terms. It is the process of maximizing value of the end of life or unused assets through efficient divestment or rescue. Both small and large organization use this type of recovery at some level with end goal of getting the highest possible return from asset. This is also the procedure of liquidating the excess inventory of the healthy organizations, equipment returned, or refurbished items.

When it comes to retrieve data from to failed systems, asset recovery needs specific type of applications or services. The type of solution depends upon the cause and type of failure. There are basically two types of system failure and data loss- Logical and Physical.

Logical Failure:

This is the type of failure, which occurs due to damage to the logical components of your system such as applications, system data structures, and operating system. The logical failure is caused by file system corruption, hard drive formatting, operating system malfunction, hard drive formatting, virus infection, accidental deletion, and sabotage.

You can extract lost data in such cases through effective and advanced Data Recovery Software. The recovery applications use high-end scanning techniques to perform through scan of damaged drive and extract all lost, missing, and inaccessible data from it. With read-only conduct and simple graphical user interface, Data Recovery is safe and easy with these tools.

Physical Failure:

Such kind of system failure takes place due to mechanical failure of hard drive components. It may occur due to read/write head crash, disk controller failure, power surges, accidental drop down, spindle motor damage, natural disasters, and overheating. The system may not detect your drive in such cases and does not boot up.

Recovery in such circumstances is feasible through the help of Data Recovery Service professionals. They offer personalized and sophisticated assistance to extract data from all types of physically damaged storage media. Recovery is carried out in safe and sterile environment of Clean Rooms.

Stellar Information Systems Limited is the foremost provider of best-in-class recovery solutions. The software are available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX, and Novell operating systems. Service is delivered through Class 100 Clean Rooms using advanced tools and techniques.

All file systems (including of Windows, like FAT32, NTFS etc.) use a definite cluster size to organize data on the hard disk. The hard disk cluster size is the smallest value of disk space that is allocated to hold a file and is defined at the time of formatting the disk. When you try to change the set cluster size value of hard disk, chances are that the process may affect the boot structures as well. The third-party utilities that claim to safely change the cluster size value can sometimes, bring adverse effects to the Windows boot process. Thus, it is strongly recommended to backup all your data prior to use any utility that draws any direct consequences to your hard disk structures and data. But if you still lose data, you can use a Partition recovery utility to perform data recovery. Partition Recovery

To elaborate such problems, suppose you use a third-party software to change the existing cluster size of your Windows based hard disk. The utility reports successful process completion. But the next time, when you try to boot the computer, it fails and you receive an error message, similar to below:

“A Disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart”

The data stored on hard disk is inaccessible and you cannot boot the computer even at subsequent attempts.

Cause

The described issue can occur due to corruption in hard disk MBR (Master Boot Record). MBR is the first sector read by computer to load the operating system and find disk partitions. The third-party software used in this case can corrupt the MBR.

Solution

Boot your computer using Windows installation disc and start command prompt. To fix and rewrite the MBR, you need to run the /fixmbr command.

If this solution doesn’t work and data is still out of access, you are suggested to use a Partition Recovery Software to recover the lost data, however, you can reformat the disk if a good backup is available. Partition Recovery utilities use effective scanning algorithms to analyze the crashed disk and extract the lost data safely.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a fully-featured data recovery utility designed for Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000 based systems. The advanced Partition Recovery Software is compatible with FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 file systems. The software has a graphically enriched interface with powerful features, like RAW File Recovery, Disk Cloning, Disk Imaging etc.