Resolving “The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable” in Windows

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Every file on the NTFS (New Technology File System) volume is presented in a particular file, known as MFT (Master File Table). This is the most significant system file, which defines the NTFS file system volume. In fact it is a relational database that contains different several about different files and directories. It works as [...]

Windows Vista Upgrade Failure May Cause Partition Loss

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Are you unable to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista from an earlier version of Windows operating system? Does upgrade process fails halfway and you can not access your system in either of the Windows version? This behavior may occur due to unsupported file system on the hard drive. In such situations, both Vista and earlier [...]

Unsuccessful Rollback Phase May Cause File Loss in Windows

Friday, June 11th, 2010

It returns your system to previous installation of the operating system, Microsoft Windows XP in this particular case. In this process, the hard drive structure, file system, and partitions remain unchanged. It prevents the file loss situations and needs File Recovery solutions.
When you encounter any error during Windows Vista upgrade process, rollback can be [...]

Converting Windows File System During Mini-Setup Cause Partition Loss

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Every new version of an operating system, application or file system comes with a number of advanced features. The same thing applies on NTFS file system as well. It is the latest and most powerful file system, developed by Microsoft Corporation. In order to take advantages of the improved features of NTFS file system, several [...]

Quorum Disk Corruption on Windows Server 2003 and NTFS Data Recovery

Friday, June 11th, 2010

In such cases, quorum disk might be corrupted after the MSCS attempts to recover your hard drive. Damage to the NTFS file system hard drive may make all your valuable data inaccessible and lead to critical data loss situations. In order to sort out such issues, you need to opt for NTFS Data Recovery through [...]

Formatting Unallocated Disk Space May Cause Partition Loss In Windows

Friday, June 11th, 2010

If you try to decrease or increase the size of any of primary and secondary partitions of your hard drive in Microsoft Windows, you might find out some unformatted and unallocated disk space. This hard drive space is not usable until you format it. When you format this disk space and then reboot your system, [...]

Boot Configuration Database Issues May Cause Partition Loss in Windows Vista

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Are you unable to boot your Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating system-based computer, after making it dual-boot with an earlier version of Windows operating system? Do you encounter error when your system tries to read disk? This behavior of Windows may occur due to various compatibility issues and make your system unusable. At this [...]

Interrupted Disk Defragmenting Process May Cause hard drive Loss in Windows

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Whenever a file is created on Microsoft Windows hard drive, the file gets broken into several pieces and gets fragmented. The fragments of the file are saved on different memory locations on the hard drive. Over time the fragmentation of file is increased and it results into slow performance of your Windows computer. In some [...]

How to Recover Data From a Damaged Quorum Disk in Windows?

Friday, June 11th, 2010

IF MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Service) folder does not exist or it is inaccessible, MSCS service attempts to recover quorum disk. In such circumstances, quorum disk might get damaged after the MSCS attempts to recover quorum disk. This behavior leads to significant data loss and requires data recovery software to be sorted out, if there is [...]

Ways to Recover Deleted Dynamic NTFS File System Volumes

Friday, June 11th, 2010

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 [...]