When I try to start my Windows XP system with NTFS file system, it displays the error message “Missing or corrupt Ntfs.sys”. However, the drive is displayed as a healthy drive, but is inaccessible. Any suggestion as to what I should do, to recover data from this corrupt partition?

Although the NTFS file system is designed to be less prone to corruption than FAT-16 or FAT-32 file systems,it cannot guarantee you corruption free operation every time. Partitions/Logical drives can get corrupt due to the following reasons,

• Accidental deletion (Human Errors)
• Power Surges
• Hard Drive Failure
• Virus Attacks
• Inaccessibility of your hard drive.

When a partition is corrupted, its corresponding entry in the partition table is removed, and hence, the data is no longer accessible from that partition. The memory space occupied by the partition is now marked as free, which increases the chances of the partition being overwritten.

REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software, lets you recover data from lost/corrupt NTFS partition,provided, it is not overwritten by the creation of a new partition, commonly called Re-partitioning.

REMO Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software is a competent recovery suite, with its ability ranging from recovery of lost/deleted files, to recovery of lost partitions and logically corrupted drives.Try it Now!

Easy steps to Partition Recovery

Follow the simple steps given below, to recover all the lost data from your corrupted NTFS Partition.

Important!

As soon as you notice that you have lost the NTFS partitions, disconnect the hard drive from your PC. Connect it to a PC, where the Remo Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software has been installed. You can use this PC, to recover the lost data,from your corrupted partition.

Step 1: Download Remo Recover (Windows) Pro Edition software and install it.Launch the application, by double clicking the desktop shortcut, or by selecting the icon from the Programs list in the Start Menu.The Main window pops up as shown in Figure a. Select the Recover-Advanced option.

Figure a: Main window

Step 2: As soon as you click the Recover-Advanced button, a new window is displayed, as shown in Figure b. It lets you choose between the two file systems. Click on the NTFS Partition Recovery button, to proceed to the next step.

Figure b: Select file system

Step 3: As you click the NTFS Partition Recovery button, a new window is displayed. Click on the button, present on the upper left hand corner of the window. A Wizard is launched, as shown in Figure c.Select the Recover your data option in the Wizard,and click on the Next button, as shown in the figure.

Figure c: Wizard

Step 4:On clicking the Next button, a window is displayed, to select the source drive from which you wish to recover your data, as shown in Figure d.

Figure d: Select source drive

Select a physical drive and the processing mode to process the drive. The software provides two processing modes.

• Display default partitions- This option displays the partitions already present on the hard drive.

• Search for lost partitions- This option displays the lost or corrupted partitions of that hard drive, which are not listed in the Display default partitions option.

Note: By default, the processing mode is set to Display default partition(s). If you do not find the partition(s) you are looking for, in the default list, then, you can search for lost partitions, by clicking the Search for lost partition(s) radio button.

Step 5: There are two Disk Scan Modes available, Quick Scan and Thorough Scan. Quick Scan does a swift search for the lost partitions, and hence saves time. Thorough Scan does a detailed search, and therefore is more dependable.

Choose one of the Scan methods and click on the Finish button, as shown in Figure e.

Figure e: Select Disk Scan Mode

Once you click the Finish button,the application processes the partition, and displays all the found files and folders in a tree structure as shown in Figure f.

Figure f: Found files and folders

Step 6:Once the tree structure is formed, the final step is to restore the data to a safe location. If you want to recover all the listed files and folders, click on the Root folder, and then click the Save All button. A window to select destination drive is displayed as shown in Figure g.

Figure g: Select destination drive

Select the logical drive where you wish to save the data. Specify the file type you wish to ignore (file filter) during the saving process and click the OK button.  This will save the data to the specified destination drive.

Note: Never save the data onto a drive from which you are recovering data.This ensures that the data to be recovered is not overwritten, causing permanent data loss.

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