A partition is simply a logical division of the system hard disk. All your data and information is stored in these partitions. The stored data can get lost/ damaged due to several reasons such as: partition formatting or deletion, partition file system corruption (corrupt, missing or inaccessible partitions), partition crash, data loss due to partitioning errors etc.
Windows 7 provides “Disk Management Tool” for performing various partitioning operations on the hard drive. Using the tool, partitions can be created, deleted, merged or extracted.
Once a partition is deleted, the OS doesn't recognize it anymore. But the data is still there on the hard drive that can be recovered using a Windows 7 partition recovery software. Same is the case with a missing/inaccessible partition (it may happen due to file system corruption or some other reason). You just cannot view the partition but the data can be retrieved using a recovery program.
Sometimes, you may be unable to view a partition because of virus infection. As a primitive solution, scan and fix your system issues using a third party antivirus software.
You can back up the windows partition data using backup archive creator tool. This backup file can turn life savior in case of data loss or you can restore the original data after reformatting or replacement of the hard disk. If your hard drive is suffering from bad sectors then, it’s a wise choice to copy the unaffected data to a different device before formatting it.
Windows partition can get deleted/lost/inaccessible/corrupt due to any of the below reasons:
- Partition deletion while OS re-installation.
- Partition deletion while re-partitioning(re-sizing, shrinking or merging the partitions)
- Partition deletion due to boot sector record (MBR-Master Boot record) corruption.
- Overwriting the MBR code with some application data
- Using third party tools for new partition creation
- MFT(NTFS Master File Table) or FAT(File Allocation Table) table corruption
- Accidental partition deletion /accidental hard disk formatting
- Incorrect procedure used while partition creation, disk formatting or reformatting.
- Errors while partitioning hard drive
- Incorrect manipulation or incorrect hard drive partitioning
- Virus/spyware infection
- Corruption in the logical structure of the hard drive, partition file system corruption, partition header Corruption, partition table corruption
- System malfunction
- Bad sectors in hard disk
- Frequently changing the files system of partition drive
- While converting the partition from dynamic to basic disk.
- Sudden or improper system shutdown
- Repeated power outages or fluctuations
- Hardware issues can lead to partition corruption
- System errors, OS failures, corrupt system registries etc.
We must keep in mind all of the above factors that can cause loss to our hard drive partition data. As an obstructive measure, you should try to avoid the actions that can lead to such problems. But, what if accidentally, you have lost access to your partition data? Don't worry! Stellar Phoenix Partition Recovery – Professional is here to help you out.
Stellar Phoenix Partition Recovery – Professional is a powerful partition recovery software that let you recover lost, deleted, or inaccessible Windows partition. Using the tool you can also recover all files, documents and multimedia data from an optical media or any Windows based external media. The 'Raw recovery' feature of the software let you perform an efficient data recovery even in case of severe corruption. The tool supports recovery of deleted Emails of Outlook and Outlook Express. Along with these features the tool offers advanced features such as: SMART, System Startup Disc, Image Your Hard Disk and Hard Drive Cloning.
