How Booting Problems Can Cause Partition Loss in Windows

Sometimes, when you start your Windows computer, you might receive certain error messages as following:

"Boot Disk failure"

Or

"Operating System Not Found"

This behavior of Windows takes place when the hard drive is detected by BIOS (Basic Input Output System) but operating system doesn't load. The system might get stuck on the second screen during the boot process and operating system may refuse to load. These circumstances could be really troublesome as there are very few troubleshooting options available to resolve them.

There could be several reasons behind Windows bootup problems. The most common ones are as follows:

• Corrupted Boot Loader: If you are working on a dual boot system, there are strong chances of boot loader corruption. For instance, if you are using Windows XP and Linux using LILO (LInux LOader) as boot loader and LILO gets damaged, you could not boot your system using either operating system.
• MBR Corruption: This problem could also occur due to corrupted MBR (Master Boot Record). It is the main program that is used for bootstrapping operating system, after BIOS executes the machine code instructions.
• Boot Sector Virus: The most probable reason of this behavior of Windows could be a boot sector virus. You can confirm it by connecting your hard drive to another computer and then scanning it using good antivirus software.

In either of these situations, the only option you have to fix the problem is to install a fresh copy of damaged system tool either it is boot loader or MBR.

You can achieve this by recreating the partition structure, formatting the Windows partition and reinstalling the Windows operating system. It will fix all the disk related logical errors. But it also has a downside, recreating the partition structure erases the existing partition schema and thus all the underlying data goes missing. It puts you in immediate need of Partition Recovery.

Partition Recovery is the way out of scanning your affected hard drive and then retrieving your lost partitions and data from them. Partition Recovery is best possible through powerful Partition Recovery Software such as Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery.

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