subject: Software Corruption Or Deleted Files, How File Recovery Done [print this page] A computer system faces several problemsA computer system faces several problems. The biggest problem of course is when the computer system crashes. This could have a hardware related reason behind it, or a software related one. The important part is that, no matter what the reason for the disturbance, it is your data that is gone!! One of the prime reasons for system crashes, is software corruption.
Software Corruption, is the malfunction of any kind of software. The most prominent cause for this is a corruption in the DLL files, which renders the programs inaccessible. Using faulty software is another reason behind the same.
What happens when a file is deleted or corrupted: Some times we delete our files by shift+Delete. We know that file has been deleted and can never be recovered. In the back ground of Operating System we can never delete a file, rather lost the address of the file, means our file still exists, so can be recovered.
So if we want to recover our deleted files, we need to understand the file system of the operation system and where the file address has stored. So we need to access System Area of the Hard Disk, means this area contains the file location and we need to access this.
I do not want to go very deep in the background of the OS, its a very technical term and we need to use Hard Disk data recovery softwares for this process. If we have over written the content at file address then no software can recover the data. So when ever we try to recover our files we need to store it at another hard disk, so that we can retry to recover it.
In India, despite the normal list of problems that the computer faces, many people buy pirated versions of the OS and other applications like PhotoShop, Internet Explorer etc. These applications, when installed on any original OS, will eventually cause some or the other damage to the file system. This is another lead cause of software corruption. The entire OS is could get damaged due to anomalies of one application. But, no matter what the reason behind the damage, you can always turn to a data recovery service for assistance.
The most common error message for a system software corruption is:
systemroot/system32/config/software corrupt
This message appears when you try to restart your system after a faulty shut down. In this case the OS might have been corrupted due to the faulty shut down.
The system not starting means that the data on it is lost!! This is naturally a major cause of worry. You can try and repair the software if the computer does start-up by any chance. But if it doesn't you still have the choice of going to a data recovery service. They have people who are specially trained in the field and know exactly what went wrong and how to fix it!! It is a misconception that taking a damaged system to a data recovery service is a waste of money. Your data is invaluable and the amount charged by such companies is nominal. Besides this, they are the only place you can rest assured that your data will be safe and secure. Any work on hard drives should be done in sterilized places where the temperature can be maintained i.e., clean rooms.
