subject: Resolving "Windows has recovered from and unexpected shutdown" Windows 7 Error [print this page] Resolving "Windows has recovered from and unexpected shutdown" Windows 7 Error
Does your Microsoft Windows 7 operating system based computer shut down and reboot randomly? Are you getting "Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown" error every time you try to boot the system? This behavior may occur due to missing or corrupt system files of Windows operating system due to improper system shutdown. When it occurs, the system may not let you get into the hard drive and access data from it. It leads to severe data loss situations and require hard disk data recovery to be sorted out.
For example of this problem in Windows 7 operating system, you may encounter the following error message when you boot your system:
"Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown
The error occurs every time you try to boot your computer. Subsequent to the above error message, you receive a message that asks you whether you want to repair the system. If you click Yes, sometimes the system boots properly, but sometimes the same error occurs again.
Cause
You may get into this grave situation of system failure and data loss due to any of the underwritten reasons:
Critical boot files of your Windows 7 operating system is either missing or corrupt.
The boot partition of Windows computer is corrupt.
Windows boot loader is damaged.
Operating system itself is corrupt.
Resolution
You can try resolving this problem and performing hard disk recovery using the below methods:
Perform a startup repair of Microsoft Windows 7 installation using installation disk. It can fix the problems of missing or damaged system files.
Run SFC (System File Checker) on your system to replace damaged system files.
Use Windows Recovery Console to fix boot loader corruption.
Format the hard drive and reinstall Windows operating system. However, you should use this method only as a last resort as it removes all the data from hard drive.
After formatting the Windows hard drive, you need to use hard drive data recoverysoftware to recover lost data. The hard drive recovery applications are totally safe and easy to use with read-only nature and simple user interface.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most comprehensive and result-oriented utility to ensure perfect recovery of lost Windows data. The software is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. It salvages data from exFAT, NTFS5, NTFS, FAT32, VFAT, FAT16, and FAT12 file system partitions.
