subject: How To Recover Missing Windows System Files? [print this page] Microsoft Windows operating system contains a number of files, which work as the components of operating system. These files are specifically designed to perform a particular operation. Like NTLDR is responsible for loading the NT operating system. In case any of these files get damage or deleted due to any reason, operating system can not load and you can not get access of your hard drive partitions. This behavior cause serious partition loss situations in Windows and require Windows Partition Recovery to sort out the issue.
When a critical operating system file gets deleted or damaged due to virus infection, improper system shutdown, accidental deletion or the file system corruption, you can restore the files from Microsoft Windows installation CD. You need to search for filename, replacing last character with the underscore.
For instance, Notepad.ex_.
If you find the file, open command prompt window and enter command EXPAND, then enter the full path of the file and path of desired destination. For example:
EXPAND D:SETUPNOTEPAD.EX_ C:WindowsNOTEPAD.EXE
If the path name of file contains any space, surround it with the double quotes.
If the above process does not find the file, search on unmodified file name. It would possibly be inside the CAB file that Microsoft Windows treats as folder. You need to just right-drag and copy the file to desired location.
The above method works in most of the cases of Windows file system file loss and fix the issue and let you access your system properly. But in case if this method does not work, you need to format the hard drive reinstall the operating system.
Formatting removes all of the hard drive related errors and reinstalling the operating system replaces all of the damaged files of your operating system. This method is able to fix each and every operating system related problems. But it also has a downside that it removes all partitions and stored data and need Partition Recovery solutions.
The recovery is best possible using third party Partition Recovery Software. The Partition Recovery software effectively scan entire hard drive and recover all the lost partitions. These applications are completely safe and easy to use. The tools work in most of the data loss situations.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most comprehensive and best ever made software to simple, quick and absolute partition recovery of lost partitions. The application recovers all FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system partitions. The tool is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 RC1, Vista, 2003, XP and 2000.
