subject: Advanced Bkf Repair - Resolve Missing Catalog Files Causing Bkf Corruption [print this page] In Windows XP, NTBackup is the inbuilt application that is used to create backup of database. Restoring of database from backup file also gets done by this utility. It generates .bkf file as a database backup file and all types of database files like boot files, Windows registry files, Exchange backup files, etc. can be backed up by this utility in .bkf file. Like other Windows utilities, this backup utility is also not safe from corruption. Unexpected issues like malware infections, improper system shutdowns, power failures, etc. can cause corruption in it and situations, when this utility gets affected by corruption then, BKF file restore process fails to get executed and Windows user come across the issue of data loss.
BKF Corruption due to missing catalog files is one of the reasons of BKF corruption. When something like it happens then, the point comes in how to recover the database in situation of missing catalog files causing BKF corruption.
What is this entire issue of missing catalog files, how BKF corruption takes place due to them?
Catalog files are those files that allow NTBackup to restore database from BKF file. When some of these files get missed or deleted then, NTBackup fails to restore database from BKF file. These files get generated in backup operation and get stored on a computer system in a folder named catalog. Users can see these files under restore tab in NTBackup and when the user tries to generate more than one backup at a time then, these files share similar timestamp ownership due to which only the set that was created before gets seen in this restore tab and the other one, which was created simultaneously, gets erased due to which BKF corruption takes place and the issue, Missing catalog files causing BKF corruption occurs. At times of BKF database corruption, if user will try to access the database of BKF files that were generated during the execution of several co-ordinated backup processes then, he will face missing catalog files causing BKF corruption problem.
After occurring of BKF corruption due to missing catalog files, NTBackup fails to read BKF files but, user can restore those files by using Advanced BKF Recovery utility. This BKF Recovery software helps restoring database from BKF file during all severe issues of corruption. Unlimited database stored in BKF file can be recovered and extracted on a computer system with the help of this BKF Repair tool. It also shows a preview of recovered items by which user can recover and extract selected components from corrupt BKF file. Comfortable corrupt MS Backup Recovery process in all Windows editions can be done by this BKF Repair tool .
