subject: Hardware Incompatibility Leads To Data Loss In Microsoft Windows [print this page] The MS Windows Catalog (also called HCL or Hardware compatibility list) is the compilation of computer hardware, which are widely tested with Microsoft Windows operating system for compatibility and stability. Microsoft PSS (Product Support Services) uses this catalog for determining if particular hardware component is supported with Microsoft Windows or not. However, if you install operating system or upgrade to later version of Windows on an unsupported hardware, data loss may occur. In such cases, windows data recovery is required to extract lost, missing, or inaccessible data.
There is a strong possibility that upgrade or installation of Windows OS on an unsupported hardware results into loss of the operating system functionalities and critical data. If your previous operating system was MS Windows, support professionals determine if the issue is related to non-HCL computer hardware or the Windows operating system. If issue is related to the Windows operating system, professionals register a report and then judge the issue to offer a windows data recovery solution. They also try to recover your system.
If your issue is related to the hardware incompatibility, you need to restore your previous operating system and the lost data from updated backup. If you do not have backup or its not updated, support professionals can help you only in reinstalling the operating system. It doesn't include the hard drive structures, file system, file structures, operating system settings, and most importantly 'data'.
If the problem is with any specific hardware component, you can try replacing it. Before you purchase a new hardware component, check it for compatibility with the particular version of Microsoft Windows.
Recommendations-
Before reinstalling the operating system or upgrading to later version of Microsoft Windows, make sure that your computer hard drive is in 'hardware compatibility list' of Microsoft Windows.
If the hardware is not listed in HCL, do not try to install the operating system on it.
Always create a complete backup of all your critical data before upgrading or reinstalling Windows. In case if the up-gradation or re installation process fails, you can restore data from backup.
However, if you have lost your valuable data, Windows Recovery solutions are here for your rescue. You can extract lost data from Windows hard drive using windows data recovery software. The applications are completely safe and easy to use. They work in all possible cases of logical data loss and effectively retrieve all types of files, folders, and hard drive volumes.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most efficient and result-oriented tool to recover from all data loss scenarios. It works well with Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000. The softwre retrieves data from FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 file system partitions.
