Current text will explain you how to execute ntfs data recovery even if the disk sector is damaged. That is really great problem today as the amount of information saved on disks is constantly growing and it is difficult to control all the information properly.

If you are a well-skilled client you should realize that HDD is not believed to be a safe place to store some quite necessary information. Lots of users prefer some other kinds of data carriers as CDs and other magnetic devices specially to save really important information. But not just the mechanical breakdown can be the cause of such complexities as there are also electronic errors.

The programmers who tried to work out any HDD troubles with Windows 98 or earlier systems preferred usage of fdisk utility and some other simple systems. Nowadays the use of such solutions even by truly experienced users can lead to irreversible consequences.

File systems

File system is a type of programs that helps computer to interact with HDD and execute required operations with data. There are some sectors that are called partitions on the HDD. The most spread file systems which are utilized by Windows are NTFS (NT File System) and FAT (File Allocation Table). Windows OS of the old generation and DOS utilized FAT-16. Newer Windows operates with FAT-32. The basic difference between these systems is the potential of the system. It is hard to believe that users used FAT-16 and had disks not bigger than 2 GB. Operating systems Windows 2000 and Windows XP are compatible with FAT system meanwhile FAT is not the main system.

Windows NT, XP and 2000 utilize NTFS system as it proposes significantly higher level of safety of data storage. The other considerable benefit is that operator may establish individual access rights for every file. Every initial sector of every disk includes information that is called disk partition table and boot record that is considered to be service information. (more…)