Windows Xp Upgradation, Reinstallation Or Repairing Results In Data Loss

When a user upgrades, reinstalls or repairs Windows XP operating system, data loss might occur. This data loss generally occurs due to overwriting of files (as in My Documents, Desktop, Local Settings etc. folders), file system issues and more. In such situations, the user needs to restore the data from an updated backup file or directory. If the user does not have an updated backup or any backup he needs to use effective Data Recovery Software to successfully recover valuable files like official documents, e-mail, pictures etc.

In such scenario, a user upgrades, reinstalls or repairs Windows XP operating system and discovers that all his data stored in the Default User folder and All Users folder has been lost. The user also encounters loss of documents, pictures, music files, items in Startup group that were stored in the Shared Documents folder.

Such upgrades or repair operations always warn us about data loss and even show us messages pertaining to backup when we start the Windows setup. We need to be cautious and proactive to take complete data backup and avoid any panic due to data loss later.

The data loss can occur under these three conditions:

• When the user upgrades the computer system to Windows XP Home edition on a preinstalled Windows XP Professional computer system.

• When the user repairs Windows XP using these steps:

• Starts the computer from the Windows XP CD-ROM

• Presses Enter to set up Windows XP

• Presses R to repair the selected installation

• When the user reinstalls Windows XP operating system in the same folder by clicking Upgrade after executing the Winnt32.exe file.

Data loss in the above three scenarios occurs if the Undo_guimode.txt file is present in the Windows\System32 folder on the hard drive. Undo_guimode.txt file is created by the wizard that runs when the user first starts Windows XP operating system. To resolve the above issue, the user needs to restore the lost data and program shortcuts from a recent backup. But if the user has not maintained any back up for the lost data, then the user needs to use a thirty party application named Data Recovery Software.

Stellar Information Systems Limited, the numero uno data recovery company offers the all in one solution for complete Data Recovery - Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery 3. It recovers and restores the lost documents, music, pictures and more by incorporating influential and powerful scanning algorithms. It is a read only utility to ensure safe Recovery. It is compatible with FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems. This Recovery utility is a high end application with a feature set like no other which includes recovery from hard drives (internal and external), solid state drives (SSD) , USB pen drives and memory cards (flash storage). It supports Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows 2000. This File Recovery utility supports more than 300 file types. The user can further enhance this by adding hexadecimal and decimal header information of the lost file types viz. a CAD application file. By using this feature, a user can recover each and every lost file by providing the appropriate header information. It can save large costs, resources and time to operate various Data Recovery applications under Windows NT Core environment.

This application has been designed with largely graphical and self descriptive user interface, which makes this software easy to work on and user friendly. The demo version of this Data Recovery Software is available on Stellar's website and various popular shareware websites. Any user who is looking for File Recovery can assess the software by previewing all files it can recover. A user can also save this search information for future use.

k madhav is a student of Mass Communication doing research on File Recovery Software. He is also a freelancer for Data Recovery.

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