Partition Loss in Windows Due to Missing System Files or Registry Hives

When you try to boot your Windows computer, it might not boot up due to missing or corrupt system files on the hard drive. You may also encounter some error messages as the following:

"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: ´WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEM´."

After this error message, you can neither boot your system nor access data from it.

Cause

You may encounter this behavior of your computer due to corrupted or missing system files. The problem may also take place due to damaged or missing registry hives.

In both of these situations, your system won´t be able to boot and will prevent you to access your files and critical information. To gain access of your valuable data, you need to resolve this problem by performing Partition Recovery.

Resolution

To fix this issue, you can try out any of the following methods:
br> Attach your Windows hard drive to a working computer, which has same version of Windows, as a sle. Try to copy the missing files back to the hard drive.

 Try to attach your disk using IDE-to-USB cable to another computer.

Try to boot your system using boot disk.

 Use chkdsk to fix hard drive errors.

These methods may help you in some situations, but it is not necessary that they will always work. Sometimes you may face the following behavior while applying these methods:

 When you attach the disk using IDE-to-USB cable with another computer, Windows prompts to format the drive.

 When you attempt to boot from a bootable disk, you encounter CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) error.

 If you use chkdsk to fix the disk errors, it can not find the hard drive.

All of these scenarios will ultimately result in partition loss and will require Partition Recovery. In such situations, the Partition Recovery can easily be performed using third party partition recovery software .

In order to have assured results, you need to go for a powerful and highly developed Partition Recovery Software such as Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery. This software supports partition recovery  from FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system partition and volumes. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000.