Missing Kernel File May Cause Data Loss in Windows

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Kernel is the most significant part of Windows operating system, which works as an interface between software and hardware. In case the kernel or any of its critical files get damaged, Windows operating system may not boot. In such situations, all your valuable data stored on Windows hard drive becomes inaccessible, causing severe data loss. In such circumstances, you need to opt for windows data recovery, if there is no updated backup in place.

In a practical scenario, your system may stop responding after the POST (Power On Self Test) and boot process may halt, when you try to start your Windows computer with Windows NTFS (New Technology File System) partition. Furthermore, you may come across the below error message:

“A kernel file is missing from the disk.
Insert a system disk and restart the system.”

This problem generally occurs on Intel-based systems with NTFS boot partition and renders your system inaccessible. In order to access your mission critical data in such cases, you need to first find out the root of the issue and then perform Windows Data Recovery by resolving it.

Grounds of the problem
You may face this behavior of Microsoft Windows operating system if the disk structure data of NTFS file system, which is stored in MFT (Master File Table) is either fragmented or damaged. It prevents Microsoft Windows Ntldr (NT Boot Loader) from being discovered and read.

Resolution
In order to work around this behavior, follow the underwritten steps:

• Verify that the boot partition is active, using Fdisk tool.
• Try to repair Ntldr file using Microsoft Windows Recovery Console through boot CD of Windows operating system.
• Detect and remove boot sector viruses from your system using an updated and powerful anti-virus application.
• Create backup of your significant files, format your Windows hard drive, and reinstall Microsoft Windows operating system. However, if you are unable to access the hard drive using Windows boot disk and create backup, severe data loss situations are caused by hard drive formatting.

In such grave situations, windows recovery software come to your rescue. The applications are specifically designed to methodically scan the entire hard drive and extract all lost, missing, and inaccessible data from it. They perform safe, easy, and absolute data recovery in all data loss situations.