Microsoft Windows is one of the most trusted and widely used operating system around the world. Almost 90% of the users use Microsoft Windows OS in their computer or laptops to perform their day-to-day activities. Microsoft has released several versions of operating system over a period. Some of the most popular versions of operating systems that are popularly used by most of the computer users are Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2007. All these operating systems, developed by Microsoft used either FAT or NTFS file system. FAT also known as File Allocation Table is a predecessor of NTFS file system, also known as New Technology File System.
FAT and NTFS are file systems whose basic functionality is to store and fetch data from the hard disk drive having different partitions or drives. When a hard drive is partitioned in, a Windows based PC, it is given either FAT or NTFS file system. However, most of the users now prefer to use NTFS file system over FAT as NTFS is more advanced and performs data processing much faster as compared to FAT file system. If a partition or a drive has FAT file system, it is possible to convert it NTFS file system using certain commands in the command prompt. However, no matter how sophisticated the file system or how secure the operating system be, data loss can occur from the partitions or the hard drives due to various reasons. Data loss can occur in several scenarios. Some of the most prominent data loss situations are as follows:
- Accidentally deleting the file or document while trying to delete another file any even emptying the recycle bin results in loss or deletion of file
- Accidentally or intentionally formatting a drive or partition while trying to format a different drive results in complete removal of data from that drive or partition. Later you may realize that the data present in that partition was of utmost importance to you.
- When you format reinstall the operating system, you may format a different drive or partition instead of formatting the drive in which you need to install the operating system, which results in deletion of important data.
- While converting the file system from FAT to NTFS, if there is a sudden power fluctuation or if you abruptly switch off the computer, then the file system may become corrupt resulting in inaccessibility of data present in that drive.
No matter what the reasons for deletion or data be, including the above scenarios, do not think that deleted or lost data cannot be recovered. It is possible to recover lost NTFS partition data using Remo Recover (Windows) – Pro edition. It is one of the best and most awarded partition recovery software that can recover data from deleted or lost partitions as well. It is also one of the most preferred formatted data recovery software that has advanced inbuilt algorithms, which can restore data from formatted or re-formatted partitions or drives as well.