Windows is most commonly used operating system among millions of users around the globe. Due to its simple and wide range of features, it has become the most popular and reliable operating system in terms of usability, performance, security features, improved memory and several other beneficial factors. The interactive user interface and multitasking capability have been incorporated in Windows to provide better user experience. However, Windows is not an exception and like other software, it is also prone to corruption and sometimes gets corrupted causing a chaotic situation to the users. Due to several reasons, the Windows may get corrupted and the users may encounter several error messages. Virus attack, software malfunction, file system damage, boot sector corruption etc can be the prominent causes of corruption in Windows. The consequence of corruption may result in making the system unbootable which further leads to making all the valuable data inaccessible. The users face tremendous problem while accessing data in a corrupt Windows operating system.

The corruption in Windows affects the performance and speed of the operating system. Sometimes, it may happen that your system suddenly stops working or may not provide proper result within time. The system may become unresponsive when you try to get data from the system. After starting your Windows operating system, you may instantly face terrifying Blue Screen of Death immediately in the beginning. This kind of error may also occur while installing or upgrading your system. The probable reasons for the occurrence of this type of error are hard disk corruption, damaged hardware, incompatible system BIOS, power failure, incomplete installation of hardware or software.

For example, when you try to open corrupted Windows XP, you may receive the following error messages displaying on screen.

1."STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x804E518E, 0xFC938104, 0xFC937E04)

2.SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

3.WUSB54GCx86.sys- Address 92D89498 base at 92D7c000, Datestamp 45c04cc9"

The possible reasons behind these errors are as follows:

1.This error may occur if there is not enough hard disk space on your computer to run Windows XP.

2.The system BIOS needs to be updated for running Windows XP.

3.The video adapter may not be in sync with Windows XP.

4.A damaged system or device driver.

5.Corruption in Win32k.sys file.

The system may get hanged or become completely unbootable after encountering the aforementioned errors. You may lose all the data and information that were previously stored on your hard disk as a consequence of the operating system corruption. To perform Windows data recovery, there are some manual procedures that may somehow help in gaining the data but fail to treat severe corruption issues. For those, you have to use some commercial third party data recovery tools.

The Kernel for Windows Data Recovery is the excellent utility that successfully recovers all data lost due to accidental or intentional formatting of hard disk. It is capable of recovering data lost due to damage or deletion of the Windows partitions. This sophisticated tool can handle corruption issues in both FAT and NTFS partition systems. Enabled with efficient scanning modes, this tool extensively searches all files and folders and displays the preview of the selected files. You can try the free evaluation copy of this software by simply downloading it from net.