Need a Data Recovery? - Follow the simple steps below!
Send your Hard Disk to Salvation Data, 105 Upper Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT10 0LG
Send us your Hard Drive. Make sure to include your name and address inside package.
We will Recover your Data from your PC or Mac Hard Disk for 249.99+vat within 24-72 Hours not Weeks! We offer the best value service within UK.
You verify the data via email or telephone.
We will let you decide what method you want the data backed up.
We dispatch data to you on a next day service
Our Address: Salvation Data 105 Upper Lisburn Road, Belfast BT10 0LG Email us 24x 7 at sales@salvationdata.co.uk
Hard Drive Recovery After Repairing, Upgrading or Reinstalling Windows XP
- by Garry Thomson
You might lose all of your valuable data, which is stored in All Users folder and settings and default program template that are stored in Default User folder after reinstalling, upgrading or repairing Microsoft Windows XP. You might be missing all documents, music files, pictures that are stored in Shared Documents folder, Startup group items and Start menu shortcuts. This behavior of Microsoft Windows cause critical data loss and need hard drive recovery to retrieve your lost data.
This issue could take place after you carry out any of the below actions on your computer, which has MS Windows XP installed by the computer manufacturer (also called OEM or Original Equipment Manufacturer):
1. You reinstall Microsoft Windows XP on same folder by selecting Upgrade (Recommended) after running Winnt32.exe, or though Install Windows XP link on "Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP" screen, which appears when Windows XP CD. It is also called in-place upgrade.
2. You repair MS Windows XP by booting your system from XP installation CD and pressing Enter key to set up XP and then press R key to repair selected installation.
3. You upgrade Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Professional.
Root of the problem
This issue takes place if Undo_guimode.txt file is there in your Windows\System32 folder on Windows hard drive when you carry out any of above actions on your system that has Microsoft Windows XP pre-installed. Such situations cause data loss and need hard drive data recovery to retrieve lost data.
Solution
In order to prevent this problem from occurring, you need to perform any of the following operations before you proceed for repair, upgrade or reinstallation:
1. Install latest service pack of Microsoft Windows XP.
2. If you're prompted by the Setup to update setup files, click Yes, download the updated Setup files (Recommended), click Next button. The option is not available when you repair Windows XP by booting your system from XP boot CD and pressing Enter key to set up.
3. Manually remove Undo_guimode.txt file from Windows\System32 folder prior to perform any of the above actions.
If data loss situations occur, you need Hard Drive Recovery software to get your valuable data back. The applications methodically scan entire hard drive and recover all lost data from it. The Hard Drive Data Recovery tools are completely safe and easy to use.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most advanced and widely used application to retrieve lost files from Windows hard drive. It recovers data from all FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system partitions. The software is designed for MS Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP and 2000.
About the Author
Garry Thomson is a B-Tech student and is doing research on how does a hard drive recovery software works to recover hard drive files in different operating systems .
