The Windows Registry is one of the most important parts of the Microsoft Windows operating system. It is a database, which stores all the configuration options and settings of Windows. The registry also contains settings for low-level operating system components and applications running on the Windows platform, such as services, device drivers, kernel, user interface, SAM, and third-party software. Should this hierarchical database become corrupted, your system may not boot and you may not be able to access the Windows partitions on the disk. This behavior of Windows operating system leads to loss of critical partition. To recover lost partitions in such cases, you should go for Windows partition recovery.
Consider, one fine day, when you start your Windows-based computer and are met with the following stop error message:
Stop 0xc0000218 (0xe11a30e8, 0x00000000, 0x000000000,0x00000000)UNKNOWN_HARD_ERROR
Prayed
Stop: 0xc0000218 {Log File Error}
The registry cannot load hive (file):SystemRootSystem32ConfigSYSTEM or its registry or alternative. It is corrupted, missing, or unchangeable.
After the above error, the system boot process fails. In order to solve this problem, you need to find out the real cause of this problem and perform partition recovery by solving it.
Fundamentals of the question
The above behavior occurs if the required registry hives cannot be loaded into memory. You may face this issue if the file is missing or corrupted. Registry files can get corrupted due to virus infection, hard drive corruption, file system errors, improper system shutdown, and other similar reasons.
How to fix registry corruption?
Run the ‘chkdsk /p’ command on your hard drive using Recovery Console. After completing the disk check, reboot the system.
When the operating system loads, press the space key when the ‘Load Last Known Good’ message is displayed. Perform a parallel installation and restore the corrupted registry files from the backup. If the above methods can’t help you solve the problem, you need to format your hard drive and reinstall Windows OS. But, formatting hard drive removes all partitions and stored data.
In such cases, Partition Recovery Software becomes the need of the hour.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most comprehensive utility to ensure perfect recovery of lost Windows partitions. The application uses advanced scanning techniques to perform an in-depth scan of the entire hard drive to extract all the lost partitions. You can recover partition in a safe and easy way. The software has an interactive design and read-only behavior. It supports recovery of Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP and 2000 operating systems, and recovers data from FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system partitions.