Partition recovery software available if file or directory cannot be read

The file system of our computer is intended to store and manage data on storage media. As all the information to access the data on the media is in the file system, any instance of file system corruption / damage results in the loss or inaccessibility of the problematic partitions or volumes of the storage media. On the part of normal users and even sometimes experienced users, file system corruption leading to lost or inaccessible partitions is very critical to handle. In such cases, any partition recovery software can be of great help in getting your valuable data back.

Among many cases of file system corruption, during the operation of opening, deleting or renaming a file using file manager or command prompt, an error message flashes on the screen leading to complete inaccessibility of the data. The error message that one may encounter can be any of the following:

<drive>: <folder> It is not accessible.

GOLD

The file or directory is corrupted and cannot be read.

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The file or directory <folder> it is corrupt and unreadable.

Run the Chkdsk utility.

Cause:

The possible reason behind the above error messages may be corruption / damage to the file allocation table or the file system index.

Resolution:

Use ‘chkdsk’ command line utility to repair damaged / corrupted file allocation table and file system index. The following steps can guide you through:

-Go to the ‘START’ button and then click the ‘RUN’ button.

-On the command line, type &#8216;chkdsk / f <drive no> and click the &#8216;OK&#8217; button.

Note: In the previous step, the <drive no> represents the unit with problems. For a large volume or the entire hard drive, the &#8216;chkdsk&#8217; repair process can take from several minutes to hours.

Sometimes if the drive or disk is badly damaged, chkdsk quits without doing anything. In such a case, you must run chkdsk with the ‘/ f’ option. However, this option can cause data loss, and if you don’t have a valid backup, only partition recovery can help you recover your data from problem partitions.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is an efficient and reliable partition recovery utility to get back all your lost, deleted, formatted or inaccessible data from problem drive regardless of data loss situation. The software is capable of recovering your data from any volume based on FAT, NTFS, NTFS5 and VFAT file systems. In addition, this powerful partition recovery software provides instructions for every step of the operation and is immensely easy to use even for users who are not very technical.