Fixing damaged file system – file system is damaged error



Windows 7 operating system uses NTFS (New Technology File System) for storage and management of data and files in the hard drive. NTFS file system though is efficient and reliable may get corrupted on account of problems arising due to virus infection, improper system shutdown or improperly working operating system, damaged file system and so on. In cases of file system damage, error messages are shown at the time of system startup which prevents accessing drive and therefore its data. In any such situation, to fix damaged file system and access data running CHKDSK utility is essential.

 

Besides that there are number of situations in which, even after using CHKDSK file system remain corrupt and non functional, which ultimately arises data loss situation, which can be efficiently tacked provided a backup is available and other cases are to be dealt with the help of recovery application.

 



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In a particular instance, user gets the following error at the time of starting windows 7 – “Action carried out: CHKDSK Status: Error: File System is damaged. Start:9/9/2010 .. And other information regarding total space, used and free space, clusters, sectors and bytes.

 

On appearance of the message booting process is halted in between, rendering data inaccessible. Appearance of error message indicates that CHKDSK utility is unable to repair the “file system is damaged’ error.

 

As stated in the message, the error occurs because of corruption of file system which does not allow system to work accordingly. So to repair damaged file system, operating system has to be reinstalled and then windows 7 lost folder recovery done by scanning the drive by employing high end scanning mechanism of windows recovery software. Moreover it supports recovery of all lost, deleted, formatted hard drives with ease and efficiency. It uses high end algorithm and is equipped with a user friendly interface. Also it is compatible with windows vista, XP, 2000 and VFAT, NTFS & FAT volumes along with windows 7.

 



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