23rd November 2009
Computers in any company or organization are connected through a network, which enables you to copy, access or view the files present in other computers. But, sometimes,when you copy a large number of files over a network to a server, then the files may...
23rd November 2009
All metadata of files, directories and metafiles of an NTFS volume are stored in Master File Table (MFT). If MFT becomes corrupted due to media malfunction, virus infection or unexpected shutdown, all the data may render inaccessible. Since its only bac...
23rd November 2009
STOP error message occur when Windows encounters a problem from which it cannot recover. This causes the system to shutdown to prevent damage. Occurrence of the STOP error message is common during system shutdown. When a STOP error message appears on th...
18th November 2009
Multiprocessing in a computer system is done to to run more than one program at the same time. This enables you to get the maximum results out of your system in a shorter time. Although multiprocessors systems are well known for their reliability, but the...
18th November 2009
Hard disk partitioning is the practice of splitting the storage space into individual data areas, termed as partitions. The way access permission is implemented on these partitions is totally dependent on the type of file system installed. However, you ca...
29th October 2009
Retrieving lost data from failed, crashed or damaged hard drives (either logical or physical), is considered impossible task by some computer users, particularly for those who aren't well versed with intricacies of the hard drive and several other compute...
29th October 2009
In addition to partition table and bootstrap code, the MBR also contains a 32-bit value disk signature that uniquely identifies the disk medium. This is further followed by a 64-bit integer value structure, used to locate the byte offset location of the p...
29th October 2009
Hard drive is the most critical component of your computer system. It stores all of your valuable data and software. In some situations, your system could not recognize the hard drive, even if it spins. In such situations, you can not access data from the...
29th October 2009
Windows Server 2003 supports improved LDM code. It outperforms several I/O features of earlier Windows versions. But due to these changes, the backward compatibility with Windows NT fault-tolerant disk has been removed. Windows Server 2003 no longer suppo...
29th October 2009
Developed by Microsoft, Windows Vista is a line of operating systems widely used in personal computers, business computers, laptops, etc. At times, when you try to install or upgrade Windows Vista, you may encounter a few errors. This happens when Windo...
20th October 2009
Hard disk partitions are defined by a Partition Table, which is located in MBR (Master Boot Record). The table is examined for partition table entries to determine if the corresponding partition contains a valid file system that can be accessed or mount...
20th October 2009
The data loss or system failure has different meanings for different users. This depends on several factors like the type of your job, your designation, overall cost of rebuilding the data and the type of data. It could bring vast damages to software deve...
12th October 2009
On a Windows installed computer system with SCSI drive being used as the boot drive and no SCSI adapter BIOS enabled, NTLDR will access NTBOOTDD.SYS file for initial boot to communicate with the controller. The file is basically a SCSI miniport device dri...
06th October 2009
When you start a Windows based computer system, it enforces EULA and other license agreements check through WPA (Windows Product Activation). If the process fails, the result could be a completely inaccessible system that cannot boot. Such errors might co...
22nd September 2009
In a computer system, the disk controller is a critical component that allows your system to communicate with the hard drive. Modern hard drives include inbuilt disk controllers. There are sever disk controller standards available in the market, which inc...
