A Windows based system might fail to start for variety of reasons, which include system misconfiguration, corrupt or missing system or boot files, bad drivers and many others. The underlying issue can be interpreted if the system is giving an error message. However, the common outcome of all such problems is data inaccessibility. You might require to restore this data from backup if none of the troubleshooting tips works. But if no valid backup is available, you need to use a powerful data recovery utility that could scan the media to locate the missing information.
To illustrate , consider that you use a Windows based computer system. You start the system, but it fails to boot and gives the similar error message, as below:
“Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.”
The error further asks you to check Windows documentation and hardware reference manuals for more information.
Cause
The prime cause of this error to occur is that Boot.ini file is damaged, missing or needs updating. Boot.ini is the file used by Windows to determine boot options required to be displayed at boot up.
Solution
To isolate the above system behavior, you need to apply these measures:
*Edit the boot.ini file and make appropriate corrections in its Default entry. Make sure that all other Operating Systems' section entries point to correct directories.
*Use Windows Recovery Console to execute bootcfg /rebuild to rebuild the missing or corrupted Boot.ini file. To do so, start the computer using Windows installation disk and press 'R' to start Recovery Console. After this, you need to select the target Windows installation and execute the command.
*If you still cannot resolve the existing issue, reformat the disk and reinstall Windows. Use your last taken good backup to restore lost data. If it is currently absent, use an efficient data recovery software to extract data.
Data Recovery Tools are special-purposed tools designed to employ high-end data searching algorithms. These are perfect partition recovery applications that provide you graphically rich user interface, advanced recovery options and several features to aid systematic recovery.
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