Files on a computer partition can be damaged or lost through several ways. As usual improper startup or shutdown of your computer is always the greatest cause of file damage and loss. Another very common cause of loss of partition information is accidental reformatting. In truth Windows will often prompt you to reformat a partition or digital storage device that is connected to your computer. This prompt occurs simply because Windows did not properly recognize that device.

Yet if you follow the prompt’s advice you will effectively delete all of the files stored on your partition or other digital media. This results in the need to recover formatted partition data. When attempting to recover lost partitions Windows users must remember that the program they choose should support the partition file system used on their PC. These can be divided into the FAT and NTFS systems. Most Windows based PCs built within the last seven or eight years use the NTFS system.