NTFS (New Technology File System), which is successor of FAT file system, supports journaling and it is considered more reliable and fast as compared to its predecessor FAT file system. It is an advanced file system that provides unmatched safety, data access power and performance. It is the standard file system is various versions of Windows operating system including Windows Vista, XP and 2003. Like all other computer file systems, NTFS is also made up of several files and objects. Among all, Ntfs.sys is the most important file system NTFS file system. In case if this file gets damaged, you might come across critical data loss situations and require hard drive recovery to be sorted out.
Ntfs.sys is the main driver file of NTFS file system, which is located in C:\Windows\System32\drivers folder. This file allows your system to read and write data from/to Windows hard drive partitions, formatted using NTFS file system. When any problem occurs with this file, you face partition inaccessibility issues and data loss.
In a number of situations, it has been observed that when you boot your Windows based computer that is installed on NTFS formatted hard drive, you might encounter a STOP error with 0×0000000A code in Ntfs.sys file. Such errors usually indicate that the operating system has encounter some obstructions during normal operating system because of any internal reason.
Grounds of the issue
The above stop error is generally reported by NTFS file system when it tries to mount a hard drive partition and fails in the trails. The cause of this problem could be damage to either MFT or boot sector. Corruption might occur due to improper system shutdown, virus infection, user mistakes and other such cases.
Resolution
In order to perform Hard Drive Recovery by resolving this problem, you are required to recognize the problematic partition and then prevent its mounting. When systems boots after disabling partitions, apply particular fix to resolve the problem.
In case if the system does not boot with either of the partition, system can not be accessed and require Hard Drive Recovery Software to be fixed. These applications occupy high-end scanning techniques for in-depth scanning of affected hard drive and retrieve all data from it. These Hard Drive Recovery applications are quite easy and safe to use.
Stellar Phoenix windows hard drive recovery software is the most efficient tool to recover lost data from Windows hard drive. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 RC1, Vista, 2003, XP and 2000. Stellar also provides data recovery software for Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX and Novell operating systems.