How to Fix “Unrecognized Media: The backup file is unusable...” Error

An up-to-date and handy backup allows you to surmount any physical or logical Windows hard drive corruption situation. That is why, Microsoft has embedded a backup utility viz., MS Backup (NTBackup.exe)) in Windows NT operating system that allows a user to create backup of vital data, such as, system state data, images, music, documents, and registry settings. The backup is saved in .bkf file, which can be either be saved on the network or on the other storage media. Like any other file, this file is equally vulnerable to corruption or damage. In most scenarios of .bkf file damage, the user receives an error message when s/he tries to access the file, which makes the file unreadable. In such cases, the user needs to restore file from another backup or use effective repair BKF file solutions to repair corrupt file.

To explain the above case, consider, you receive the below error message when you try to access a BKF file:

“Unrecognized Media: The backup file is unusable. You must erase it, or choose another file”
As the error message states, the file is unusable and the data saved in it can not be accessed. The error message occurs every time you access the BKF file.

Cause:
The above error message appears when your BKF file is corrupt/damaged. Few main causes for BKF file damage are power failure, virus infection, and operating system damage.

Resolution:
To fix the above error message and to access the BKF file, you will need to:

• Restore the BKF file from another computer or storage media.
• However, if no backup of the BKF file is available, then you will need to repair the BKF file using the BKF repair software.

An MS Backup Recovery software employs powerful repair methods to repair the file and restore it at required location. The user can preview the repairable file before saving. The repair tool comes with a self-descriptive user-interface that makes it easy to understand even without any file repair experience.