Tuesday, June 8, 2010

File Header Corruption Prevents you From Restoring BKF File

Microsoft Windows Operating system enables you to create backup of your valuable files to prevent data loss situations. MS Windows XP and earlier versions include NTBackup.exe utility backup your data from Windows hard drive and store it to desired location. In case system failure occurs, you can restore data from backup file easily. The backup is stored in the form of BKF file. However, in some situations, the BKF file gets damaged and you can not access its contents. In such cases, it becomes essential to repair BKF file to extract data out of it.

In a practical scenario of this problem, you may come across the below error messages when you try to restore your backup, irrespective of the partition type, either system/boot partition or non-system partition:

Type: Warning
Date and time: 12/6/2009 10:27:27 PM
Backup plan: Backup 12/6/2009 10:26:01 PM
Task: Simple backup task
Code: 10,551,337(0xA10029)
Module: 161
Owner: xxxxxxx
Message:
The header of the backup file is corrupt.
Additional info:

Error code: 41
Module: 161
LineInfo: 6b233907fd5acd9c
Fields: Volume : FAAA1.TIB, $module : C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\DiskBundle.dll
Message: The header of the backup file is corrupt.
After the above errors, the restore process gets interrupted. In order to resume the restore process, you need to find out the cause of this behavior and repair BKF by resolving it.

Cause
As stated in the above error messages, this problem occurs due to corrupt header of the backup file. Header is the most important component of every file. It contains significant file information, such as file type, file size, file location, and more. The problem can also occur due blocked access of backup file.

Resolution
In order to verify the file header corruption, you should validate the backup file. On the other hand, if blocked access is causing this problem, copy the file to another location and try restoring it.
If both of the above methods does not work, BKF recovery is the only way to go.
You can easily repair and restore damaged BKF file using third-party BKF repair tool. The applications help you to restore the file in a safe and easy way.

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