How to Restore Data from Corrupt BKF File?

The tool is designed just for restoring any lost documents from a .bkf file. It will help in extracting the entire files selectively stored within the system. The BKF file that are used by the operating systems which include a catalog of files that have been backed up with the function. These file can be corrupt due to any reason.

Most Common Reasons of Corrupt BKF File

There are many reasons of corrupt BKF file, like:

Virus or Bugs 

There is a general reason of any file corruption is system virus or bugs. A PC virus is highly capable of editing, overwriting, or deleting some part of the file. These virus or bug can be easily damages any software applications data files.

Abruptly System Shutdown

One of the most common reasons of data failure is suddenly shutting down of the computer. Usually a computer need some time to properly turned off. There are many processes run in the background all the time to handle the system as well as its files. If you shut down the computer suddenly or if it is happens due to the power outage then the files fails to be closed properly and may become corrupt or inaccessible.

Storage Media Failure

If you store BKF files on a local drive or any external storage media, the files are at high risk if the storage media fails or crashes. Any storage media, be it internal hard disk or external/removable disk, plays an important role since it stores your files.

Missing of Catalogue Files

Catalog files also plays important role of the stores data which you’ve backed up earlier. If any catalog file is misplaced from the BKF file due to any reason, this will make the file unusable and you can’t restore anything from it.

CRC Error

CRC (cyclic redundancy check) is an error-detecting code commonly used in digital networks and storage devices to detect the accidental changes made to the rare data. If you receive CRC error while opening a BKF file and/or restoring data from it, this means the BKF file has some serious issues or it’s corrupt. In such a condition, you just can’t restore anything from a corrupt BKF file.

How to repair bkf files by manual method:

• Fisrt of all download nt5backup.cab and open it. There are three files are in-built shows named as Ntbackup.exe, Ntmsapi.dll and Vssapi.dll.
• Now, right click on the EXE file and select ‘Run as Administrator’ (a message box will appear) and click OK.
• Follow the wizard to restore bkf file data.
• Select to the Restore files and click on the Next.
• Click the Advanced button.
  Under “Restore files to” drop-down, select Alternate location. indicate the destination path.
• Therefore select the restore options.
• Click Next and then click Finish

If the above process did not help you, Then you can download a Free Trial version of BKF Recovery Tool. This tool easily repair your corrupt bkf file and show you the preview of recover data in preview items. These all things happened in free trial version, if you are completely satisfied with the software then you need to purchase the license.