Invalid Data Stream causing BKF corruption

NTBackup is an in-built utility available in Windows that enables you to backup all your files, folders, etc.  The backed up data can be stored on any external storage medium such as  CD, DVD, Floppy, etc. You can restore the data from this utility after data loss occurs. But, at times some situations arise when this tool comes across an invalid data stream, which becomes the cause of BKF corruption. As a result, you fail to restore the data from this utility. In such situations, it is recommended to use an effective BKF repair software to retrieve your data from the corrupted BKF file.

For instance – Sometimes, while trying to restore the data from a .bkf file using Ntbackup.exe tool, you encounter the following error message:

“Unable to restore”

After this error message, the restoration process gets discarded or terminated. Consequently, the data present in the .bkf file becomes inaccessible resulting in critical data loss scenario.

Cause:

The problem mainly occurs when Ntbackup.exe encounters an invalid or unknown data stream. The unknown data stream may be the result of a third-party .bkf file containing data streams with Stream ID’s, which are unknown for Ntbackup.exe tool. The Ntbackup.exe tool fails to skip the invalid data stream, due to which the restoration process stops and an error message appears.

Resolution:

You can resolve the problem by obtaining the latest service pack for Windows 2000. But, in some cases, the problem does not get resolved even after obtaining the service pack. In such situations, you need to repair BKF completely to retrieve all the information or data from the corrupted BKF file. To do so, a third-party application known as BKF Repair software will enable you to effectively recover your data from the corrupted or damaged BKF file. These applications employ highly sophisticated methods to extract the data from the BKF file. Furnished with interactive graphical user interface, these tools are user-friendly and self-explanatory without any prior technical understanding.

Resolving “There is no information contained in the file.” BKF Error Message

As known to almost all computer users, NTBackup is an inbuilt utility in Windows that can be used to backup your data. It uses a proprietary BKF file format to create a bcakup. But, sometimes, this tool may seem useless if it fails to restore the data from the BKF file. The reason behind this could be corruption of BKF file, which occurs due to improper system shutdown, virus, power failure, etc.  In these situations, the files present in the BKF file cannot be accessed, which further causes severe loss to your work. In such scenarios, it is recommended to use an effective third-party application to repair BKF file.

For instance – Sometimes, When you try to view the BKF file by double clicking on it, the following error message appears:

“There is no information contained in the file.”

After this error message flashes, the BKF file becomes inaccessible and fails to restore using NTBackup tool. Also, you encounter the same error message each time you try to restore the data from the BKF file.

Cause:

  • The error message may also occur when after creating a backup file  you install MS Windows operating system with a different product key. Due to a different product key, the registry settings of the file may change, causing inaccessibility of BKF file.
  • The above mentioned error message appears when the BKF file is corrupt or damaged. Corruption of BKF file may occur due to virus, operating system malfunctioning, missing catalog file, simultaneous execution of Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) during backup creation, etc.

Resolution:

To resolve the issue and to make the BKF file accessible, you need to repair the corrupted or damaged BKF file using a high-quality third-party tool, known as BKF repair tool. This tool Repair BKF File completely by employing highly influential scanning algorithms. Being non-destructive in nature, the application retrieves your data accurately without altering the contents of the file. Such utilities are designed by qualified and proficient experts who furnish these applications with interactive graphical user interface, making them easy to use and understand.

Stellar Phoenix BKF Recovery is an advanced software that completely repairs and restores the corrupted or damaged BKF file in all instances of corruption. The BKF repair tool is supports BKF files created with Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 backup utilities and even repairs files created with Backup Exec     by VERITAS software. The read-only tool is found to be compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000 operating systems.

Invalid Data Streams May Corrupt BKF File

NTBackup is an in-built backup tool in Microsoft Windows NT based operating systems. It is used to backup all your critical business and personal data. The data backed up by NTBackup tool is stored in the form of Microsoft BacKup File (BKF) file. To restore data from BKF file, you need to use NTBackup tool.

Sometimes when you try to restore data using NTBackup tool, the restoration process may fail and the BKF file can become unusable. This problem occurs due to BKF corruption and you need to opt for BKF Recovery tools to reclaim your vital data.

When you attempt to restore your precious data from the BKF file using NTBackup tool, you might encounter the below mentioned error message:

“Unable to Restore”

With the occurrence of this error message, the NTBackup utility stops working and the restoration process gets terminated. This behavior of NTBackup tool makes the data backup unusable and causes critical data loss. At this point of time, you need to figure out the cause of this issue and Repair BKF File.

Source of this problem
You may encounter this problem when NTBackup utility finds any unknown data stream in the BKF file.

The unknown data stream of BKF file may be caused by third party BKF file that stores the data streams with the Stream IDs, which are not known by the NTBackup tool.

In place of neglecting the invalid data stream and carrying on with the restoration process, NTBackup becomes incapable of restoring the data and displays the above error message.

Invalid data streams might damage the BKF file when you try to restore it again and again. After BKF file corruption, NTBackup utility could not recognize the file and thus the restore process fails.
Resolution
In order to resolve this problem, you need to repair and restore the damaged BKF file. It can easily be performed using third party bkf repair tools. These software are designed to effectively scan the whole BKF file and extract all data from it.

These software incorporate efficient scanning algorithms to completely repair and restore the damaged file to achieve optimum bkf recovery. With interactive and graphical user interface, these software serve the repair purpose in a user-friendly way.

Stellar Phoenix BKF Recovery is the most comprehensive BKF Repair tool to revamp damaged BKF files. It supports BKF files created with Windows XP, 2003 and 2000. This software is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000. It can also repairs BKF files created with Backup Exec utility by VERITAS software.

Backup file fails to Restore

NTBackup tool provided in Windows NT based operating systems (Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000) enables you to create a Microsoft Backup File (BKF) for your critical data. You can easily restore your lost data from BKF file in case of any data loss. However, restoring the BKF file on a domain controller might result in an error message. A domain controller is a server that has Active Directory service installed and runs a version of Windows Server 2008, 2003, 2000 or NT Server operating system. The BKF restoration primarily fails due to BKF file corruption. In such situations, you need to repair your corrupted BKF file by using advanced bkf repair tools.

As a practical scenario, when you attempt to restore backup from a BKF file on the domain controller running Windows Server 2003, you encounter the below error message:
“Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: “bkup_file.bkf created MM/DD/YYYY at HH:MM AM|PM”
NTDS has reported a VSS error 0×800423f0…”
The restoration process halts after the above error message appears.

Cause

The restoration in Windows Server 2003 works only when the operating system, the log files and the database either are all on same disk volume or all are on different storage drives. However, the above issue mainly occurs when one volume (Log or DIT) is on the system drive. It results into BKF file corruption and thus the restoration fails.

Resolution

The BKF file could not be restored after the occurrence of the above error message. To resolve the above error and access the data saved in corrupted BKF file, you will need to repair it by using powerful MS Backup Recovery tools. Such MS Backup Recovery utilities use high end scanning algorithms for scanning and repairing corrupted BKF files. These BKF repair tools extract and reinstate all the required information from a corrupted BKF file of any size. Such BKF repair tools serve as easy to understand applications with largely graphical and user-friendly interface. These repair utilities also provide you an alternative to save your repaired BKF files at default or user specified location.

Stellar Phoenix BKF Recovery is the most powerful repair bkf tool. This Microsoft Backup File Repair supports BKF files created with Windows XP, 2003 and 2000 NTBackup utilities. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000. It also repairs and restores BKF files created with Backup Exec utility by VERITAS software.

“No information contained…” Error Message while opening a Backup file

You might come across an error message when you attempt to open your Microsoft Backup File (BKF) by using NTBackup utility. The most important reason for the occurrence of the error message can be corruption or damage of BKF file. After the BKF file gets corrupted, you cannot use it to restore data using NTBackup utility. The BKF file becomes inaccessible and can not be used for any usual operation. In such situations, the best solution is to restore your files from an updated data backup. But, if you have not created any such backup or it fails to restore the required data, then you need to repair the corrupted BKF file by using bkf repair tools.

As a practical instance, when you attempt to use the BKF file to restore data, you might encounter the below error message:

“There is no information contained in the file…”

After the above error message appears, NTBackup utility is unable to extract any information from the BKF file. Furthermore, you might encounter the above error message each time you attempt to open the BKF file.

Cause

The root cause for the occurrence of above error message is BKF file corruption. BKF file corruption can occur due to improper system shutdown, installation of service packs, operating system malfunctioning, concurrent execution of BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) while creating backup, malicious software like virus and more.
The above error message can also occur if you have created a BKF file and then installed Windows operating system with a different product key.

Resolution

To troubleshoot and resolve the above problem, you will need to repair the BKF file by using advanced Microsoft Backup File Repair tools. Such Microsoft Backup File Repair tools incorporate high end scanning methods for scanning and repairing corrupted BKF files.

These BKF repair tools extract and reinstate all the required information from a corrupted BKF file of any size. Such BKF repair tools provide highly interactive user interface that makes them self-explanatory without prior technical skills. These repair tools also provide you an alternative to save your repaired BKF files to a user specified location.

Stellar Phoenix BKF Recovery is the most powerful repair bkf tool. It supports repair and restoration of BKF files created with NTBackup utilities of Windows XP, 2003 and 2000. This MS Back Recovery tool is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000. It also repairs BKF files created with Backup Exec utility by VERITAS software.

Rectifying Error Message “Unrecognized Media…”

Restoring data from your latest backup enables you to recover from every kind of logical or physical data loss scenarios. The most effective way to create Microsoft Backup File (BKF) in Windows NT based operating systems (Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000) is by using an inbuilt utility named as NTBackup. BKF file corruption primarily occurs due to operating system corruption, software bugs, malicious software as virus and more. After the BKF file is corrupted, the data saved in it becomes inaccessible. To restore the inaccessible data, you need to use an updated backup. However, if the backup does not exist or it is not up-to-date, then you need to recover the corrupted BKF file by using advanced bkf repair software.

As a practical instance, when you attempt to open or edit a BKF file, you may receive the below error message:

“[Unrecognized Media]
The backup file is unusable. You must erase it, or choose another file.”

The data stored in the BKF file becomes inaccessible once the above error message appears. Additionally, you encounter the same error message each time you attempt to open the BKF file.

Cause

The BKF file has been corrupted or damaged. To prevent the occurrence of the above error message, you need to use ‘Verify Data After Backup’ advanced option each time you create a new backup. This option allows you to maintain the integrity and completeness of BKF files.


Resolution

The BKF file can not be used to restore data after the error message. You will need to choose another BKF file to restore your data. To resolve the above error and access the data saved in corrupted BKF file, you will need to repair it by using powerful Microsoft Backup File Repair utility. Such BKF Repair utilities use high end scanning algorithms for scanning and repairing corrupted BKF files.

These BKF repair tools extract and reinstate all the required information from a corrupted BKF file of any size. Such BKF repair tools serve as self-explanatory applications with highly interactive user interface. These repair tools also provide you an option to store your repaired BKF files at default or user specified location.

Stellar Phoenix BKF Recovery is the foremost repair bkf tool. This MS Backup Recovery is compatible with BKF files created with Windows XP, 2003 and 2000 NTBackup utilities. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000. It also repairs and restores BKF files created with Backup Exec utility by VERITAS software.