Many Windows XP users often encounter the situation where the operating system can not boot normally. However, many reasons contribute to this situation. Different measures are taken according to different reasons. When we start computer and it prompts that operating system can not be found, this situation may be caused by system partition loss. For the sake f convenience, many Windows XP users are still using FAT to manage operating system so as to facilitate debugging the system with DOS. For these users, what they should do is to recover FAT partition and the computer will boot normally.

Many users use data recovery software to recover lost data. Similarly, we can use partition recovery software to recover FAT partition. But there is a difference when we recover FAT partition. If the lost partition is non-system partition and the operating system can boot, we can use partition recovery software to recover FAT partition. Now, the operating system can not boot, so what should we do?

Booting computer without operating system by using WIN PE
Windows PE can solve our problem. Windows PE, short for Windows Preinstallation Environment, is the smallest Win 32 subsystem with limited server. It is based on Windows XP Professional kernel which has protecting mode and has basic functions including running Windows installation programs and scripts, linking network share, automating basic process and verifying hardware. As the smallest computer operating system, it is used to start computer without operating system and perform a series of computer management operations in Windows preinstallation environment. And the interface and operation of Windows PE is similar to that of Windows XP, so it is unnecessary to worry about that we may not recover FAT partition because of unfamiliarity.

To enter Windows PE, we only need an optical disk with Windows PE and set the first boot style as CD boot. Although Windows PE is the smallest operating system and has few functions, we can install software as in Windows XP. We can install partition recovery software and recover FAT partition after entering Windows PE. However, not all partition recovery software can be installed and run normally in Windows PE and not all can help users recover FAT partition successfully. After repeated tests, it proves that the professional partition recovery software MiniTool Partition Recovery runs perfectly in Windows PE. Therefore, MiniTool Partition Recovery is considered as the best choice to recover FAT partition.

Recover FAT partition with MiniTool Partition Recovery



MiniTool Partition Recovery is some free partition recovery software specially designed for Windows users. Seeing from the main interface of the partition recovery software, we can know that MiniTool Partition Recovery can help users recover deleted or lost partition in Windows. What's more, this partition recovery software supports various kinds of file systems like FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS in Windows operating systems. We only need to recover FAT partition with MiniTool Partition Recovery to make computer boot normally.

NOTE: Complicated operation is needed to recover FAT partition, but we only need to select the desirable options according to the detailed prompts in the software interface and click "Next". The detailed operation measures are provided on the official website http://www.minitool-partitionrecovery.com.

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