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Maintaining backups of all files and folders stored on a system??™s hard disk are always a good practice since they help in restoring data in case of a disaster. Some versions of Windows OS offer users the facility to create backups of their data files. The backup utility wizard (NTbackup.exe) that comes pre-installed with Windows NT, 2000, 20002, 2003, XP, Vista and 7 is used to create BKF files with the extension backup.bkf. These BKF files help users to restore their damaged or lost files and folders, even those which were deleted a long time back. However, one problem with the Windows backup utility is that the new versions are not backward compatible. This means, backup files created using earlier versions of Windows backup utility cannot be used to restore data files in a system installed with the latest Windows OS. Furthermore, backup.bkf files themselves are prone to corruption and since these are not secured by Windows ???System Restore??? function, users are at a risk of losing their backups. To counter all these problems, third party backup.bkf recovery tools are used. Kernel for BKF is an excellent example of such a software tool, which can be used to recover backup.bkf files created using any version of Windows OS. Not only can this software restore backup files created using NTbackup.exe but also those created using Backup Exec of VERITAS software. With the help of quick data recovery algorithms, this third party software can restore maximum number of backup.bkf files from the archives. Once the BKF files are recovered, users are able to utilize them to restore other system data files. Therefore, in order to restore backup.bkf files, third party software are the best bet.
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