Wednesday 13 August 2014

Keyboard ShortCut to Hide/Unhide Rows & Columns in Excel

Excel: Keyboard shortcut to hide rows or columns

Ctrl + 9 : Hide the selected rows

Ctrl + 0 : Hide the selected columns

Excel: Keyboard shortcut to Unhide hidden rows or columns

Ctrl + Shift + 9 : Unhide any hidden rows within the selection

Ctrl + Shift + 0 : Unhide any hidden columns within the selection

Saturday 24 May 2014

Google Panda 4.0 is Officially Released

Panda 4.0 has been officially released and is rolling over as Matt Cutts confirmed it with his tweet.

They have released a new algorithm update also to their Payday Loan Algorithm update. This algorithm specifically targets “very spammy queries” and is unrelated to the Panda or Penguin algorithms.

Sunday 18 May 2014

How to Protect All Of Your Business Google Apps Data Through Backup

Google that is serving different needs of internet users for a long time with emailing facility via Gmail also introduced some Apps to offer more ease so one can easily perform different tasks over Google. With such apps users can manage quick sharing and usability of emails, calendars, docs, groups, sites and other important things. With ease of quick connectivity from anywhere a team working on Google Apps can flawlessly work towards completion of their tasks. Email accounts created with Google Apps consume lot of memory space for which users need to pay and if in any case the Google account is in unused mode then, better to remove that account. Such conditions come to companies and organizations.

The other concern that lets the users delete or backup data from Google account is protection of data from unauthenticated users. At times, query like how to protect all of your business Google Apps data roams around. In such scenes, users can take back-up of their Google Apps account data into a very common file format that will be accessible into distinct editions of highly used email client for desktop users. And deletion of data from Google account after backing up the data will be a good idea if you want to follow the way with which you can save the storage area also when desired information is backed up.

Protection Of Google Apps Data Through Backup Into PST

MS Outlook, that is playing role of email client for thousands of peoples access the emails, tasks, calendars, contacts etc into PST file format and this information will be accessible when user is not connected to internet . E-mail data of Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail emailing applications can easily synced into MS Outlook. And once the Gmail data gets downloaded into Outlook and stored into PST, it will become accessible over all the editions of MS Outlook running on Windows.
The same concept when followed for backing up Google Apps details into PST file format then, protection as well as local access of emails along other details will be increased. And when it is all about to keep emails without altering basic properties including data shift for documents in same file format then, this practice will be beneficiary for all.

Shift Google Backup Data For Your Ease
Google Apps data when can easily performed into latest file formats like PST, MSG, EML, and MBOX. Once the backup is taken, details and data can easily eliminate from existing Google Apps account without altering and damaging other information. All such facilities are available with Google Backup tool that also assists to backup documents of Google account into distinct file format.

Monday 5 May 2014

How to Import CSV/VCF Contacts to iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5 for Free

There can be several ways to import contacts from CSV/VCF files to iPhone. First, while searching on internet you can find different third-party software which allows to import contacts in iPhone but they may charge you more then the expectation; hence I would like to provide you free manual process to import CSV/vCard contacts to iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5.

I am providing you 5 methods to import contacts in iPhone from CSV/VCF.

1. Mail your contacts i.e. CSV/VCF file to your iPhone

This method can be implemented in cases when you have small sized CSV/vCard contacts. It can be the easiest process to import contacts to your iPhone.
Step 1: Compose mail with CSV/VCF file as an attachment & send it to your email address
Step 2: Open mail with your iPhone & click on attachment
Step 3: iPhone will prompt to add to add contact to your iPhone, click & follow the guidelines & process, you will find your contacts added to your iPhone contact list

2. Import CSV/VCF to Gmail and sync Gmail contacts to iPhone

Step 1: Open your Gmail account with your email address & password, Click "Gmail" from the left top & select "Contacts". Now, click "More" & select "Import" from the drop-down list


Step 2: A new pop-up window will open, click "Choose File" & browse for CSV/VCF file location, select the file & click "Open"


Step 3: Click "Import" to add VCF/CSF file to Gmail contacts
Step 4: Launch iTunes on your PC & connect your PC with iPhone via USB data cable
Step 5: Open the summary page by tapping "Devices" on your iPhone in the left sidebar of iTunes
Step 6: Go to "Info" tab on right -> Click "Sync Contacts with" checkbox -> select "Google Contacts" in the drop-down list & click "Sync" or "Apply" from the bottom-right corner


3. Import CSV/VCF into Outlook and sync Outlook contacts with iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5 

Step 1: Open Outlook on your PC, go to File menu, select Open -> Import -> Import from another program or file -> Next


Step 2: A new “Import a File” window will open, select “Comma Separated Values (Windows)” or VCF file, then click “Next


Step 3: Click “Browse” and import CSV/VCF file from your computer, click “Next” and then click “Finish” to import contacts from computer to Outlook Contacts folder


Step 4: Run iTunes on your PC & connect your PC with iPhone via USB data cable
Step 5: Tap on your iPhone under “Devices” entry on the left sidebar of iTunes to show the Summary page and click "info" tab -> contacts ->  sync contacts with, select Outlook & click all contacts, after that click "apply" from the bottom-right and then and "Start" the process to sync Outlook contacts to iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5



4. Directly Import VCF File contacts to iCloud

Step 1: Turn on contacts option of iCloud on your iPhone by checking settings -> iCloud -> turn "contacts" on
Step 2: Open https://www.icloud.com on your PC & log-in with your apple ID & password to your iCloud account
Step 3: Click "setting" from the left corner & select "Import vCard"


Step 4: Browse & select VCF file from your PC & click "Open", contacts from vCard will automatically add to your iCloud contacts list and you can find the contacts into your iPhone 3GS/4/4S/5 address book

5. Import CSV/VCF to Windows contacts and sync contacts to iPhone

Step 1: Open "Run" window on your computer & type "wab" & click "ok"


Step 2: Click "Import" to open "Import Windows Contacts" pop-up window, select "CSV (Comma Separated Value)" or "vCard (VCF file)" & click "Import"
Step 3: Browse and select CSV/VCF file & click "Next" after that you can "Map the Fields you wish to Import" and click "Finish"
Step 4: Launch iTunes on your PC -> connect your iPhone & computer with USB data cable
Step 5: Tap on your iPhone under “Devices” entry on the left sidebar of iTunes to show the Summary page and click "info" tab -> contacts ->  sync contacts with, select "Windows contacts" & click "apply" and "sync" on right corner


Saturday 3 May 2014

How to Create New Outlook PST Data File to Move or Copy Items to It


1. Go to File -> New -> Outlook Data File

2. Click OK to created MS Outlook PST File

-> To create a Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders file (.pst) that offers greater storage capacity for items and folders and supports multilingual Unicode data, click OK.

-> For compatibility with earlier versions of Outlook, under Types of storage, click Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst), and then click OK.

3. Provide name for your file, and then click OK.

4. In the Name box, type a display name for the .pst folder.

5. Select any other options you want, and then click OK.

-> The name of the folder associated with the data file appears in the Folder List. By default, the folder will be called Personal Folders.

6. Drag any item from your current folders to the new folder. Press CTRL while dragging to copy items instead of moving them.

Thursday 1 May 2014

How to View Windows BKF File on Windows 8.1

In Windows 8.1, you can enjoy working with a familiar desktop with a mouse and keyboard. In this OS, you can enjoy previously present features like working with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and many other such familiar applications. This new version of Windows is basically created for touch PCs as well as tablets. You can enjoy many other new features like the Apps from Windows Store and several other built-in applications. Bing smart search is yet another feature in the hat of this new version of Windows to search things across the online hub, different apps, as well as your own PC. Get fast startup times too. With such a great working environment, what more do you want from your OS to provide you with? Definitely this is something most of the users had been waiting for. Considering that many users are now using Windows 8.1, we have made our BKF Recovery software supportive of this new version of Windows.

BKF Viewer for Windows 8.1

In Windows 8.1, you won’t find the backup NTBackup tool as in-built. In such a case you will not be able to view a BKF file created with the help of NTBackup tool in this new OS version. For that you will need our Windows 8.1 BKF viewer to easily view any BKF created elsewhere using the NTBackup tool. So, in a way our software works for you as a Windows 8.1 backup file viewer tool. Also, if you have downloaded NTBackup tool and using it, created some backup file in Windows 8.1 and at the time of restoration of data, this BKF file too got corrupted, then again our software can be at your disposal to help you out to restore data from that corrupted BKF file.

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Friday 11 April 2014

How to Enter Current Time and Date in Excel Sheet

For current time and date in Excel Sheet, Please Enter =now(),
For current data in Excel Sheet, Please Enter =TODAY().

Note: Above functions work for current time which means, date/time entered will be automatically updated once the sheet is refreshed or reopened.

For fixed date, you can select a cell and press [ctrl] + [;]
For fixed time, press [ctrl] + [shift] + [;]


How to Move Excel Contacts to Outlook Contact List

Microsoft® Outlook holds the special place for keeping your contacts and other data together. On several occasions, you find the requirement to convert all your contacts from Excel in Outlook. While you discuss with others about your need for online software package, you will find many advices piled up in front of you. As a safety measure, choose simple steps to move Excel contacts to Outlook.



There are certain manual steps mentioned for moving Excel contacts in Outlook: You can import contacts from Excel to Outlook following three major steps:
  • Make your contact info ready to be imported in Outlook
  • Then Import the contacts information
  • Map the Excel worksheet column with apt Outlook fields

First Step: First of all save entire contact info from Excel in some file which Outlook can import

With Outlook, you can import CSV or Comma Separated Value files but no workbooks containing multiple sheets.
  1. In the workbook, press the worksheet comprises of contact details which you need to import
  2. Click File then Save As.
  3. Select the location to save the file
  4. Go to Save as type box, select CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv), press Save.
    Note: Excel shows message that ‘The selected file type does not contain workbooks that contain multiple sheets.’ This is showing the drawback of CSV file but nothing wrong will happen to the original workbook
  5. Press OK.
    Note: Excel tells you “Some features in your workbook might be lost if you save it as CSV (Comma delimited).” This refers only to limitations of the CSV file and can be ignored.
  6. Press on ‘Yes’ to have Excel and save the latest worksheet as a CSV file. The original workbook or the .xlsx file closes. After this close the CSV file as well.
    Note: By going through above mentioned steps, you have done with Excel. Begin with import process in MS Outlook.

Second Step: Begin Import Process

  1. Go to Outlook, Press File >> Open & Export >> Import/Export.
    Note: This help begin working with Import and Export Wizard.
  2. Select Import from some other program or file and press ‘Next’
  3. Select Comma Separated Values and press ‘Next’
  4. Browse the CSV file you need to import.
  5. Under the Options, select if you want to replace duplicates (existing contacts), generate duplicate contacts else will not import duplicates.
  6. Press ‘Next’ and select the destination folder. Select the contacts by default, but if this is not the case, scroll up or down until and unless you fetch them. You can find a different folder otherwise, create a new folder.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Ensure that check box next to Import ‘MyContacts.csv’ is chosen.
  9. ‘Map’ few of the columns in your CSV file to the contact fields in Outlook. With mapping you can easily import contacts turn out the way you need.

Third Step: Map CSV files columns to the Outlook contact fields

  1. Press the Map Custom Fields button and you will find it popped up on screen.
    -> A box containing names from the CSV file you're importing will appear.
    -> Under To, you will find the standard fields which Outlook uses for contacts. In case when a field matches with the column in the CSV file, you will see the column under Mapped from.
    -> The fields Name, First Name, and Last Name is the standard Outlook contact fields, in case the contact info in your file has these contact names, you can go for it.
  2. Perform manual mapping.
  3. In the pane on the left, drag Cell Ph and drop it on Mobile Phone in the right pane.
    -> You'll notice that Cell Ph now appears next to Mobile Phone in the Mapped from column.
  4. At a time, do with the one then drag other values from the left pane to the suitable Outlook fields in the right pane.
  5. Click Finish.
Drawbacks of manual method: You will find the above mentioned method a cumbersome procedure. This process is so very long and at the same time to be followed. In fact, you are likely to face issue slow conversion, difficulties etc. It is better to opt for professional help where you have to pay less and get more effective consequences.

Keep away from migration hurdles via professional solution: By using online utility like Excel to Outlook, there are ample chances of making quick and safe contacts migration. This professional solution uses easy steps.

Thursday 3 April 2014

How to Combine Text in Excel Cells

One of the most asked feature available in Excel is to combine text from multiple cells into one cell.

Let us take an Example with Name i.e. First & Last name which is when received in two separate columns one can find it difficult to combine them together. But using this feature one can easily combine 2 columns in a separate column.

As shown below in image:

We have Column B with first name & Column C with last name

You can name D1 as "Full Name"
Enter any of the following formulas in Cell D2

=B2 & " " & C2 (will give you "FirstName LastName")
=B2 & ", " & C2 (will result in "FirstName, LastName")
=B2&C2 (will result in "FirstNameLastName")


Tuesday 25 March 2014

World Backup Day 2014 - How Crucial It Can Be?

Few days are left for World Backup Day i.e. 31st March and benefit of this day is that, it reminds you to create backup of your crucial data on different platforms and in different fields. Backups are for playing a huge role in day-to-day life or professional life; as it helps in securing your personal data as well as official data. One can create backup & store it at locations like internet, local system, external drive etc.

Your system can face any mishap in future & stored data can be inaccessible, so it will be a better solution to backup your pc/laptop/server data etc in advance.

Noticeable Fact: World Backup Day 2014 is going to be crucial for users who are working on Windows XP platform as we are familiar with the fact that "End of Support for Windows XP" is coming soon.

Monday 24 March 2014

Thursday 20 March 2014

Outlook PST File Conversion – Facilitation to Access PST Emails Into Various Platforms

MS Outlook, the foremost application utilized by computer users for emailing and other concerns. Various versions of the application are availed into international market for offering easiness to perform emailing tasks and collaborative operations easily and instantly. Including instant work for data share when connected to internet, Outlook can easily utilized when you are facing concerns regarding internet connectivity. It means this application makes your tasks easy during improper internet connectivity or during Server downtime. Outlook when works in offline mode then, data gets stored into OST file format. Both of files named as OST and PST are same, little difference in these file formats is OST’s data gets stored into local folders as well as PST data gets saved onto the Server.

Outlook PST Conversion – Is It A Necessary Need??

Often times, all such facilities with Outlook do not attract users when they are in instant need to access emails and other details into different file format like MSG, EML etc. In such compelling situations, Outlook PST file conversion is utilized by Outlook users. To extract emails and other details from PST to other file formats, it is needed to go for a professional solution that can easily shift a big range of emails from PST to desired file format without losing original properties.

Highly Opted File Formats During PST File Conversion

For shifting contacts from PST to globally accessible file format, PST users should adopt vCard file format, this is not only accepted over different email clients but also useful for users those have dependency on digital gadgets. vCard contacts can easily added to the contact list of users’ mobile or laptop etc.

When we talk about extraction of PST emails into different file formats like EML, MSG, HTML, MHT, etc then, all these email file formats have their own significance. EML and MSG file formats are treated as single email file format. With these file formats one can keep their crucial emails into a specified file format.

HTML and MHT file formats are accepted over a great range of users those want to keep emails accessible into distinct browsers. As well as extracting emails from PST to RTF or TXT is helpful to make PST emails reachable as a simple text file.

Tuesday 18 March 2014

How to Proceed With The Windows XP Backup After 8 April 2014 as Support Ends for Windows XP?

Time has finally come when Microsoft will cease all the extending support for Windows XP and the unofficial date is 8th April 2014. Windows XP users might be gathering answers to quest like how to deal with XP backup after 8 April 2014. Considering the fact that 29% of users are still connected to Windows XP and some of these belong to some organizations and others are individual home users from various corners of the world, this huge step will not be easy to tackle.




Will Windows XP Stop Running Completely?

No! You will be able to access Windows XP the way you did before and you can continue using this OS after April 2014 also.
  • There will not be any difference operating Windows XP but the technical assistance provided for XP OS will not be given anymore.
  • Automatic updates for protection or security of OS will not be provided.
  • MS Security Essentials for any download on this Operating System will be restricted thereby increasing the risk factor of systems with this OS getting infected by virus.
  • Microsoft will end releasing any security updates and patches.
  • This step has been taken by Microsoft so as to implement all resources towards recent technologies instead of supplying them to older versions for more productivity.
  • But Windows XP will not be completely terminated and users can use this Operating System later also.
What About Windows XP NTBackup File?

Well as far as the security and safety is concerned, user must backup all data files regularly and update it regularly. This will be wise decision to take a backup without any delay so that if anything goes wrong with your data as security will be less in Windows XP you will have a safe side so that you can restore back your data. This backup can be easily created by NTBackup utility which is present in Windows XP OS and will continue to be afterwards also so that backup can be created.

What If You Decide to Migrate to Windows 7/8?

In case you feel that continuing with Windows XP OS will be risky and decide to move to Windows 7 or 8 you can easily do this by simply transferring all the data to new OS in one go by restoring BKF file. But, since Windows 7 or 8 do not support BKF file you will need some extra platform to be used for restoring backup file of Windows XP. For this you will need third party software like BKF Restore Tool which is capable to restore backup file without NTBackup utility.

Friday 14 March 2014

Eliminate Error Messages Like “The backup file is unusable. You must erase it, or choose another file”

When users try to restore data from BKF file of Microsoft Windows 2000, they confront error messages like;
[Unrecognized Media]
The backup file is unusable. You must erase it, or choose another file



In such situation user should not waste time putting efforts in repairing this BKF file manually and should opt for BKF repairing tool immediately.  This is because such kind of error messages are shown when BKF file has been de-structured and has become unable-to-recognize. Let’s see the reasons for such error message;

Root Cause for Such Errors:
This error message is shown because your NTBackup utility restore program is unable to identify .bkf file structure since it has been damaged badly. Corruption in BKF causes file to get damaged to core, and hence it is not in valid Windows 2000 backup file format. When Windows 2000 opens a .bkf file, it first checks if the backup file is valid or not. It means it checks if its structure in valid Windows 2000 backup file format or not. In case file is damaged, it throws error messages like: “The backup file is unusable. You must erase it, or choose another file and restoration process completely stops.

Precautions for Backup Operations:
To check integrity of a backup file, you can select “Verify data After Backup” advance option while performing any backup operation. This option is provided to make sure that backup process is completed successfully and integrity of .bkf file and its structure is maintained. You can also check for backup report to avoid any such kind of errors while restoring.

Professional Solution:
However, when your backup has already been corrupted, such precautionary steps won’t work. These error messages are symptoms that your .bkf file needs some repairing, unless and until it gets repaired it will not get restored. BKF Repair Tool provides an excellent handling of corrupted backup file and helps you extract necessary data files from corrupted .bkf file. It provides many advantageous features which lets you experience a worry-free affair of recovering .bkf file and that too without any annoying prompting error messages. So whenever your BKF restoration process shows error messages like “The backup file is unusable. You must erase it, or choose another fileyou can avail BKF Repair Tool for easy and error-free restoration.

Monday 3 March 2014

Restore XP Backup File to Windows 8 Effortlessly!

Windows 8 and Windows 7 server have completely new backup tools which are way too different from the previous versions. Albeit of the fact that these modifications were grievously needed with growing needs of technically expedite users, those users who had their precious cache stored BKF file are facing the drawbacks of this drastic change.

This is because modifications in features always keep previous features aboard, and every user is very fond of “new” things and forgets about “old” stuff. But when user came to know that the much hyped “new” thing is not capable to meet the requirement of restoring BKF file comprising important backup, modifications tends to become absurd. The bitter truth is backup tool of Windows 8 cannot restore XP backup file to Windows 8.

How To Decipher This Situation?

Complication: Adding insult to injury, the Extensible Storage Manager – is not included in Windows 8. This is important program to run NTBackup utility and its absence might restrict the processing of ntbackup.exe. This means that simply copying the ntbackup.exe from an XP machine is not enough to overcome this situation.

Solution: To initiate the procedure to restore XP backup file to Windows 8, you can copy the below mentioned files to your Windows 8 system. You can either copy it from some other Windows XP system from system32 folder. These files are;
  1. ntbackup.exe
  2. ntmsapi.dll
  3. vssapi.dll
When you will run the ntbackup.exe file and start the process you might encounter the error message like:

“Removable Storage Not Running”

Ignore this message and follow the steps:
·        You will have to point NTBackup utility to the .bkf files at your own because BKF files will not be registered with this application.

·         Right-click the Files tree and select Catalog File. Select your BKF file and click Okay.

Limitation: Backup saved in tape drives and other storage devices will not be supported in the above mentioned method. This process is also not recommended for practicing many times.

Other Cases: Due to corruption it might happen that in spite of all these steps you are ceased from restoring BKF file and at that time BKF File Repair tool can bring the ultimate solution for your problems to restore XP backup file to Windows 8.

Saturday 22 February 2014

Manual Process to Combine All .vcf files to Single .vcf files

When I was searching for a solution to move some contacts (i.e. 263 to be precise) from my phone into a new Google account. When I tried to perform it manually,  it will only let me select one file at a time for importing & it can be a time consuming process for 263 contacts.

It can be done simply with the process explained here:

  • Note down path for your .vcf files or Copy it from address bar
  • Open command prompt (Press Win+R, type CMD then press enter)
  • In command window, type CD then paste (right click and select paste Ctrl+V will not work there), then press enter.
  • Change the current drive to drive with vcf files (if it is in E drive type E:) then enter
  • Then type copy *.VCF all.VCF then press enter
  • Now all the VCF files will be append to newly created all.VCF File & can work on all VCF supported platforms.

Moreover, I have tried to Google it for you.

Thursday 20 February 2014

How to Backup in Windows 8 System - Image Backup & File History

With the availability of two options, user can choose any of the desired option from these two:

1. Launch Windows System Image Backup & Backup Windows 8 system

It is great to have Windows system backup option in Windows 8. You can launch Windows backup tool for that follow:

Control Panel  >> Windows 7 Backup File Recovery & then you can click "Set up backup" option.

Else, you can directly launch Windows backup option with "sdclt.exe" using Command Prompt.



With Windows Backup you will be allowed to have an image backup of full system or selected files & folders on network location or an external drive. You are also allowed to create system repair disc which can be used to repair & restore the system in any bootable situation.

2. Backup Windows 8 With File History

File History is the name of Windows 8 backup which can backup only those files which are available at user data locations i.e. libraries, desktop folder, contacts & favorites. To backup a random folder, you are supposed to add it to your libraries.


With the completion of process to setup File History, Windows will start saving copies of your files on a regular time basis. Files can be saved on a network or to an external drive automatically in the background.

In case you have used an external drive, File History will resume saving process when external drive is plugged in.


Wednesday 19 February 2014

Ntbackup.exe Is Unable to Restore Data - Invalid Data Stream

Situation: When Ntbackup.exe tool is used to restore data from Windows backup file (.bkf), user can face the following error situation:
" Unable to Restore"

Reason: Error situation is faced when Ntbackup.exe encounters with an unknown data stream. There can be stream id's in third-party .bkf file that are unknown to Ntbackup.exe tool & it can be the reason for the cause of error. "Unable to restore" is the error message faced while restoring bkf file via Ntbackup.exe tool as instead of skipping invalid data stream, it comes up with the error.

Solution: Solution for this problem is updated service pack of Windows 2000

It Applies with: MS Windows 2000 Server, MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server, MS Windows 2000 Professional Edition

Important Note: After updating Windows server 2000, you will be unable to restore complete data files as Ntbackup.exe will skip the invalid data stream; just to continue with the restoration process.

Kind Of Problems During Windows XP Backup Restore Into Windows 8.1


Windows 8.1 is not availed with any facility of restoring backup created within older editions of Windows OS so, for sure if you will try forcefully the backup restore of Windows XP to Windows 8.1 then, you may stuck in backup corruption problems. Replacement of backup with File History option into Windows 8.1 is the reason that irritates users who is in need to restore backup data created in old editions of Windows OS into Windows 8 or 8.1.

Even Windows 8 may offer some help towards restoring backup but, you are restricted to do it with the earlier edition of Windows i.e. Windows 8.1. All those who have desire to work with this meliorated interface of Windows OS are looking for a safe solution to add up the backup into Windows 8.1 can undoubtedly use our BKF revival program that will easily revive damaged data of backup file.

Even though you can try to go for this method which can be helpful in some wayshttp://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/restore-a-windows-xp-backup-in-windows-8/

In case you have tried to restore backup of Windows XP to Windows 8.1 and you have found that some data of backup files is skipped during restoration, you are gifted with SysTools BKF Repair Tool that is enriched with features to handle and eradicate backup data destruction concerns.