In this internet era, safety and security of our personal and professional data is our utmost concern. With the rapid usage of computers at home and in our workplaces, data security is always be one of the crucial factors we have to face. In fact, everyone of us is moving towards digital age or paperless office and leaving behind the hard copies which we used to work on earlier. Hence we need to be smart enough to keep our databases and files secured from corruption. There are many of us who always keep a backup of their files and delete the not so important files. But doing this can't be termed as the best solution. As What will happen if your backup files get corrupted?

Now let us understand 'What is BKF files'?

See BKF file is basically the backup file extensions created by NTBackup Utility Tool, it is a built-in backup application from Microsoft. Whose main function is to create automatic backups of the database files of its users. This utility tool saves this backup files in .bkf format. And that is BKF files for you in layman terms.

But there is an issue with this file format and that is, it is not immune from viruses and mail wares. Hence, this file is prone to corruption. Which ultimately leads to inaccessible files.

The major concern that we all face is in the recovery process. Recovering corrupt BKF files is not that easy and there are great chances of losing your data. Plus the best part is that there are no manual procedures or techniques to recover these corrupt BKF files.

You might be thinking, then what should anyone do?

For that, there is only one solution and that is to use a BKF Repair Tool or in layman terms a third party tool. If you simply Google it..you will get a 'N' number of tools to recover and repair your corrupt BKF files. But the big question is "which BKF Repair Tool should I choose?"

Yes, you have a valid concern. And that is why I am here.

As I said earlier, you would get a wide range of BKF repair tools in the market and mostly all of them work like same. The only difference that differentiated them is their features, recovery level and their price. It's easy to compare prices but comparing two or four recovery tools on the base of features and recovery model is quite hard. Some of them are highly prices but don't perform full recovery and some of them are priced low and perform full recovery with some great on the top features. So today we will be comparing the two most sold and featured BKF Repair Tools Available in the market.

Kernel Vs SysInfoTools (History & Brief)

Kernel:

Started in the year 2005, by the name of Nucleus Data Recovery.com Pvt. Ltd. It was founded by Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Mr. Sudesh Kumar, Mr. Sandeep Verma and MR. Anil Verma. By 2010, it has created a good name by its quality and service and not only that it has also won some awards and 'N' number of clients. In the Year 2010, it has changed its name to Lepide Software Pvt. Ltd.

SySInfoTools Softwares:

If compare with Kernel, SysInfoTools Software is a very new company. Started in the Year 2010, by Mrs. Sonika Rawat and Mr. Harish Bisht, its main goal is to create tools that excel in quality and service. In this short span of time they have gained a good amount of traction from the market. From reputed clientele to prestigious awards they have everything in their bucket.

Comparison Stats

Both Kernel BKF Repair Tool and SysInfoTools Backup Exec BKF Repair Pro (V2.0) are really good tools and have got some excellent reviews from their users. Still, there are some parts which needs to be mentioned.

Features Comparison

Kernel: It can recover Files made by Symantec backup Utility tool
SysInfoTools:: It can also recover and restore files created by Symantec Backup tool

Kernel: Recover .bkf extensions created by NT backup utility tool
SysInfoTools: Recover backup files made by NT Backup tool

Kernel: Restore corrupt BKF files made by VERITAS Backup tool
SysInfoTools: Can recover and restore VERITAS backup tool's BKF files

Kernel:
SysInfoTools:

Kernel: Support recovery of multiple BKF files
SysInfoTools: Supports repair and recovery of Multiple BKF files

Kernel: Doesn't support recovery of split BKF files
SysInfoTools: It does support recovery of split BKF files

Kernel: Supports repair of Exchange Backup
SysInfoTools: Supports repair of Exchange Backup

Kernel: Supports recovery of files corrupted due to CRC errors
SysInfoTools: This tool also supports CRC error corruption

Kernel: Do recover Unicode Characters
SysInfoTools: Support and restore Unicode characters

Kernel: Support files like .BKF, .FD and .CTF for data recovery
SysInfoTools: Supports all file types

Kernel: Flexible saving option of your recovered files
SysInfoTools: Can save recovered files anywhere you want

Kernel: Snapshot feature
SysInfoTools: It too has snapshot feature

Kernel: Option to pause your recovery process
SysInfoTools: No Pause option available

Kernel: One mode of scanning
SysInfoTools: Two modes of scanning: Standard and Advanced

Kernel: Doesn't support MS Sql Database recovery
SysInfoTools: Support MS Sql Database recovery

Kernel: Doesn't support recovery of compressed files
SysInfoTools: Support recovery of compressed files

Kernel: Load & Save recovery snapshot available
SysInfoTools: It too has these options of Load and save recovery snapshot

Kernel: Have preview option
SysInfoTools: Preview option available to check the preview of the recovered files

Kernel: Doesn't support search option
SysInfoTools: Has this useful option to search a particular file from your corrupt database

Kernel: Doesn't have the option to load files from TXT format
SysInfoTools: Can load multiple files by providing a TXT format file

Kernel: Doesn't provide list creation
SysInfoTools: Provide list creation

Kernel: Simple and easy user interfaceSysInfoTools: Simple and easy user interface

Kernel: Free version helps you to recover files but doesn't have the option to save it in your system
SysInfoTools: Same goes for this application

Kernel: 24*7 Technical support
SysInfoTools: 24*7 Technical support

Kernel: Compatible with all major versions of windowsSysInfoTools: It also supports all major versions of Windows

Kernel: Version 1.0
SysInfoTools: Version 2.0

Kernel: No money back guarantee
SysInfoTools: 30 day money back guarantee

Here was the comparison of the features and the capabilities of the two renowned BKF repair Tools.

So now let's see their Procedure manuals with the help of Screen Shots

Kernel BKF Repair Tool Manual Procedure

Step 01: In the following step, browse and select the corrupt BKF files that you want to recover. And then click on 'OK'

Step 02: In this step, preview and then select the data that you want to recover.

Step 03: After couple of minutes, your recovery process would get over. Now you just have to provide the location where you want to save the files.

SysInfoTools Backup EXEC BKF Repair Pro Manual Procedure

Step 01: Launch the application, click Open and then click on Add Files

Step 02: Now select the ,bkf files that you want to recover. Then click on Save

Step 03: In the third step, you have to select the recovery mode i.e. Standard or Advanced. Plus you can also opt for SQL database recovery, if you need to.

Step 04: Now wait for a minute or so, as the scanning process would take some time

Step 05: As soon as the scanning process is completed, click on OK

Step 06: As the scanning process is done, now you may check the preview of those files you are going to recover in the later part.

Step 07: Now after previewing your files, now select those ones which you want to recover. If there are any specific files that you want to recover, select those or else you can restore all the corrupt BKF files

Step 08: After selection, browse the location where you want to save these recovered files

Step 09: And finally, your recovery process has been done. Click OK.

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So here was the manual procedure for both of these BKF repair Tools.

Author's Verdict

As it is very clear from the above comparison that both Kernel and SysInfoTools have created an excellent software to recover corrupt BKF files. However, the latter steals the show with some of its features like:
• Supports recovery of multiple and split BKF files
• Recovery modes
• Option to restore SQL Database Recovery
• Recover compressed files
• Availability of list creation
• and money back guarantee.

So in terms of features and capabilities SysInfoTools Backup Exec BKF Repair Pro is comparatively better than Kernel BKF Repair Tool.

Hope you liked this article. If you want to add or edit something..do tell me, in the comment section.

Author's Bio: 

Hi I am Virat Singh, a freelance writer and a tech blogger at EasyTechTools