I was able to recover the data.
The source of the sector size problem was the SATA to USB adapter. Upon installing the drive into another machine with a free SATA port, the sector size was represented correctly, and I was able to decrypt and mount the partition.
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- 28 Feb 2018, 00:11
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: [SOLVED] Recovering dm-crypt LUKS partition; sector size issues
- Replies: 4
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- 27 Feb 2018, 23:02
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: [SOLVED] Recovering dm-crypt LUKS partition; sector size issues
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Re: Recovering dm-crypt LUKS partition; sector size issues
cgrenier, what did you hope to learn from the output of the command you suggested? Knowing your reasoning here might help me move forward in my own attempt to recover the partition.
- 23 Feb 2018, 09:33
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: [SOLVED] Recovering dm-crypt LUKS partition; sector size issues
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4893
Re: Recovering dm-crypt LUKS partition; sector size issues
Hi cgrenier. Thanks for the prompt response.
# testdisk -lu /dev/sdc
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
Please wait...
Disk /dev/sdc - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 15200 255 63
Sector size:4096
Model: ST1000LM 014-SSHD ...
# testdisk -lu /dev/sdc
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
Please wait...
Disk /dev/sdc - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 15200 255 63
Sector size:4096
Model: ST1000LM 014-SSHD ...
- 22 Feb 2018, 23:03
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: [SOLVED] Recovering dm-crypt LUKS partition; sector size issues
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4893
[SOLVED] Recovering dm-crypt LUKS partition; sector size issues
Hello,
I have a Seagate SSHD . After removing it from my Lenovo Z710 notebook and plugging it back in, the notebook stopped recognizing it as a boot device. I plugged it into another machine with this SATA to USB adapter , and GParted showed that the drive was unallocated. There should be three ...
I have a Seagate SSHD . After removing it from my Lenovo Z710 notebook and plugging it back in, the notebook stopped recognizing it as a boot device. I plugged it into another machine with this SATA to USB adapter , and GParted showed that the drive was unallocated. There should be three ...