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by FixingProblems
05 May 2012, 17:14
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 31757

Re: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD

It looks like that MBR emulation etc.. doesn't work.
Windows displays your disk as basic, one partition using the whole space and unformatted.
I assume that it's not possible to use a disk as GPT and Intel MBR.
It should be one disk type.
It means either GPT or MBR.
It'd be a reliable solution ...
by FixingProblems
04 May 2012, 04:19
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 31757

Re: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD

Would it be possible to use Delete in TestDisk?
It's going to delete your partition table.
But Quick Search should find them again.
Did you Backup your partition table using TestDisk Analyse / Backup?

Yes, I backed up my partition table after writing partition structure to disk with testdisk ...
by FixingProblems
02 May 2012, 21:54
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 31757

Re: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD

Would it be possible to use version 6.14-32bit?
TestDisk 6.10 is a pretty old one.

Might be possible that your partition table is messed up.
In any case, windows disk management console displays a wrong partition.
Normally TestDisk should display only that partition?
Could you delete your ...
by FixingProblems
01 May 2012, 00:51
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 31757

Re: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD

Ok, just selecting "Analyze" does not show any partitions on the hard drive.
Looks like, that you don't have any partition in your partition table.
To make your partitions accessible to your OS you should register them to your partition table.
Currently I've no idea about your FreeBSD-partition ...
by FixingProblems
30 Apr 2012, 14:24
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 31757

Re: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD

It sound better if your disk doesn't click anymore!
I'd need a screen from Analyse to diagnose your current partition structur (partition table).
Also from Quick and Deeper Search.
If your partitions are found, please have a try to list your data.


Fiona
Ok, just selecting "Analyze" does not show ...
by FixingProblems
30 Apr 2012, 04:06
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 31757

Re: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD

Ok...I got a little surprise here. :) It DID show up in Disk Management (yay)!
Though it shows the drive as only having a single unformatted volume, so I'm running testdisk on it now from Windows XP, having it search for lost partitions again, and once more its locating the partitions. I'll just ...
by FixingProblems
30 Apr 2012, 03:22
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 31757

Re: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD

Bootmanager usually modifying the MBR.
Overrridding of an boot manager modified MBR can cause a pretty good mess.
Also IOMEGA uses harware encryption pretty often.
That's why don't put it out of your enclosure (it's only intended as info).
I will show you what you did, writing the TestDisk MBR code ...
by FixingProblems
29 Apr 2012, 21:18
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Testdisk screwed up my external HDD
Replies: 13
Views: 31757

Testdisk screwed up my external HDD

Ok...I hate to be the bearer of bad news about your software, but unfortunately, it appears as if Testdisk screwed up my USB 250 GB Iomega Ego external HDD, and I don't know how to fix it.
You see, originally I could only see the partitions on the external HDD that I had setup on it a while back ...