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So I downloaded and opened photorec as the tutorial said, but my disk shown in it is much more smaller than it really is (256GB to 524MB),


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8.1.3 Disk selection
All hard drives should be detected and listed with the correct size by TestDisk.
• Use up/down arrow keys to select your ...

Hallo zusammen,

mein Name ist Phil und ich bin neu hier in dem Forum.
Ich habe folgendes Problem:
Aus meinem alten PC habe ich die alte Festplatte ausgebaut und über USB mit dem neuen PC verbunden. Die Festplatte hat zwei Partitionen (C System, D Sonstiges), auf beide konnte ich problemlos ...

What is the manufacturer of the device?
What is the name of the model?
Which file system has becone RAW?
Do you remember the block size?

None, they typically have test modes. Try them out!

Try out commercial software.

The only alternative is to learn the file system structure, write your own recovery software.
Specific individual knowledge about the content should help with the recovery.

Yes, it is missing. :(

It is a tricky issue. EML looks to me like a single raw email. EMLX (contained in PhotoRec) is different from EML.

If you don't have any email software installed that is using mbox as a storage format, checking mbox might produce EML files.

It appears to me that the mbox ...

Check the Microsoft website. I don't use Bitlocker and you have to find it out for yourself - I don't know more than you.

I just noticed I did not answer the main question:

Is this something Testdisk could resolve?

No, Testdisk requires unencrypted devices.

I'm low income right now, so at most I can put 100€ now... maybe others can join?


Thank you for your willingness to support TestDisk!

What you did not mention in your initial posting ist the technology of your disk, HDD or SSD? On an modern operating system TRIM will eradicate your deleted ...

As I don't know how an Bitlocker encrypted partition appears in TestDisk or if it appears at all, you should duplicate the disk using ddrescue as described in the manual.
Afterwards you would completely decrypt the partition using your password.

With the encryption being gone you can use any tool ...

I am a software engineer but haven't messed with drive internals for years.
I also have Stage 3 Cancer with ridiculous medical so trying to find an inexpensive fix.
I have a bad Windows 10 NFTS SSD c: drive (4 partitions) with a large folder of files I desperately need from C drive!

This is ...