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by recuperation
06 Mar 2026, 11:28
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Trying to find a missing partition
Replies: 1
Views: 4417

Re: Trying to find a missing partition

TestDisk has not been designed to cope with broken devices containing unreadable sectors (see number of reallocated and pending sectors).
Clone your broken disk using ddrescue as described in a manual.
Clone your clone a second time, do not rely on being able to clone your defective device another ...
by recuperation
06 Mar 2026, 11:24
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Can My Partition/Hard Drive Be Recovered? "Filesystem seems damaged."
Replies: 3
Views: 4428

Re: Can My Partition/Hard Drive Be Recovered? "Filesystem seems damaged."

Quick answer: I don't know. This question cannot be answered.

You linked a lot of web locations instead of pictures. They are not show.
Please modify your posting and link the images files directly.
by recuperation
04 Mar 2026, 10:30
Forum: File recovery
Topic: my photorec has some problems
Replies: 1
Views: 9729

Re: my photorec has some problems


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),


Read here:

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 ...
by recuperation
22 Feb 2026, 01:59
Forum: Partitionen wiederherstellen
Topic: Hilfe bei gelöschten Partitionen
Replies: 1
Views: 17626

Re: Hilfe bei gelöschten Partitionen


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 ...
by recuperation
04 Feb 2026, 14:42
Forum: Dateien wiederherstellen
Topic: Recover RAF-Files
Replies: 1
Views: 32974

Re: Recover RAF-Files

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?
by recuperation
31 Jan 2026, 00:14
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Formatting mistake
Replies: 3
Views: 38750

Re: Formatting mistake

None, they typically have test modes. Try them out!
by recuperation
29 Jan 2026, 23:15
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Formatting mistake
Replies: 3
Views: 38750

Re: Formatting mistake

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.
by recuperation
23 Jan 2026, 21:32
Forum: File recovery
Topic: .eml file extension is missing : (
Replies: 1
Views: 37232

Re: .eml file extension is missing : (

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 ...
by recuperation
15 Jan 2026, 23:15
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Can Testdisk resolve the following partition issue?
Replies: 3
Views: 37204

Re: Can Testdisk resolve the following partition issue?

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.