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I appreciate the help so far, it will take me a while to try this so I have a few questions before I start this process.

If I remember correctly I started TestDisk as:"testdisk" but then with sudo as prompted by TestDisk, I think it shows in the log. Do I need to run "su" first and then run ...

TestDisk cannot open the partition located at 1/0/1.
There is a least one issue with the location of the MFT as the location in the NTFS boot sector differs from the NTFS mirror.

What you could try out is to clone your disk using ddrescue as described in the manual.
Keep in mind that your disk has ...

Could you post your TestDisk log file?

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.