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by Popinaodude
07 Jul 2020, 15:27
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Microsoft reserved partition can't be recovered
Replies: 4
Views: 5887

Re: Microsoft reserved partition can't be recovered

Hey, thanks for the help.

I ended up manually rewriting the partition table, and was able to access and copy over all the files on both the linux and windows filesystems. Unfortunately I wasn't able to boot from the old drive but as I had already reinstalled windows I just spent the weekend ...
by Popinaodude
05 Jul 2020, 16:06
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Microsoft reserved partition can't be recovered
Replies: 4
Views: 5887

Re: Microsoft reserved partition can't be recovered

Hi, thanks a lot for the comprehensive reply.


Having the table is a good thing. Unfortunately there are overlapping partitions:
/dev/nvme0n1p1 overlaps /dev/nvme0n1p2
/dev/nvme0n1p3 overlaps /dev/nvme0n1p4
Both overlap by one sector. Testdisk may refuse that as an invalid structure.

Sorry ...
by Popinaodude
04 Jul 2020, 18:41
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Microsoft reserved partition can't be recovered
Replies: 4
Views: 5887

Microsoft reserved partition can't be recovered

Hi there,

I accidentally wiped my partitions when trying to clone my drive to a larger drive. I have a dual boot debian/windows 10 lenovo laptop, and was trying to transfer my OS drive from a 1TB SSD to a 2TB SSD. I used clonezilla to clone my drive to the new drive, trying to have all the extra ...