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- 09 Sep 2020, 16:07
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: RAW Hard Drive with Bad Boot Sector and Bad Backup Boot Sector
- Replies: 3
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Re: RAW Hard Drive with Bad Boot Sector and Bad Backup Boot Sector
The ransomware was Petya, which infects the boot sector and formats the hard drive. I have since decrypted the drive and (I believe) removed Petya. Unfortunately the drive is not bootable, but I can still view files. It also appears many files were deleted/corrupted, especially the AppData folder. I ...
- 31 Aug 2020, 16:13
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: RAW Hard Drive with Bad Boot Sector and Bad Backup Boot Sector
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5477
RAW Hard Drive with Bad Boot Sector and Bad Backup Boot Sector
Hello, I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, so I apologize in advance if it is. I have a hard drive that was infected with malware a long time ago, and its file system is listed as RAW. TestDisk says that both the boot sector and backup boot sector are bad. I tried to rebuild the ...