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recuperation wrote: 21 Feb 2021, 08:51

Norwegianwood wrote: 20 Feb 2021, 20:13 If so, how long would that take TD to do this, on my 1TB drive?

I want to go from New York to Hamburg by boat. How long does it take?

Well I'd say about: 11 days

Please post your testdisk log file. PVRs might use encryption to prevent you from recovering your recordings.


Many thanks
My PVR does not encrypt its recordings.
On a working drive, I can download its recordings and play them on a PC.
And I can also edit them on the PVR or on the PC.

Does TD ...

It states on this page: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step

To repair a filesystem not listed by TestDisk, run testdisk device, i.e.

testdisk /dev/mapper/truecrypt0 or testdisk /dev/loop0 to repair the NTFS or FAT32 boot sector files from a TrueCrypt partition.
The same method ...

12. Avoid asking questions that could be solved by a minimum amount of research on your own. In this case one simple google request would have solved the question:

https://forum.cgsecurity.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=33140#p33140

Re: smartmontools
Is smartmontools part of W10, as I cant find it ...

Use the command prompt while being in the smartmontools folder .
If Windows 10 operates like Windows 7 you can key key in "cmd" into the box where you find the folder path.
You might possibly run this as an administrator.


Many thanks for the reply.

Re: smartmontools
Is smartmontools part ...

Use the command prompt while being in the smartmontools folder .
If Windows 10 operates like Windows 7 you can key key in "cmd" into the box where you find the folder path.
You might possibly run this as an administrator.


Many thanks for the reply.

Re: smartmontools
Is smartmontools part of ...

You have to request the serial number for each of the drives in question.
Under Windows run smartmontools with the -i parameter:

smartctl -i /dev/sdX
Replace "X" by the drive letter in question.

Under Linux run
hdparm -i /dev/sdX


So I'm using W10, so where do I type in: smartctl -i /dev/sdX ...

I believe the OS uses FAT 24, possibly a non standard proprietary version of FAT, but I cant substantiate that because I cant read the drive.
What is your belief based upon?



I was told that it was FAT24 by someone who had this problem before, but I cant find any online evidence that ...

Please post new issues in separate threads so that other users have a chance to find the subject based on a good title!

Your drive from the PVR probably has a proprietary partition/file system layout and is most likely encrypted.
Neither Testdisk nor Photorec will help.


Thanks for your reply ...

3.1.2021 18:06 UTC+1: This post was splitted from its initial thread as it contains a new issue.
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Advice Please:

I have a HDD that I've removed from my PVR.
I cant view its recording, and it wants me to format the drive, which I declined.
So I guess the partition and/or FAT are damaged.
It ...