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by Chris1337
01 Apr 2022, 14:14
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: exFAT: Save & Restore Boot Sector & Backup Boot Record Dump?
Replies: 2
Views: 9062

Re: exFAT: Save & Restore Boot Sector & Backup Boot Record Dump?

Thank you for taking the time to reply!


How come you are using Testdisk when you have no noticeable error with your installation?


After the BSOD, chkdsk refused to even scan the drive, giving the obscure error message "corruption was found while examining the boot region", so I thought I'd ...
by Chris1337
30 Mar 2022, 23:24
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: exFAT: Save & Restore Boot Sector & Backup Boot Record Dump?
Replies: 2
Views: 9062

exFAT: Save & Restore Boot Sector & Backup Boot Record Dump?

Hi all,

I am having a small problem with my exFAT partition (using Windows 10). After a BSOD, the exFAT boot sector and its backup sector are no longer identical :

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However, they are both being listed as "OK". Looking at the dump, it is also not immediately clear which one I ...
by Chris1337
06 Oct 2021, 10:03
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Testdisk detects lost partition on physical drive but not on dd image of that drive
Replies: 2
Views: 11088

Re: Testdisk detects lost partition on physical drive but not on dd image of that drive

Thank you for your feedback! I will use ddrescue as a default in the future.
by Chris1337
04 Oct 2021, 10:29
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Testdisk detects lost partition on physical drive but not on dd image of that drive
Replies: 2
Views: 11088

Testdisk detects lost partition on physical drive but not on dd image of that drive

Dear all,

I have created a dd image from a harddrive with a broken (NTFS) file system using Ubuntu. The dd process ran smoothly without any errors and within the expected time, leading me to the assumption that there is no technical fault with the drive but "only" a problem in the MFT and MFTmirr ...