Hi.
I didn' try to change the sector size, since it is probably correct (I checked that my Acer computer proposed NTFS 4096 as a standard format for HDD...).
I had a look to the boot sectors which appeared to be deeply damaged:
Disk /dev/sdc - 750 GB / 698 GiB - CHS 11400 255 63
3 P HPFS - NTFS ...
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- 25 Aug 2012, 23:12
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: incorrect number of bytes per sector
- Replies: 4
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- 18 Aug 2012, 16:19
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: incorrect number of bytes per sector
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20977
Re: incorrect number of bytes per sector
Dear Fiona,
Thank you for your quick and detailled answer.
For sure, I'll get more info about 4096 sectors.
You must be right; it has something to do with boot error. Unfortunately, when I tried to assign a boot "*" tag the the "system reserved partition" instead of the "pqservice" one, testdisk ...
Thank you for your quick and detailled answer.
For sure, I'll get more info about 4096 sectors.
You must be right; it has something to do with boot error. Unfortunately, when I tried to assign a boot "*" tag the the "system reserved partition" instead of the "pqservice" one, testdisk ...
- 12 Aug 2012, 19:32
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: incorrect number of bytes per sector
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20977
incorrect number of bytes per sector
Hello,
Since it is my first message, please let me introduce myself. I am a medical doctor who recently crashes his hdd (probably after using an "optimising" tool under windows 7). I love (and hate) computers since 30 years (you know: commodore 64, Amiga, i386, windows 3.10, etc...).
I must say that ...
Since it is my first message, please let me introduce myself. I am a medical doctor who recently crashes his hdd (probably after using an "optimising" tool under windows 7). I love (and hate) computers since 30 years (you know: commodore 64, Amiga, i386, windows 3.10, etc...).
I must say that ...