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by interpolgp
02 Mar 2025, 21:55
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Protective MBR
Replies: 7
Views: 17197

Re: Protective MBR

I can't mount the cloned drive. I keep getting errors.

I decided to run photorec on the cloned HDD and it has found my data so finally something good. :D

I guess this means the original drive is good, I just have to figure out the partition map issue.

I am reading about 512e, I believe it is ...
by interpolgp
02 Mar 2025, 19:36
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Protective MBR
Replies: 7
Views: 17197

Re: Protective MBR

I have cloned the disk and set the sector size equal to 4096 bytes of the cloned drive. The partition name is now displayed but I still cant list the files. I will attempt to mount it and see if I get anything


TestDisk 7.2, Data Recovery Utility, February 2024
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by interpolgp
01 Mar 2025, 15:54
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Protective MBR
Replies: 7
Views: 17197

Re: Protective MBR

Sorry for the stupid question but it wasn't clear to me.

I can't find the old enclosure anywhere, so I will backup the old HDD (Seagate3tb) to a new 4TB HDD.

My first thought was to use image creation in TestDisk, it found two partitions 1. 25mb and 2. a 345GB. I copied them to a location and I ...
by interpolgp
18 Feb 2025, 19:17
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Protective MBR
Replies: 7
Views: 17197

Re: Protective MBR

Thank you for your reply. I will follow your instructions and report back.

I only have one question and it may be impossible to answer. Do you think any external HDD enclosure can perform this translating mechanism? (simulated a sector size of 4096 bytes). Or will I search to find the exact same ...
by interpolgp
17 Feb 2025, 22:49
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Protective MBR
Replies: 7
Views: 17197

Protective MBR

Hey all, sorry for this post. I have read all the Protective MBR posts but most are from 2015 or before. I am a little worried about getting out of date information.

I imagine most people come here with a similar story. I have a Seagate 3TB drive from 2015 and everything was working great till it ...