ZAR recovery shows many ( >50) bad sectors. Went back to Win 7 format, unchecked quick format partition F and let run overnight. Windows returns with "Windows was unable to complete the format"
From the looks of it this drive is toast and I have reached the point of diminishing returns on my time ...
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- 25 Nov 2012, 03:32
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: Win 7 corrupt
- Replies: 4
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- 13 Nov 2012, 18:59
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: Win 7 corrupt
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Re: Win 7 corrupt
Ran Chkdsk E: /r /f and seemed to do something. took about 1 hr. chkdsk Found NTFS partition but I didn't write down messages - something to the effect that MFT and MFT backup unreadable. There was never any output indicating "fixed". Haven't used Windows in years but I believe this is the Dell ...
- 10 Nov 2012, 19:50
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: Win 7 corrupt
- Replies: 4
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Re: Win 7 corrupt
Here is link to testdisk.log at pastebin --> http://pastebin.com/A7v0byZt
- 10 Nov 2012, 17:22
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: Win 7 corrupt
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Win 7 corrupt
Dell N5010 Laptop / Seagate 640gb disk with what I assume to be Win7 home premium on it. Was donated and missing charger and battery so may not be worth investment. Computer gets past BIOS post then black screen. Can't F8. I don't know what files are on disk so don't care about files. Just want to ...