USB-protocol uses Intel Standard-Geometry of 255 heads per cylinder.
Laptops/Notebooks and 2.5 inch disks often 240 heads per cylinder.
So it might be possible that the partitions are not in sequential order anymore.
When partitions due to a geometry problem overlap, they're not recoverable anymore ...
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- 15 Nov 2012, 13:06
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: How can I convert Dynamic Disk back to Basic Disk?
- Replies: 3
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- 13 Nov 2012, 10:00
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: How can I convert Dynamic Disk back to Basic Disk?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5836
Re: How can I convert Dynamic Disk back to Basic Disk?
I have the exact same problem. i cannot believe i cldn achieve what the others have so easily seemed to have with Testdisk. I have an HP laptop with win7 hp which came with 4 partitions-a system,a backup,the c drive ,and HP tools. All i did was shrink my c drive to create a new partition n damn! all ...