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So I have now tried to restore the corrupted boot sector using Backup BS. However, testdisk tell me the backup is identical to the current boot sector. Does this mean the back up is corrupt as well? If so, how should I proceed?

Okay, have removed the HPA using HDAT2. I now get UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME error when I boot, but hopefully I can fix the boot sector to recover from this.

/dev/sda:
setting max visible sectors to 312581808 (permanent)
SET_MAX_ADDRESS failed: Input/output error
max sectors = 114270345/312581808, HPA is enabled

Also tried temporary change (i.e. without the p) but same result.

I have a bit of an unusual problem.

I was trying to recover a corrupted hard drive from an old Dell laptop which no longer boots by connecting the drive as an external USB drive to a newer Samsung netbook. However, I accidentally attempted to boot from the old hard drive and when I next tried to ...