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Thanks Christophe!

Coincidentally I tried to mount the device but it complained about the unknown filesystem


mark@mark-Inspiron-660:/$ sudo mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt/sdb-backup/
mount: unknown filesystem type 'linux_raid_member'


I searched the error and doing the following created two RAID arrays ...

Hello again.

I managed to backup the disk to a new 2TB WD Red drive using ddrescue but this time have them both installed internally with direct SATA cables rather than the USB bridge.

Testdisk now sees more information and that the disk is RAID. I gives the message 'Invalid RAID superblock' but I ...

Oh and also, I changed the partition types to L or P from D just to see if I could list files with the 'p' command but all gave the response 'No file system found'.

The one that was P didn't have the option to be L.

Hi,

Thanks for responding. I have run it with 7.0-WIP as suggested and there are slightly different results but still no real sign that it might have found anything.




Tue Apr 7 09:37:49 2015
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.0-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, March 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier ...

Hello, I have a corrupt 2TB disk and have run TestDisk Analyse and Deeper Search but I am not sure how to proceed.

Some background also.

My Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v2 2TB disk reports as "corrupted boot"

I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in dual boot with my Windows 8 preinstalled Dell Inspiron 660 ...