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- 17 Aug 2015, 23:29
- Forum: Filesystem repair
- Topic: Repairing boot sector/testdisk
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Repairing boot sector/testdisk
How long should this option take? I have an HDD with a boot sector that seems to consist of zeros. I've tried to rebuild the boot sector with testdisk but after many hours it seems only a fraction of the way through the task. I say 'the task' but the onscreen message says 'searching mft' (or similar ...
- 14 Aug 2015, 15:40
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Dead disk - not sure anything can be done but ...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1298
Dead disk - not sure anything can be done but ...
Hi all. I have an HDD from an old laptop that I would like to recover files from. I have connected the HDD as an external USB HDD to another machine. Windows recognised it for a short while but now only occasionally allocates it a drive letter. Even if it gets a drive letter it can't be opened. I've ...