Advanced menu and Type did it. Rebuilt the boot sector, and was able to list files. Then I used good old chkdsk to rebuild the NTFS file tables, and made a 100% recovery. :)
All of this was caused by a non-GPT aware boot loader (GAG) that overwrote the GPT header and protective MBR. The thing is ...
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- 12 Apr 2012, 03:06
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Can't change MS Data to NTFS partition
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- 28 Mar 2012, 02:13
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Can't change MS Data to NTFS partition
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Can't change MS Data to NTFS partition
I have a GPT disk that had a single NTFS partition on it (other than the MSR partition, that is). A rogue boot manager overwrite the GPT header and partition tables. Fortunately, GPT and NTFS both keep backup copies of themselves elsewhere on the disk, and I was able to find and restore these with ...