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I had the exact the same problem with a samsung external 500GB. If when you try to list your files you get the "Damage filesysem" error, I think it will very unlikely that you will be able to get your data using testdisk. You can use photorec but that doesn't keep file structure. How I solved mine ...

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So I got my data back, which was my number 1 priority. Reasons why testdisk doesn't access the data in this state is still a topic of confusion between many users - as seen in the large number of posts with the "Damage filesystem" error. I believe a Geometry change would have fixed it ...

Then I get this error.

I don't know if this is the correct partition, so I try to list the files.

This is the warning message I get after the analysis. How can this be fixed? Geometry?

Thank you for you reply, but this didn't work. The Boot was identical. And I can see a partition, but when I tried to access it by pressing "P", I cannot list the files because I get this error: "Can't open file system. Filesystem seems damaged"
*This is a very common message for some people, so I'd ...

Hello,

Story: I was busy sending a game to my 500GB external HDD when I accidentally (out from the USB port) unplugged it from my laptop thinking that process had been completed. I didn't realize the problem immediately, and only found out when I reconnected it to try and see if I could play the ...