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Hi,

I just tried the same thing back in testdisk 7.0 and it says something different to 7.1 it says 'MFT and MFT mirror are bad.Failed to repair them'.

Hi,
I used testdisk 7.1, it said boot sector ok and is identical to backup boot sector. It also said MFT and MFT mirror match perfectly! But the file system is still damaged.

Is this the end of the road for me or is there something I can do to repair the file system?

I noticed the log mentione ...

Hi thanks so much for the reply,

When you say "Select the PhysicalDrive containing D: instead of D: directly", do you mean the select the drive at the earlier Disk selection menu or one of the other green entries listed in my first screen grab? Apologies if this is obvious!

Can I just check ...

Hi,

My question is have i damaged my MFT? and should I follow these instructions below?

run test disk,
choose advanced menu
select my NTFS partition
choose boot
then repair MFT

I've added some screen grabs below and some background info on what I did:

I damaged my portable usb drive, I ...