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by loij
03 Oct 2019, 21:56
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: not sure what is next ?
Replies: 2
Views: 3630

Re: not sure what is next ?

Thanks I realize that but I'm trying to understand why an unallocated drive shows anything on it ? also , I tried to open log files in Linux Mint 19.2 but I don't know what program/app to open it with ? I took 11 screenshots of all ops I did on this drive but they wouldn't all upload , so I did send ...
by loij
03 Oct 2019, 16:20
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: not sure what is next ?
Replies: 2
Views: 3630

not sure what is next ?

I wanted see if this drive was clear of all partitions and file systems . so I ran testdisk on it . It is unallocated partion/drive but testdisk found "stuff" on the drive and I don't know what my next step should be in order to have this "stuff" removed so I can continue eventually with a newly ...
by loij
14 Oct 2017, 10:30
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: File sys repair or partition repair or both ?
Replies: 2
Views: 2440

Re: File sys repair or partition repair or both ?

Fri Oct 13 16:26:33 2017
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Linux, kernel 4.4.0-53-generic (#74-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 2 15:59:10 UTC 2016) x86_64
Compiler: GCC 5.3
ext2fs lib: 1.42.13, ntfs ...
by loij
14 Oct 2017, 03:31
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: File sys repair or partition repair or both ?
Replies: 2
Views: 2440

File sys repair or partition repair or both ?

Hi , I'm at a point where I'm not sure what the next right thing to do is.
I googled this line from my output

- The harddisk (500 GB / 465 GiB) seems too small! (< 2372 GB / 2209 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...


and was reading up on the issue ; that's ...