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by sloshedeviloven
10 Jan 2018, 23:19
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Harddisk size too small, cannot recover partition
Replies: 3
Views: 2649

Re: Harddisk size too small, cannot recover partition


FAT16 is for media smaller than 2GB. Your disk is 1 TB, so it's very unlikely you had FAT16 filesystem.
As TestDisk didn't find your partition, try PhotoRec to recover your data.


Actually, the FAT16 partition is the correct one. I had this drive formatted for a very specific use and just never ...
by sloshedeviloven
10 Jan 2018, 07:27
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Harddisk size too small, cannot recover partition
Replies: 3
Views: 2649

Harddisk size too small, cannot recover partition

Hey guys, I'm really illiterate when it comes to using TestDisk, and I was hoping someone could help me out here. I'm trying to recover my drive's FAT16 partition that was formatted by accident when making a win10 bootable USB. I have followed the steps given to me in both youtube videos and the ...