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Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#1 Post by elim »

Today I opened up Disk Utility and wanted to reformat one of the partitions on my 2.0TB hard drive.
Originally, I had a 0.5TB HFS+ partition followed by a 1.5TB NTFS partition. (Initially partitioned by OSX Disk Utility as .5TB HFS+ and 1.5TB FAT32 on MBR partition scheme, then brought to Windows and 1.5TB FAT32 reformatted to 1.5TB NTFS)

Unfortunately, when I hit reformat, I accidentally reformatted both partitions to HFS+.
We have sensitive data on the latter half of the hard drive in the NTFS partition. And would like to recover that partition.

We began by trying to fix our partition table using these instructions http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step

During the Deep Scan, at 3% completion, we gave up hope and found that testdisk had already found around 40 different partitions that all could not be recovered. Here is the error message:
Last login: Sat Feb 25 10:13:01 on ttys000
workbook:~ Howe$ /Users/Howe/Downloads/testdisk-6.13/testdisk ; exit;
TestDisk 6.13, Data Recovery Utility, November 2011
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
TestDisk exited normally.
sudo may ask your user password, it doesn't ask for the root password.
Usually there is no echo or '*' displayed when you type your password.
TestDisk 6.13, Data Recovery Utility, November 2011
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org

TestDisk 6.13, Data Recovery Utility, November 2011
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org

Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB - CHS 3906963456 1 1

The harddisk (2000 GB / 1862 GiB) seems too small! (< 6310817 TB / 5739655 TiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...

The following partitions can't be recovered:
Partition Start End Size in sectors
Linux 115856682 4036546955581572 4036546839724890
Linux 136073929 12325816166619848 12325816030545919 [qkB5tFA
FAT32 2035532053 4064193530 2028661478
FAT16 LBA 2235419785 4785080997 2549661213
FAT16 <32M 2303827175 4671082918 2367255744
FAT16 <32M 2304067567 4671323310 2367255744
FAT16 >32M 2788527955 4831263766 2042735812
FAT32 3119090573 5178243792 2059153220
FAT12 3134059245 6389754988 3255695744
> HPFS - NTFS 3156923167 5472838449 2315915283

[ Continue ]
1185 GB / 1104 GiB
We then searched deeper within the website and found some instructions on how to undo our reformat to make the HFS+ partition go back to our NTFS partition using this resource: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Data_Rec ... _partition

Within that process, we are currently at the RebuildBS step and here is a screenshot
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Do you have any suggestions for me?

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Re: Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#2 Post by cgrenier »

Is the NTFS partition still listed in the current partition table ?
If it's not the case, run TestDisk, Analyse, Quick Search, Deeper Search, use the arrow keys to switch the first HFS+
partition and the NTFS partition to P(rimary). On next screen, choose Write and confirm, if asked, BackupBS and confirm, Quit and restart your computer.

If the NTFS partition is listed, run TestDisk, Advanced, if available, choose BackupBS and confirm, otherwise List.

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Re: Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#3 Post by elim »

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At this stage, I am trying to execute the List command, but by hitting return, nothing happens. The results here was not from deep scan, will the deep scan can bring different list results? I tried the deep scan a bit, it printed 40 some lines of partition info which I don't know why was so...

I followed the instructions on the website and selected the Advanced command, the partition and type, entered NTFS as my previous filesystem, choose Boot and executed the RebuildBS command. After waiting overnight, I reached the screenshot above but was unable to preform the next step, List.

I don't quite understand this, but it seems like that's the partition info before I accidentally formatted the hard drive.

Before formatting, the partition scheme was:
1st HFS Mac partition with about 500GB
2nd NTFS partition with the remaining space on the 2TB drive (About 1.5TB)

I accidentally hit reformat, but the partition table remains MBR, the current partition scheme is
1st HFS Mac partition with about 500GB
2nd HFS Mac partition with the remaining space (about 1.5TB)

We like to undo the reformatting from HFS and recover all the files in the NTFS partition, and performed the commands from http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Data_Rec ... _partition

What should we do? Do we have enough information to proceed and [Undelete] the partition? Or should we try again or try another method because I am unable to list files?

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Re: Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#4 Post by cgrenier »

Can you post the testdisk.log file ? It may help to understand why RebuildBS has failed.

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Re: Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#5 Post by elim »

Here is the log file, Thank you so much for your help and support:

Sat Feb 25 10:14:05 2012
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 6.13, Data Recovery Utility, November 2011
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Darwin, kernel 10.8.0 (Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.1
Compiler: GCC 4.0
Compilation date: 2011-11-15T08:36:43
ext2fs lib: 1.41.8, ntfs lib: libntfs-3g, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20100226
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/disk0 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 976773168 1 1 (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/disk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB - CHS 3906963456 1 1, sector size=512
Disk /dev/rdisk0 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 976773168 1 1 (RO), sector size=512
Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB - CHS 3906963456 1 1, sector size=512

Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB
Partition table type: Intel

Analyse Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB - CHS 3906963456 1 1
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
BAD_RS LBA=63 1

HFS+ magic value at 63/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 976824765/0/1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=1 nbr=4
Current partition structure:
1 P HFS 63 976824710 976824648

Warning: Bad ending sector (CHS and LBA don't match)
2 P HFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631

Warning: Bad starting sector (CHS and LBA don't match)
No partition is bootable
Ask the user for vista mode
Allow partial last cylinder : Yes
search_vista_part: 1

search_part()
Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB - CHS 3906963456 1 1

HFS+ magic value at 63/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 63 976824710 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 976824765/0/1
part_size 2930138624
HFS 976824765 3906963388 2930138624
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 3906963392/0/1
part_size 2930138624
HFS 3906963392 6837102015 2930138624
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=3906963392, size=2930138624, end=2542134719, disk end=3906963456)
Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB - CHS 3906963456 1 1
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (2000 GB / 1862 GiB) seems too small! (< 3500 GB / 3260 GiB)
The following partition can't be recovered:
HFS 3906963392 6837102015 2930138624
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=1 nbr=4

Results
* HFS 63 976824710 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
P HFS 976824765 3906963388 2930138624
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB

interface_write()
1 * HFS 63 976824710 976824648
2 P HFS 976824765 3906963388 2930138624

search_part()
Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB - CHS 3906963456 1 1

HFS+ magic value at 63/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 63 976824710 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 65/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 29990/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 29990 976854637 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 29992/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 30175/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 30175 976854822 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 30177/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 30272/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 30272 976854919 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 30274/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 30713/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 30713 976855360 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 30715/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 30898/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 30898 976855545 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 30900/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 31083/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 31083 976855730 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 31085/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 31428/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 31428 976856075 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 31430/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 31685/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 31685 976856332 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 31687/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 32006/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 32006 976856653 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 32008/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 32127/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 32127 976856774 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 32129/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 32232/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 32232 976856879 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 32234/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 32345/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 32345 976856992 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 32347/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 32546/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 32546 976857193 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 32548/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 32835/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 32835 976857482 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 32837/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 32916/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 32916 976857563 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 32918/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 33101/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 33101 976857748 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 33103/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 33182/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 33182 976857829 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 33184/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 33279/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 33279 976857926 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 33281/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 33392/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 33392 976858039 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 33394/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 33561/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 33561 976858208 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 33563/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 33634/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 33634 976858281 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 33636/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 33699/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 33699 976858346 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 33701/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 33972/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 33972 976858619 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 33974/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 34053/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 34053 976858700 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 34055/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 34318/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 34318 976858965 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 34320/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 34463/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 34463 976859110 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 34465/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 34592/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 34592 976859239 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 34594/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 34697/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 34697 976859344 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 34699/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 34802/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 34802 976859449 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 34804/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 34867/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 34867 976859514 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 34869/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 35036/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 35036 976859683 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 35038/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 35261/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 35261 976859908 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 35263/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 35406/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 35406 976860053 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 35408/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 35479/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 35479 976860126 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 35481/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 35544/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 35544 976860191 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 35546/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 35761/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 35761 976860408 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 35763/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 35866/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 35866 976860513 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 35868/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 36259/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 36259 976860906 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 36261/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 36436/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 36436 976861083 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 36438/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 36605/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 36605 976861252 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 36607/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 36710/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 36710 976861357 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 36712/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 36839/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 36839 976861486 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 36841/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37024/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37024 976861671 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37026/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37105/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37105 976861752 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37107/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37218/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37218 976861865 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37220/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37331/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37331 976861978 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37333/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37444/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37444 976862091 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37446/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37549/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37549 976862196 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37551/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37694/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37694 976862341 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37696/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37767/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37767 976862414 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37769/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 37832/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 37832 976862479 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 37834/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38033/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38033 976862680 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38035/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38138/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38138 976862785 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38140/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38283/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38283 976862930 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38285/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38356/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38356 976863003 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38358/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38421/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38421 976863068 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38423/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38622/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38622 976863269 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38624/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38727/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38727 976863374 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38729/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38872/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38872 976863519 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38874/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 38945/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 38945 976863592 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 38947/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 39010/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 39010 976863657 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 39012/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 39211/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 39211 976863858 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 39213/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 39316/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 39316 976863963 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 39318/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 39493/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 39493 976864140 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 39495/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 39566/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 39566 976864213 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 39568/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 39631/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 39631 976864278 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 39633/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 39824/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 39824 976864471 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 39826/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 39969/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 39969 976864616 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 39971/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 40042/0/1
part_size 976824648
HFS 40042 976864689 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 40044/0/1
BAD_RS LBA=5920467 290
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 06
FAT16 >32M 5920467 5920466 0
Partition not added.
BAD_RS LBA=8541454 26
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 01
FAT12 8541454 10114317 1572864

HFS magic value at 15086370/0/1
part_size 1513291778
HFS 15086370 1528378147 1513291778 []
HFS, 774 GB / 721 GiB

HFS magic value at 15086372/0/1

LVM magic value at 17452318/0/1

LVM magic value at 17886841/0/1
BAD_RS LBA=471693961 115
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0C
FAT32 LBA 471693961 740944178 269250218
BAD_RS LBA=386857418 603
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0B
FAT32 386857418 656081461 269224044
BAD_RS LBA=3156923167 567
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 07
HPFS - NTFS 3156923167 5472838449 2315915283
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=3156923167, size=2315915283, end=1177871153, disk end=3906963456)
BAD_RS LBA=875848035 7
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 01
FAT12 875848035 3686459657 2810611623

LVM magic value at 42332992/0/1

LVM magic value at 42940188/0/1

LVM magic value at 43404868/0/1

LVM magic value at 43869500/0/1

HFS magic value at 51340471/0/1
part_size 2000976454
HFS 51340471 2052316924 2000976454 [D]
HFS, 1024 GB / 954 GiB

HFS magic value at 51340473/0/1

HFS magic value at 53179063/0/1
part_size 2000976454
HFS 53179063 2054155516 2000976454 [D]
HFS, 1024 GB / 954 GiB

HFS magic value at 53179065/0/1

HFS magic value at 55348079/0/1
part_size 2000976454
HFS 55348079 2056324532 2000976454 [D]
HFS, 1024 GB / 954 GiB

HFS magic value at 55348081/0/1

HFS magic value at 59816936/0/1
part_size 201326850
HFS 59816936 261143785 201326850
HFS, 103 GB / 96 GiB

HFS magic value at 59816938/0/1
BAD_RS LBA=3134059245 154
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 01
FAT12 3134059245 6389754988 3255695744
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=3134059245, size=3255695744, end=2094787692, disk end=3906963456)
BAD_RS LBA=167717148 536
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0E
FAT16 LBA 167717148 2929407403 2761690256
BAD_RS LBA=3119090573 961
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0B
FAT32 3119090573 5178243792 2059153220
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=3119090573, size=2059153220, end=883276496, disk end=3906963456)

HFS magic value at 70734973/0/1
part_size 2759757060
HFS 70734973 2830492032 2759757060 [/]
HFS, 1412 GB / 1315 GiB

HFS magic value at 70734975/0/1
check_FAT: Unusual media descriptor (0xf0!=0xf8)
FAT12 at 71913687/0/1
FAT1 : 1-9
FAT2 : 10-18
start_rootdir : 19
Data : 33-2879
sectors : 2880
cluster_size : 1
no_of_cluster : 2847 (2 - 2848)
fat_length 9 calculated 9
heads/cylinder 2 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
sect/track 18 (FAT) != 1 (HD)

FAT12 at 71913687/0/1
FAT12 71913687 71916566 2880
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
check_FAT: Unusual media descriptor (0xf0!=0xf8)
FAT12 at 71916575/0/1
FAT1 : 1-9
FAT2 : 10-18
start_rootdir : 19
Data : 33-2879
sectors : 2880
cluster_size : 1
no_of_cluster : 2847 (2 - 2848)
fat_length 9 calculated 9
heads/cylinder 2 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
sect/track 18 (FAT) != 1 (HD)

FAT12 at 71916575/0/1
FAT12 71916575 71919454 2880
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB

recover_JFS: s_blocksize=0
recover_JFS: s_size 0
recover_JFS: s_fsckpxd.len:65794
recover_JFS: s_logpxd.len:65793
recover_JFS: part_size 0
Linux 72149991 72149990 0
JFS 0, 0 B
Partition not added.
check_FAT: Unusual media descriptor (0xf0!=0xf8)
FAT12 at 72167703/0/1
FAT1 : 1-9
FAT2 : 10-18
start_rootdir : 19
Data : 33-2879
sectors : 2880
cluster_size : 1
no_of_cluster : 2847 (2 - 2848)
fat_length 9 calculated 9
heads/cylinder 2 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
sect/track 18 (FAT) != 1 (HD)

FAT12 at 72167703/0/1
FAT12 72167703 72170582 2880
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB

HFS+ magic value at 72204667/0/1
part_size 67460
HFS 72204667 72272126 67460
HFS+, 34 MB / 32 MiB

HFS+ magic value at 72204669/0/1
part_size 67460
HFS 72137211 72204670 67460
HFS+ found using backup sector!, 34 MB / 32 MiB

HFS+ magic value at 72272123/0/1
part_size 67460
HFS 72272123 72339582 67460
HFS+, 34 MB / 32 MiB

HFS+ magic value at 72272125/0/1
part_size 67460
HFS 72204667 72272126 67460
HFS+ found using backup sector!, 34 MB / 32 MiB
check_FAT: Unusual media descriptor (0xf0!=0xf8)
FAT12 at 72273159/0/1
FAT1 : 1-9
FAT2 : 10-18
start_rootdir : 19
Data : 33-2879
sectors : 2880
cluster_size : 1
no_of_cluster : 2847 (2 - 2848)
fat_length 9 calculated 9
heads/cylinder 2 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
sect/track 18 (FAT) != 1 (HD)

FAT12 at 72273159/0/1
FAT12 72273159 72276038 2880 [GUEST_TOOLS]
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB

LVM magic value at 72430840/0/1
BAD_RS LBA=2303827175 213
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 04
FAT16 <32M 2303827175 4671082918 2367255744
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=2303827175, size=2367255744, end=376115622, disk end=3906963456)
BAD_RS LBA=2304067567 213
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 04
FAT16 <32M 2304067567 4671323310 2367255744
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=2304067567, size=2367255744, end=376356014, disk end=3906963456)

HFS magic value at 75525426/0/1
part_size 3170002494
HFS 75525426 3245527919 3170002494 [Mˇ–HâE¯HãE¯HâEÿÎ@«E¯]
HFS, 1623 GB / 1511 GiB

HFS magic value at 75525428/0/1

HFS magic value at 75572986/0/1
part_size 3170002494
HFS 75572986 3245575479 3170002494 [Mˇ–HâE¯HãE¯HâEÿÎ@«E¯]
HFS, 1623 GB / 1511 GiB

HFS magic value at 75572988/0/1

HFS magic value at 75586418/0/1
part_size 3170002494
HFS 75586418 3245588911 3170002494 [Mˇ–HâE¯HãE¯HâEÿÎ@«E¯]
HFS, 1623 GB / 1511 GiB

HFS magic value at 75586420/0/1

HFS magic value at 75726498/0/1
part_size 3170002494
HFS 75726498 3245728991 3170002494 [Mˇ–HâE¯HãE¯HâEÿÎ@«E¯]
HFS, 1623 GB / 1511 GiB

HFS magic value at 75726500/0/1

HFS magic value at 75758340/0/1
part_size 3556210480
HFS 75758340 3631968819 3556210480 [nfi]
HFS, 1820 GB / 1695 GiB

HFS magic value at 75758342/0/1

HFS magic value at 75789780/0/1
part_size 3556210480
HFS 75789780 3632000259 3556210480 [nfi]
HFS, 1820 GB / 1695 GiB

HFS magic value at 75789782/0/1

LVM magic value at 76680260/0/1
BAD_RS LBA=685308049 494
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0C
FAT32 LBA 685308049 685552024 243976
BAD_RS LBA=2035532053 182
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0B
FAT32 2035532053 4064193530 2028661478
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=2035532053, size=2028661478, end=4064193530, disk end=3906963456)
BAD_RS LBA=2942682040 401
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 04
FAT16 <32M 2942682040 3006719934 64037895
BAD_RS LBA=795198832 401
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 04
FAT16 <32M 795198832 855042422 59843591
BAD_RS LBA=2235419785 537
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0E
FAT16 LBA 2235419785 4785080997 2549661213
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=2235419785, size=2549661213, end=490113701, disk end=3906963456)
check_FAT: Unusual media descriptor (0xf0!=0xf8)
FAT12 at 85402999/0/1
FAT1 : 1-9
FAT2 : 10-18
start_rootdir : 19
Data : 33-2879
sectors : 2880
cluster_size : 1
no_of_cluster : 2847 (2 - 2848)
fat_length 9 calculated 9
FAT differs, FAT sectors=0-9/9
heads/cylinder 2 (FAT) != 1 (HD)
sect/track 18 (FAT) != 1 (HD)

FAT12 at 85402999/0/1
FAT12 85402999 85405878 2880 [NO NAME]
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
BAD_RS LBA=1297831634 1118
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0B
FAT32 1297831634 1428354526 130522893
BAD_RS LBA=345721513 1119
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 0B
FAT32 345721513 3625627421 3279905909
BAD_RS LBA=2788527955 630
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 06
FAT16 >32M 2788527955 4831263766 2042735812
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=2788527955, size=2042735812, end=536296470, disk end=3906963456)
BAD_RS LBA=714654005 346
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 07
HPFS - NTFS 714654005 2943751028 2229097024
No partition 109523873 1804691208 1695167336
FATX, 867 GB / 808 GiB
Partition not added.

recover_JFS: s_blocksize=1919445059
recover_JFS: s_size 1198404916
recover_JFS: s_fsckpxd.len:8012339
recover_JFS: s_logpxd.len:7949904
recover_JFS: part_size 2844074579
Linux 110007836 12150744607340655 12150744497332819
JFS 1416653682, 6221181 TB / 5658131 TiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=110007836, size=2844074579, end=2954082415, disk end=3906963456)

recover_JFS: s_blocksize=1482845510
recover_JFS: s_size 1817664108
recover_JFS: s_fsckpxd.len:5001050
recover_JFS: s_logpxd.len:5137716
recover_JFS: part_size 3430957914
Linux 115856682 4036546955581572 4036546839724890
JFS 827742026, 2066711 TB / 1879663 TiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=115856682, size=3430957914, end=3546814596, disk end=3906963456)
BAD_RS LBA=735878485 346
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 07
HPFS - NTFS 735878485 2964975508 2229097024
Unknown XFS version a

XFS Marker at 136073929/0/1

recover_xfs
Linux 136073929 12325816166619848 12325816030545919 [qkB5tFA5jxxK]
XFS 6.2+ - bitmap version, 6310817 TB / 5739655 TiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=136073929, size=2920368127, end=3056442056, disk end=3906963456)
Search for partition aborted
Disk /dev/rdisk1 - 2000 GB / 1862 GiB - CHS 3906963456 1 1
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (2000 GB / 1862 GiB) seems too small! (< 6310817 TB / 5739655 TiB)
The following partitions can't be recovered:
Linux 110007836 12150744607340655 12150744497332819
JFS 1416653682, 6221181 TB / 5658131 TiB
Linux 115856682 4036546955581572 4036546839724890
JFS 827742026, 2066711 TB / 1879663 TiB
Linux 136073929 12325816166619848 12325816030545919 [qkB5tFA5jxxK]
XFS 6.2+ - bitmap version, 6310817 TB / 5739655 TiB
FAT32 2035532053 4064193530 2028661478
FAT16 LBA 2235419785 4785080997 2549661213
FAT16 <32M 2303827175 4671082918 2367255744
FAT16 <32M 2304067567 4671323310 2367255744
FAT16 >32M 2788527955 4831263766 2042735812
FAT32 3119090573 5178243792 2059153220
FAT12 3134059245 6389754988 3255695744
HPFS - NTFS 3156923167 5472838449 2315915283
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=1 nbr=204
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=33
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=12
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=5
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=1

Results
HFS 63 976824710 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 29990 976854637 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 30175 976854822 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 30272 976854919 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 30713 976855360 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 30898 976855545 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 31083 976855730 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 31428 976856075 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 31685 976856332 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 32006 976856653 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 32127 976856774 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 32232 976856879 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 32345 976856992 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 32546 976857193 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 32835 976857482 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 32916 976857563 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 33101 976857748 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 33182 976857829 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 33279 976857926 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 33392 976858039 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 33561 976858208 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 33634 976858281 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 33699 976858346 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 33972 976858619 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 34053 976858700 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 34318 976858965 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 34463 976859110 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 34592 976859239 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 34697 976859344 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 34802 976859449 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 34867 976859514 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 35036 976859683 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 35261 976859908 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 35406 976860053 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 35479 976860126 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 35544 976860191 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 35761 976860408 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 35866 976860513 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 36259 976860906 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 36436 976861083 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 36605 976861252 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 36710 976861357 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 36839 976861486 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37024 976861671 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37105 976861752 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37218 976861865 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37331 976861978 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37444 976862091 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37549 976862196 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37694 976862341 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37767 976862414 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 37832 976862479 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38033 976862680 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38138 976862785 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38283 976862930 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38356 976863003 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38421 976863068 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38622 976863269 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38727 976863374 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38872 976863519 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 38945 976863592 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 39010 976863657 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 39211 976863858 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 39316 976863963 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 39493 976864140 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 39566 976864213 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 39631 976864278 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 39824 976864471 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 39969 976864616 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
HFS 40042 976864689 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
FAT12 8541454 10114317 1572864
HFS 15086370 1528378147 1513291778 []
HFS, 774 GB / 721 GiB
HFS 51340471 2052316924 2000976454 [D]
HFS, 1024 GB / 954 GiB
HFS 53179063 2054155516 2000976454 [D]
HFS, 1024 GB / 954 GiB
HFS 55348079 2056324532 2000976454 [D]
HFS, 1024 GB / 954 GiB
HFS 59816936 261143785 201326850
HFS, 103 GB / 96 GiB
HFS 70734973 2830492032 2759757060 [/]
HFS, 1412 GB / 1315 GiB
FAT12 71913687 71916566 2880
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
FAT12 71916575 71919454 2880
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
HFS 72137211 72204670 67460
HFS+ found using backup sector!, 34 MB / 32 MiB
FAT12 72167703 72170582 2880
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
HFS 72204667 72272126 67460
HFS+, 34 MB / 32 MiB
HFS 72272123 72339582 67460
HFS+, 34 MB / 32 MiB
FAT12 72273159 72276038 2880 [GUEST_TOOLS]
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
HFS 75525426 3245527919 3170002494 [Mˇ–HâE¯HãE¯HâEÿÎ@«E¯]
HFS, 1623 GB / 1511 GiB
HFS 75572986 3245575479 3170002494 [Mˇ–HâE¯HãE¯HâEÿÎ@«E¯]
HFS, 1623 GB / 1511 GiB
HFS 75586418 3245588911 3170002494 [Mˇ–HâE¯HãE¯HâEÿÎ@«E¯]
HFS, 1623 GB / 1511 GiB
HFS 75726498 3245728991 3170002494 [Mˇ–HâE¯HãE¯HâEÿÎ@«E¯]
HFS, 1623 GB / 1511 GiB
HFS 75758340 3631968819 3556210480 [nfi]
HFS, 1820 GB / 1695 GiB
HFS 75789780 3632000259 3556210480 [nfi]
HFS, 1820 GB / 1695 GiB
FAT12 85402999 85405878 2880 [NO NAME]
FAT12, 1474 KB / 1440 KiB
FAT16 LBA 167717148 2929407403 2761690256
FAT32 345721513 3625627421 3279905909
FAT32 386857418 656081461 269224044
FAT32 LBA 471693961 740944178 269250218
FAT32 LBA 685308049 685552024 243976
HPFS - NTFS 714654005 2943751028 2229097024
HPFS - NTFS 735878485 2964975508 2229097024
FAT16 <32M 795198832 855042422 59843591
FAT12 875848035 3686459657 2810611623
FAT32 1297831634 1428354526 130522893
FAT16 <32M 2942682040 3006719934 64037895
Can't open backup.log file: No such file or directory
interface_load
Invalid partition structure.

Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
BAD_RS LBA=63 1

HFS+ magic value at 63/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 976824765/0/1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=1 nbr=4
1 P HFS 63 976824710 976824648
HFS+, 500 GB / 465 GiB
2 P HFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB

HFS_HFSP_boot_sector
2 P HFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB

HFS+ magic value at 976824765/0/1

HFS+ magic value at 976824765/0/1
Volume header
HFS+ OK

Backup volume header
HFS+ OK

Sectors are not identical.
Change partition type:
2 P HFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
Change partition type:
2 P HPFS - NTFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB

ntfs_boot_sector
2 P HPFS - NTFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
filesystem size 1
sectors_per_cluster 0
mft_lcn 0
mftmirr_lcn 0
clusters_per_mft_record 0
clusters_per_index_record 0
Boot sector
Status: Bad

Backup boot sector
Status: Bad

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
rebuild_NTFS_BS
mft at 201603930, seq=1, main=0 res=1
read_mft_info failed
ntfs_find_mft: sectors_per_cluster invalid
ntfs_find_mft: mft_lcn 3145728
ntfs_find_mft: mftmirr_lcn 683706539
ntfs_find_mft: mft_record_size 1024

mft at 1562725552, seq=1, main=0 res=1
read_mft_info failed
ntfs_find_mft: sectors_per_cluster invalid
ntfs_find_mft: mft_lcn 3145728
ntfs_find_mft: mftmirr_lcn 683706539
ntfs_find_mft: mft_record_size 1024

Potential partition:
2 P HPFS - NTFS 1172137239 4102275869 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
Failed to rebuild NTFS boot sector.

ntfs_boot_sector
2 P HPFS - NTFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
filesystem size 1
sectors_per_cluster 0
mft_lcn 0
mftmirr_lcn 0
clusters_per_mft_record 0
clusters_per_index_record 0
Boot sector
Status: Bad

Backup boot sector
Status: Bad

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Change partition type:
2 P HPFS - NTFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
Not an exFAT boot sector.

ntfs_boot_sector
2 P HPFS - NTFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
filesystem size 1
sectors_per_cluster 0
mft_lcn 0
mftmirr_lcn 0
clusters_per_mft_record 0
clusters_per_index_record 0
Boot sector
Status: Bad

Backup boot sector
Status: Bad

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
rebuild_NTFS_BS
Search mft stopped: 131072/2930138631
Failed to rebuild NTFS boot sector.

ntfs_boot_sector
2 P HPFS - NTFS 976824765 3906963395 2930138631
HFS+, 1500 GB / 1397 GiB
filesystem size 1
sectors_per_cluster 0
mft_lcn 0
mftmirr_lcn 0
clusters_per_mft_record 0
clusters_per_index_record 0
Boot sector
Status: Bad

Backup boot sector
Status: Bad

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.
NTFS signature is missing.

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Re: Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#6 Post by cgrenier »

In the Advanced menu, press 'a' to add a partition starting at 1172137239, set the partition type to NTFS, choose Boot, RebuildBS, List. Does it work ?
If it's the case, it's now time to write the information, choose Write and confirm to rewrite the boot sector, run Analyse, Quick Search, add again the partition and on next screen, choose to Write and confirm to write the new partition table.

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Re: Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#7 Post by elim »

I think I understand what you're asking me to do. From the Main screen, I have highlighted Advanced, then hit 'return', then hit 'a', typed in 1172137239 under Cylinder, change the type to NTFS (07), then hit done but did not find options for Boot, RebuildBS, or List.

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Re: Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#8 Post by cgrenier »

Once you choose [Done] on this last screenshot, you should be able to select the NTFS partition and choose Boot, List...

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Re: Recovery Process after Partition Reformatted

#9 Post by elim »

Hello Everyone,

After about a week, I finally recovered my previous partition map!

Here is our abridged story:
We had a 2TB drive with a 600GB HFS+ partition for Mac Backups and a 1.4TB NTFS partition for Windows backup and storage. One morning I accidentally reformatted the entire drive to 500GB HFS+ and 1.5TB HFS+.

We searched online and found TestDisk from cgsecurity.org. We found TestDisk and compiled it for OS X Snow Leopard to use on our Mac. Then we tried using the Analyse tool and Quick Search, but were unable to find our lost partition. We proceeded to the Deeper Scan, but after two nights of searching, I stopped the search, only to find a mismatch of over 40 unrecoverable partitions listed on my Terminal.

We then tried a different tool under the Advanced option, hoping to convert our latter partition back to NTFS, but with no success. Finally, after exchanging several posts with @cgrenier, who looked through our logs, we were able to use advanced commands add a new partition with specific Starting Cylinder values from our logs, a specific Ending Cylinder value (the greatest value in the range of the HD), and a partition type. When Booting and RebuildingBS, we were finally able to List our files.

Lastly, we returned back to the Analyse tool, and although Quick Search could not find our lost partition, we simply added the specific partition again with its type and Starting and Ending Cylinder values. We confirmed and rewrote the partition map, restarted and found our Hard Drive restored completely to it's original form.

Thank you all so much for this wonderful program and your expedient support on this forum.

Sincerely,
Elim Qiu

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