Testdisk doesn't write partition table at all*
Posted: 13 Jan 2013, 13:13
Hi:
I have tried to recover some partitions using testdisk with deeper search. It shows up all my partitions (including the extended ones which were lost with exact sizes in GBs). UPDATE: I tried with 'sudo' as well as 'root' and still the same results.
TestDisk Quick Search Output
TestDisk Deep Search Output
TestDisk Report in the middle of Deep Search
TesDisk Deep Search Output (manipulated according to lost filetables)
Pressed 'Write' at this point
But the problem there is no change after testdisk "wrote" partititon table because, after reboot, testdisk reports back to the same four partitions it sees before running testdisk. Same in the case of quick search. It is back to square one every time with testdisk!
How can I write those partitions which testdisk discovers? Or where did I go wrong? Thanks!
*PS: I used 'ddrescue' to clone the entire 320GB HDD to 500GB HDD and 'gsmartcontrol' reports the healthy.
I have tried to recover some partitions using testdisk with deeper search. It shows up all my partitions (including the extended ones which were lost with exact sizes in GBs). UPDATE: I tried with 'sudo' as well as 'root' and still the same results.
TestDisk Quick Search Output
TestDisk Deep Search Output
TestDisk Report in the middle of Deep Search
TesDisk Deep Search Output (manipulated according to lost filetables)
Pressed 'Write' at this point
But the problem there is no change after testdisk "wrote" partititon table because, after reboot, testdisk reports back to the same four partitions it sees before running testdisk. Same in the case of quick search. It is back to square one every time with testdisk!
How can I write those partitions which testdisk discovers? Or where did I go wrong? Thanks!
*PS: I used 'ddrescue' to clone the entire 320GB HDD to 500GB HDD and 'gsmartcontrol' reports the healthy.