Force a Deeper Scan?
Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 18:24
Is there are way to force a "deeper scan"?
The first time I ran TestDisk, the app ran a quick scan then, after not finding anything, suggested a deeper scan. The deeper scan found a backup sector that I was able copy about half of my files from...until...my mother (visiting from out of town) unplugged my machine (accidently!). Since this time, TestDisk runs a quick search but then for some reason does not give the option to run a Deeper Scan like before. I originally ran on 6.13 but I have now tried 6.14 with the same results. I also noticed it no longer asks me if I would like to search for partitions created after vista.
Background. This is a 400 GB Seagate drive that lived on a 32 bit XP machine. When I moved it to a new 64 bit Windows 8 machine, windows complained that “it did not recognize the dynamic disk”. (I don’t remember the exact message.) I then started going through the import feature in device manager but frantically cancelled in the middle when it kindly asked me if I would like to format the drive. Windows now thinks this drive is a RAW unformatted drive.
The first time I ran TestDisk, the app ran a quick scan then, after not finding anything, suggested a deeper scan. The deeper scan found a backup sector that I was able copy about half of my files from...until...my mother (visiting from out of town) unplugged my machine (accidently!). Since this time, TestDisk runs a quick search but then for some reason does not give the option to run a Deeper Scan like before. I originally ran on 6.13 but I have now tried 6.14 with the same results. I also noticed it no longer asks me if I would like to search for partitions created after vista.
Background. This is a 400 GB Seagate drive that lived on a 32 bit XP machine. When I moved it to a new 64 bit Windows 8 machine, windows complained that “it did not recognize the dynamic disk”. (I don’t remember the exact message.) I then started going through the import feature in device manager but frantically cancelled in the middle when it kindly asked me if I would like to format the drive. Windows now thinks this drive is a RAW unformatted drive.