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Unable to open '/dev/dm-0'
The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
The file system wasn't safely closed on Windows. Fixing.
The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
The file system wasn't safely closed on Windows. Fixing.
The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
The file system wasn't safely closed on Windows. Fixing.
Unable to open '/dev/sdb'
The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
The file system wasn't safely closed on Windows. Fixing.
Unable to open '/dev/sdd'
/init: line 7: can't open ?????? (my edit: maybe /dev/sr0): No medium found
Generating locales...
This /dev/dm-0 designation is a wrong carry-over from a botched Intel Rapid Storage Driver installation that happened when Windows was installed the first time, this Intel Driver tried to pair 2x 1.5 TB drives (/dev/sdc & /dev/sdb) together in a RAID array without warning. Windows was promptly reinstalled without this Intel Driver and the partition table of /dev/sdb was recovered after the install with Testdisk, this was more than a year ago.
The PC worked fine since then with Windows 7, until I tried to start an Ubuntu DVD simply to Try Ubuntu today. How unfortunate that it would overwrite partition tables and filenames right at startup, without even a hint of a prompt or agreement from my side.
The current drive configuration in the PC is as follows:
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Disk /dev/sda - 1500 GB / 1397 GiB - Samsung HD154UI
Disk /dev/sdb - 1500 GB / 1397 GiB - ST31500341AS
Disk /dev/sdc - 1500 GB / 1397 GiB - ST31500341AS
Disk /dev/sdd - 200 GB / 186 GiB - ST3200826AS
/dev/sda: [1397.26 GiB NTFS (Healthy, Primary)]
/dev/sdb: should be [1251 GB NTFS] [249 GB NTFS], but currently is
offline [774.57 GiB][390.63 GiB][232.07 GiB]
/dev/sdc: [774.57 GiB NTFS (Healthy, Primary, Active)] [390.63 GiB NTFS Healthy, Primary]
[232.07 GiB Unallocated]
/dev/sdd: [100 MiB NTFS (Healthy, System, Primary, Active)] [186.21 GiB NTFS (Healthy, Boot, Primary)]
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Disk /dev/sdb - 1500 GB / 1397 GiB - CHS 182401 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 152106 139 33 2443599146 [Piet] (1251 GB)
2 P HPFS - NTFS 152107 0 1 182400 254 63 486673110 [Files] (249 GB)
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Disk /dev/sdb - 1500 GB / 1397 GiB - CHS 182401 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 x x x 1956926036 [Piet] (1002 GB)
2 P HPFS - NTFS x x x 152106 139 33 486673110 [?] (249 GB)
3 P HPFS - NTFS 152107 0 1 182400 254 63 486673110 [Files] (249 GB)
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Disk /dev/sdb - 1500 GB / 1397 GiB - CHS 182401 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 10113 179 58 1624389632 [Francois Files] (831 GB)
2 P HPFS - NTFS 101113 179 59 152106 139 33 819200000 (419 GB)
3 P HPFS - NTFS 152107 0 1 182400 254 63 486673110 [Files] (249 GB)
(NTFS, blocksize=4096, 831 GB / 774 GiB)
(NTFS, blocksize=4096, 419 GB / 390 GiB)
(NTFS, blocksize=4096, 249 GB / 232 GiB)
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Disk /dev/sdb - 1500GB / 1397 GiB - CHS 182401 255 63
The harddisk <1500 GB / 1397 GiB> seems too small! << 1749 GB / 1629 GiB>
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The following partitions can't be recovered:
Partition Start End Size in sectors
FAT16 LBA 155655 200 54 186533 126 25 496050380 (253 GB)
HPFS - NTFS 182400 254 63 212694 254 62 486673110
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Disk /dev/sdb - 1500 GB / 1397 GiB - CHS 182401 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 10113 179 58 1624389632 [Francois Files] (831 GB)
HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 182401 35 34 2930272256 [Francois Files] (1500 GB)
HPFS - NTFS 101113 179 59 152106 139 33 819200000 (419 GB)
HPFS - NTFS 152107 0 1 182400 254 63 486673110 [Files] (249 GB)
(NTFS, blocksize=4096, 831 GB / 774 GiB)
(NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=4096, 1500GB / 1397 GiB)
(NTFS, blocksize=4096, 419 GB / 390 GiB)
(NTFS, blocksize=4096, 249 GB / 232 GiB)
Partition #2 [Francois Files] (1500 GB) cannot find a valid file system, and Partition #4 [Files] actually shows the correct files for the correct partition, so now only the first correct partition must be recovered.
Please take note of the partition table of the other 1.5TB drive, /dev/sdc, and notice how the Ubuntu DVD copied this partition table of /dev/sdc to /dev/sdb. But, not only was the partition table copied to /dev/sdb, but also the file names and folders (MFT?).
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Disk /dev/sdc - 1500 GB / 1397 GiB - CHS 182401 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 10113 179 58 1624389632 [Francois Files] (831 GB)
2 P HPFS - NTFS 101113 179 59 152106 139 33 819200000 (419 GB)
(NTFS, blocksize=4096, 831 GB / 774 GiB)
(NTFS, blocksize=4096, 419 GB / 390 GiB)
Is it possible to try something more than the Testdisk Deep Search to try and recover the partition table?
I really appreciate any advice or expertise you can help me with. Thank you for reading.
Testdisk.log : http://goo.gl/Pb0lUm
Screenshots : http://goo.gl/HTyFmR