The Following Partitions can't be recovered

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Davidesd
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The Following Partitions can't be recovered

#1 Post by Davidesd »

I friend of mine gave me his hard disk, he told me it had some problems but wasn't able to describe me the symptoms, nor the circumstances the symptos first appeared. All he cares is to recover some folder containing photos.
I've connected the disk on my pc (it's a old hard drive: Maxtor 6L120P0 120GB, with Parallel ATA interface). I'm able to access the disk folder both with Windows and Ubuntu, but it is terrible slow. I'm able to open some files, while others throw an exception (in Ubuntu i get this message: "Error: splicing file Input/output").

This is the log produced by Analyse, and you can see the images in the attachment. I've used Win7 64bit.

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Tue Jul 22 13:54:09 2014
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.0-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, June 2014
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1
Compiler: GCC 4.8, MinGW 3.11
Compilation date: Jun 21 2014 09:12:33
ext2fs lib: none, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: 20120504
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=163927522816
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=500106780160
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive2)=500107862016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive3)=163928604672
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive4)=122942324736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive5)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=163820077056
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=257882817024
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=242221883904
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=257952973824
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\G:)=242143985664
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\H:)=101011423232
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\I:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.


filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\I:) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function.


Warning: can't get size for \\.\I:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\J:)=122926777344
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\K:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.


filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\K:) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function.


Warning: can't get size for \\.\K:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\M:)=1000202273280
Hard disk list
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 163 GB / 152 GiB - CHS 21175 240 63, sector size=512
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 64601 240 63, sector size=512
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive2 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60801 255 63, sector size=512
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive3 - 163 GB / 152 GiB - CHS 21175 240 63, sector size=512
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive4 - 122 GB / 114 GiB - CHS 14946 255 63, sector size=512
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive5 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512
Drive C: - 163 GB / 152 GiB - CHS 21161 240 63, sector size=512
Drive D: - 257 GB / 240 GiB - CHS 33311 240 63, sector size=512
Drive E: - 242 GB / 225 GiB - CHS 31288 240 63, sector size=512
Drive F: - 257 GB / 240 GiB - CHS 31360 255 63, sector size=512
Drive G: - 242 GB / 225 GiB - CHS 29438 255 63, sector size=512
Drive H: - 101 GB / 94 GiB - CHS 13048 240 63, sector size=512
Drive J: - 122 GB / 114 GiB - CHS 14944 255 63, sector size=512
Drive M: - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512

Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive4 - 122 GB / 114 GiB
Partition table type: Intel

Analyse Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive4 - 122 GB / 114 GiB - CHS 14946 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
NTFS at 0/1/1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=128 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=2
Current partition structure:
 1 * HPFS - NTFS              0   1  1 14944 254 63  240091362

search_part()
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive4 - 122 GB / 114 GiB - CHS 14946 255 63
NTFS at 0/1/1
filesystem size           240091362
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               15005710
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
     HPFS - NTFS              0   1  1 14944 254 63  240091362
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 122 GB / 114 GiB
NTFS at 14945/254/63
filesystem size           240107427
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               16
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
     HPFS - NTFS              0   1  1 14945 254 63  240107427
     NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=4096, 122 GB / 114 GiB
NTFS at 14945/254/63
filesystem size           240107427
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               16
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
NTFS: Can't read MFT
     HPFS - NTFS          14945 254 63 29891 253 62  240107427
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 122 GB / 114 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=240107489, size=240107427, end=480214915, disk end=240121728)
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive4 - 122 GB / 114 GiB - CHS 14946 255 63
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (122 GB / 114 GiB) seems too small! (< 245 GB / 228 GiB)
The following partition can't be recovered:
     HPFS - NTFS          14945 254 63 29891 253 62  240107427
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 122 GB / 114 GiB
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=4
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=128 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=4

Results
     HPFS - NTFS              0   1  1 14944 254 63  240091362
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 122 GB / 114 GiB
     HPFS - NTFS              0   1  1 14945 254 63  240107427
     NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=4096, 122 GB / 114 GiB

interface_write()
 
No partition found or selected for recovery
How can i proceed?
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