TestDisk wrote a FAT32 partition but still needs formatting
Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 01:01
Hi all,
I'm new to these forums and only a novice with TestDisk.
I followed the Wiki guide for recovering a partition that Windows wants to format but am still having trouble.
Initially I was given the drive (a 500Gb USB 2.5") and Windows simply gave the usual message "The drive is not formatted. Would you like to format it now?"
Running TestDisk in Simple Search mode showed a partition so I chose it, confirmed it had the files (it did) and wrote it to the disk and rebooted. Still Windows wanted to format the drive. So I ran TestDisk again and this time let a Deeper Search run overnight. This found a partition. I confirmed it had the files (it did) so I wrote it again, rebooted, but still nothing.
Is there anything else I should be doing? When faced with a similar drive in the past the above was all that was required - but of course each case will be different I'm sure.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
I'm new to these forums and only a novice with TestDisk.
I followed the Wiki guide for recovering a partition that Windows wants to format but am still having trouble.
Initially I was given the drive (a 500Gb USB 2.5") and Windows simply gave the usual message "The drive is not formatted. Would you like to format it now?"
Running TestDisk in Simple Search mode showed a partition so I chose it, confirmed it had the files (it did) and wrote it to the disk and rebooted. Still Windows wanted to format the drive. So I ran TestDisk again and this time let a Deeper Search run overnight. This found a partition. I confirmed it had the files (it did) so I wrote it again, rebooted, but still nothing.
Is there anything else I should be doing? When faced with a similar drive in the past the above was all that was required - but of course each case will be different I'm sure.
Your help is greatly appreciated.