NTFS external HDD changed to FAT16

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Beowulf6666
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Re: NTFS external HDD changed to FAT16

#11 Post by Beowulf6666 »

ok....here is the log

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Fri Apr 15 10:49:09 2016
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1
Compiler: GCC 4.8, Cygwin 1007.34
Compilation date: 2015-04-18T13:01:55
ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20120504, curses lib: ncurses 5.9
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdc)=2000398934016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdd)=320072933376
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive2)=2000398934016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive3)=320072933376
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=1000201224704
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\D:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.

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

Warning: can't get size for \\.\D:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=1000202043392
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\F:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.

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

Warning: can't get size for \\.\F:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\G:)=320062063104
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\I:)=2000396746752
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdc - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdd - 320 GB / 298 GiB - CHS 38913 255 63, sector size=512
Drive C: - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121600 255 63, sector size=512
Drive E: - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121600 255 63, sector size=512
Drive G: - 320 GB / 298 GiB - CHS 38911 255 63, sector size=512
Drive I: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63, sector size=512

Partition table type (auto): None
Drive I: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
Partition table type: Intel

Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Change partition type:
1 * HPFS - NTFS 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416

ntfs_boot_sector
1 * HPFS - NTFS 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
filesystem size 2129407804535189174 1
sectors_per_cluster 130 0
mft_lcn 2939210029 0
mftmirr_lcn 3384811707 0
clusters_per_mft_record -7 0
clusters_per_index_record 56 0
Boot sector
Status: Bad

Backup boot sector
Status: Bad

Sectors are not identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
rebuild_NTFS_BS
Failed to rebuild NTFS boot sector.

ntfs_boot_sector
1 * HPFS - NTFS 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
filesystem size 2129407804535189174 1
sectors_per_cluster 130 0
mft_lcn 2939210029 0
mftmirr_lcn 3384811707 0
clusters_per_mft_record -7 0
clusters_per_index_record 56 0
Boot sector
Status: Bad

Backup boot sector
Status: Bad

Sectors are not identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.

TestDisk exited normally.

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Re: NTFS external HDD changed to FAT16

#12 Post by Beowulf6666 »

Anyone? cgrenier?

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