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samsung external hd 500gb error

Posted: 31 Aug 2016, 22:23
by john2020
hi, I have external hd samsung 500gb which became raw, I tried to fix it with testdisk, but it didn't recognize it, entered chd and now it says can't read fat boot sector. how do i fix that and get it working again?

Re: samsung external hd 500gb error

Posted: 01 Sep 2016, 19:23
by cgrenier
Run Testdisk, Advanced, Boot, RebuildBS, List.
If you can see your files, choose Write, confirm, Quit and restart your computer.

Re: samsung external hd 500gb error

Posted: 02 Sep 2016, 09:38
by Ageofempires2
I had the exact the same problem with a samsung external 500GB. If when you try to list your files you get the "Damage filesysem" error, I think it will very unlikely that you will be able to get your data using testdisk. You can use photorec but that doesn't keep file structure. How I solved mine was by using Zero Assumptions Recovery, that kept my files and structures 100%. Good luck!