Totally Lost Too
Posted: 30 Nov 2016, 03:04
Hi,
I came here as a recommendation by a user of ExPVR - a utility to transfer Sky TV recordings from an 'old' Skybox HDD to a new one. I have used this software previously, indeed the HDD I am having trouble with was the target drive in that case, but it is now the source drive.
It is a 1TB HDD and is still visible and readable in the Skybox, yet is reported as RAW by Windows. The ExPVR software looks exclusively for a FAT32 format and that is where the recommendation to come here arose. (I also discovered that Windows 10 doesn't like FAT32 either so connected the HDD to my Win2008R2 server where I used Testdisk 7.0 on it.
The drive appears as FAT12, so I ran "Rebuild BS" and after stating "FAT32 ?" it decides that it is, see image below where it is searching subdirectories for the cluster size.
Upon completion it reports that it cannot find the cluster size as shown below.
So, what next? If I choose "Repair FAT" I get a warning that it is "Very dangerous! Expert only" and not being an expert I don't wish to risk something I have no idea about.
I have left the program at the following position because scanning a 1TB drive takes a long time. Any help gratefully received. Thank you.
I came here as a recommendation by a user of ExPVR - a utility to transfer Sky TV recordings from an 'old' Skybox HDD to a new one. I have used this software previously, indeed the HDD I am having trouble with was the target drive in that case, but it is now the source drive.
It is a 1TB HDD and is still visible and readable in the Skybox, yet is reported as RAW by Windows. The ExPVR software looks exclusively for a FAT32 format and that is where the recommendation to come here arose. (I also discovered that Windows 10 doesn't like FAT32 either so connected the HDD to my Win2008R2 server where I used Testdisk 7.0 on it.
The drive appears as FAT12, so I ran "Rebuild BS" and after stating "FAT32 ?" it decides that it is, see image below where it is searching subdirectories for the cluster size.
Upon completion it reports that it cannot find the cluster size as shown below.
So, what next? If I choose "Repair FAT" I get a warning that it is "Very dangerous! Expert only" and not being an expert I don't wish to risk something I have no idea about.
I have left the program at the following position because scanning a 1TB drive takes a long time. Any help gratefully received. Thank you.