Can testdisk auto edit a partition definition when a user is only recovering data?
Posted: 19 Dec 2016, 17:05
Hi! I used test-disk to recover a deleted partition by simply following the steps at https://ubuverse.com/recover-a-disk-par ... rted-live/
I followed the steps accurately and made sure to select the required partition(sdb6). It successfully recovered my partition but caused me to loose other much more important partitions.
Now my truecrypt partition that used to be located in the first partition has been lost. It used to be a FAT32 file system but now it's showing up as RAW in windows7 disk management and NTFS in gparted on linux. Some partitions are also appearing as unformatted. I want to know whether testdisk redefined the truecrypt partition by itself or did it just restore a previous partition definition(for lack of a better word). In other words, is it actually possible for testdisk to edit partition definitions in a drive when a user does the actions from the above post that I happened to follow or would it merely restore a previous definition in that context? Thanks.
I followed the steps accurately and made sure to select the required partition(sdb6). It successfully recovered my partition but caused me to loose other much more important partitions.
Now my truecrypt partition that used to be located in the first partition has been lost. It used to be a FAT32 file system but now it's showing up as RAW in windows7 disk management and NTFS in gparted on linux. Some partitions are also appearing as unformatted. I want to know whether testdisk redefined the truecrypt partition by itself or did it just restore a previous partition definition(for lack of a better word). In other words, is it actually possible for testdisk to edit partition definitions in a drive when a user does the actions from the above post that I happened to follow or would it merely restore a previous definition in that context? Thanks.