Partition table type = None, well there should be!?
Posted: 28 Aug 2018, 17:13
Firstly testdisk rocks! it's great, I've managed to get files off a failing HD, however I now want more, I'd like it to behave normally. I have a 150GB (XP) HD that I've used testdisk to get files off, so they are still ok on the disk, but I'm having difficulty with the partition thing. The drive had two partitions, the bootable one with XP and my files and the second one with the Recovery data (for XP) that I don't need.
When I start testdisk with my NTFS/XP HD attached via a USB caddy, it reports "Partition table type (auto): None" - so this time I selected Intel/PC and ran some tests. I'm looking through the help files for testdisk but not yet seen how to handle a non found partition table, also goes on to report "Bad relative sector." - I then did a search for the boot sector and got lost. Any help where to look in the docs would be great.
Here is my log file for the tests:
Drive K: - 153 GB / 143 GiB - CHS 18709 255 63, sector size=512 (the faulty parition)
Drive L: - 6136 MB / 5851 MiB - CHS 746 255 63, sector size=512 (I can get this one but don't need it)
Partition table type (auto): None
Drive K: - 153 GB / 143 GiB
Partition table type: Intel <<-I chose this where it usually report - none, as per two line above
Analyse Drive K: - 153 GB / 143 GiB - CHS 18709 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=116 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=218129509 5918957
check_part_i386 1 type 72: no test
BAD_RS LBA=729050177 1083631
check_part_i386 2 type 74: no test
BAD_RS LBA=168653938 1838434
Current partition structure:
1 * Sys=72 13577 238 11 119521 238 60 1701990410
Bad relative sector.
2 * Sys=74 45381 70 3 79242 34 29 543974724
Bad relative sector.
3 * NetWare 3.11+ 10498 56 41 10498 56 40 0
Bad relative sector.
Only one partition must be bootable
Space conflict between the following two partitions
1 * Sys=72 13577 238 11 119521 238 60 1701990410
2 * Sys=74 45381 70 3 79242 34 29 543974724
search_part()
Drive K: - 153 GB / 143 GiB - CHS 18709 255 63
(I tried to use a backup partition table option)
Results
Can't open backup.log file: No such file or directory
interface_load
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
TestDisk exited normally.
-- thanks ---
When I start testdisk with my NTFS/XP HD attached via a USB caddy, it reports "Partition table type (auto): None" - so this time I selected Intel/PC and ran some tests. I'm looking through the help files for testdisk but not yet seen how to handle a non found partition table, also goes on to report "Bad relative sector." - I then did a search for the boot sector and got lost. Any help where to look in the docs would be great.
Here is my log file for the tests:
Drive K: - 153 GB / 143 GiB - CHS 18709 255 63, sector size=512 (the faulty parition)
Drive L: - 6136 MB / 5851 MiB - CHS 746 255 63, sector size=512 (I can get this one but don't need it)
Partition table type (auto): None
Drive K: - 153 GB / 143 GiB
Partition table type: Intel <<-I chose this where it usually report - none, as per two line above
Analyse Drive K: - 153 GB / 143 GiB - CHS 18709 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=116 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=218129509 5918957
check_part_i386 1 type 72: no test
BAD_RS LBA=729050177 1083631
check_part_i386 2 type 74: no test
BAD_RS LBA=168653938 1838434
Current partition structure:
1 * Sys=72 13577 238 11 119521 238 60 1701990410
Bad relative sector.
2 * Sys=74 45381 70 3 79242 34 29 543974724
Bad relative sector.
3 * NetWare 3.11+ 10498 56 41 10498 56 40 0
Bad relative sector.
Only one partition must be bootable
Space conflict between the following two partitions
1 * Sys=72 13577 238 11 119521 238 60 1701990410
2 * Sys=74 45381 70 3 79242 34 29 543974724
search_part()
Drive K: - 153 GB / 143 GiB - CHS 18709 255 63
(I tried to use a backup partition table option)
Results
Can't open backup.log file: No such file or directory
interface_load
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
TestDisk exited normally.
-- thanks ---