Balena Etcher - clone drive, now have two blank drives

Using TestDisk to repair the filesystem
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Balena Etcher - clone drive, now have two blank drives

#1 Post by retrobob »

256gb Samsung evo select
Balena said "Only the partition table was erased (it is the list of partitions and their offsets on the drive), the partitions are still there on the drive."
Balena said "testdisk is also available on Windows: TestDisk - CGSecurity"

After running Quick Search, both partitions appear in GREEN(* FAT 32 and P Linux)
I confirm WRITE with Enter, y and OK.
TestDisk displays You have to restart your Computer to access your data so press Enter a last time and reboot your computer.
I can now see file on my PC

I load image and start RPI3B+
Now I have a flashing cursor on my screen.
Image is supposed to autoexpand on first boot. Wait 3 minutes, turn off then start again.
Start up 2nd time and flashing cursor still there

I redo Analyse>Quick Search> both partitions appear in GREEN(* FAT 32 and P Linux)
I press (P) to list * FAT32, everything appears in white lettering
I press (P) to list P Linux, everything appears in white lettering, except -rw-r--r-- 1000 1000 554 3-Mar-2019 11:46 .ismount-test-file
unable to copy and move current file

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