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Path: testdisk device (how can I workout how to use this for my PVR HDD?)

Posted: 20 Feb 2021, 14:53
by Norwegianwood
It states on this page: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step

To repair a filesystem not listed by TestDisk, run testdisk device, i.e.

testdisk /dev/mapper/truecrypt0 or testdisk /dev/loop0 to repair the NTFS or FAT32 boot sector files from a TrueCrypt partition.
The same method works with filesystem encrypted with cryptsetup/dm-crypt/LUKS.
testdisk /dev/md0 to repair a filesystem on top of a Linux RAID device.


So what command line should I use for my faulty HDD?
Although I'm running TestDisk from my W10 PC, and the HDD is in my W10 caddy,
this drive came out of a PVR so its filesystem is probably not the same as Windows.

Any ideas?

Re: Path: testdisk device (how can I workout how to use this for my PVR HDD?)

Posted: 20 Feb 2021, 18:48
by recuperation
Please post your testdisk log file. PVRs might use encryption to prevent you from recovering your recordings.

Re: Path: testdisk device (how can I workout how to use this for my PVR HDD?)

Posted: 20 Feb 2021, 20:13
by Norwegianwood
recuperation wrote: 20 Feb 2021, 18:48 Please post your testdisk log file. PVRs might use encryption to prevent you from recovering your recordings.
Many thanks
My PVR does not encrypt its recordings.
On a working drive, I can download its recordings and play them on a PC.
And I can also edit them on the PVR or on the PC.

Does TD produce the log file you require after it displays my drives current partition structure?
If so, how long would that take TD to do this, on my 1TB drive?

Re: Path: testdisk device (how can I workout how to use this for my PVR HDD?)

Posted: 21 Feb 2021, 08:51
by recuperation
Norwegianwood wrote: 20 Feb 2021, 20:13 If so, how long would that take TD to do this, on my 1TB drive?
I want to go from New York to Hamburg by boat. How long does it take?

Re: Path: testdisk device (how can I workout how to use this for my PVR HDD?)

Posted: 21 Feb 2021, 14:49
by Norwegianwood
recuperation wrote: 21 Feb 2021, 08:51
Norwegianwood wrote: 20 Feb 2021, 20:13 If so, how long would that take TD to do this, on my 1TB drive?
I want to go from New York to Hamburg by boat. How long does it take?
Well I'd say about: 11 days

Re: Path: testdisk device (how can I workout how to use this for my PVR HDD?)

Posted: 21 Feb 2021, 17:31
by recuperation
I only have an optimist class dinghy.

Re: Path: testdisk device (how can I workout how to use this for my PVR HDD?)

Posted: 23 Feb 2021, 12:59
by recuperation
I can't provide you with a forecast for your expected Testdisk analysis run-time. The lower-boundary is determined by the sustained linear speed of your drive somehow.