I'm new here.
I'm on Windows 7. I ran TestDisk on a "RAW" hard drive and got the message that both the MFT and it's Mirror are damaged and no repair was done.
Do I have any options left to try and repair the MFT to get access to the drive in it's original state (or close to it)?
Thank you
"MFT and Mirror Damaged" question
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Re: "MFT and Mirror Damaged" question
I am not aware of other recovery software that does repairs on a logically broken disk.
Typically recovery software only extracts files and folders from a broken disk to another disk.
As there is an area between repairing a slightly dammaged partition (Testdisk) and finding files using fingerprints (Photorec) your option is to use any recovery software that is analysing the remains of a partition for any kind of metadata information to be able to extract more data in higher precision.
Typically recovery software only extracts files and folders from a broken disk to another disk.
As there is an area between repairing a slightly dammaged partition (Testdisk) and finding files using fingerprints (Photorec) your option is to use any recovery software that is analysing the remains of a partition for any kind of metadata information to be able to extract more data in higher precision.
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Re: "MFT and Mirror Damaged" question
Thanks for the input!
Can anyone recommend a data recovery program that is exceptional at digging for metadata information?
Can anyone recommend a data recovery program that is exceptional at digging for metadata information?