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rsuner
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Joined: 05 May 2013, 00:08

Help: Space conflict between 2 partitions

#1 Post by rsuner »

Hi,

(Edit: Sorry this is same as my other post, I thought I didn't successfully submit it)

Set top box corrupted my external hdd. Im trying to use this tool and can't figure out what to do next. Im checking the examples but the result is not similar to examples. Please help. I'll post the log below after analyse. Thanks;

Sun May 5 15:57:32 2013
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 6.14-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, April 2013
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows XP SP3
Compiler: GCC 4.7, Cygwin 1007.17
Compilation date: 2013-04-28T20:31:57
ext2fs lib: 1.42.2, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20120504
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=80026361856
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=2000398934016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=80026361856
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=2000398934016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=80015491584
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\D:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.

filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\D:) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function.

Warning: can't get size for \\.\D:
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 80 GB / 74 GiB - CHS 9729 255 63, sector size=512 - TOSHIBA MK8037GSX, FW:DL250J
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63, sector size=512 - Seagate Desktop, FW:0130

Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - Seagate Desktop
Partition table type: Intel

Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=129 sector=16
BAD_RS LBA=3300950114 5654935
check_part_i386 2 type 62: no test
BAD_RS LBA=32877 4294967295
check_part_i386 3 type 41: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1924694050 4294967295
check_part_i386 4 type 6E: no test
Current partition structure:
2 P Sys=62 205474 163 36 205509 82 28 557165

Bad relative sector.
3 P PPC PReP Boot 2 11 55 2 11 54 0

Warning: Bad starting sector (CHS and LBA don't match)
4 P Sys=6E 119806 169 14 279020 151 47 2557771810

Warning: Bad starting sector (CHS and LBA don't match)
No partition is bootable
Space conflict between the following two partitions
4 P Sys=6E 119806 169 14 279020 151 47 2557771810
2 P Sys=62 205474 163 36 205509 82 28 557165

rsuner
Posts: 4
Joined: 05 May 2013, 00:08

Re: Help: Space conflict between 2 partitions

#2 Post by rsuner »

solved it now. Analyse. Then change type from "*" to "P" by clicking left. Press enter. Then "Write". Then "You have to reboot for change to take effect". Reboot. Now my HDD is working.

Thanks TestDisk!

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