Recover files from image.dd
Posted: 08 Dec 2013, 16:34
My harddisk drive failed back in October. I managed to get an image.dd mirror of it, but am unable to access the data in the mirror; or the harddisk for that matter. I have replaced the harddisk drive, but if possible I'd still like to retrieve (some) of the data from the mirror.
When the drive failed, I first of all tried the Windows Vista recovery disk. That did not help. I then thought that formatting the disk would help. It didn't. That was the point where I used testdisk to copy the mirror. When I process the mirror through either Testdisk or Photorec, I merely get a heap of unusable file fragments. The problem seems to be a fault in the bootsector (as well as its backup) which Testdisk is unable to repair.
When the drive failed, I first of all tried the Windows Vista recovery disk. That did not help. I then thought that formatting the disk would help. It didn't. That was the point where I used testdisk to copy the mirror. When I process the mirror through either Testdisk or Photorec, I merely get a heap of unusable file fragments. The problem seems to be a fault in the bootsector (as well as its backup) which Testdisk is unable to repair.