Hi,
I used testdisk 7.1, it said boot sector ok and is identical to backup boot sector. It also said MFT and MFT mirror match perfectly! But the file system is still damaged.
Is this the end of the road for me or is there something I can do to repair the file system?
I noticed the log mentione the '$MFT has invalid magic'. I'm not sure what that means but seems relevant.
Cheers,
Dan
the log testdisk 7.1 generated is pasted below:
Tue Nov 1 23:49:06 2016
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.1-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, August 2016
Christophe GRENIER <
grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 8 (9200)
Compiler: GCC 5.4, Cygwin32 2005.2
ext2fs lib: 1.43.1, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: 20140608, curses lib: ncurses 6.0
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=2000398934016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=2000398931968
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=2000398934016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=2000398931968
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=1999873507328
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=2000396746752
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=679933952
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63, sector size=512 - ST2000DM001-1CH164, S/N:Z3405CVK, FW:CC27
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63, sector size=512 - TOSHIBA External USB 3.0, S/N:20150418008796F, FW:5438
Drive E: - 679 MB / 648 MiB - CHS 162 64 32, sector size=2048 - ATAPI iHAS122 W, FW:PL06
Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - TOSHIBA External USB 3.0
Partition table type: Intel
Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
1 P HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 243201 45 44 3907024896 [System]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
ntfs_boot_sector
1 P HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 243201 45 44 3907024896 [System]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
filesystem size 1021952
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 42581
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK
Backup boot sector
Status: OK
Sectors are identical.
A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Not an exFAT boot sector.
1 P HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 243201 45 44 3907024896 [System]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged.
ntfs_boot_sector
1 P HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 243201 45 44 3907024896 [System]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
filesystem size 1021952
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 42581
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK
Backup boot sector
Status: OK
Sectors are identical.
A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
repair_MFT
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
MFT and MFT mirror match perfectly.
MFT and MFT mirror match perfectly.
ntfs_boot_sector
1 P HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 243201 45 44 3907024896 [System]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
filesystem size 1021952
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 42581
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK
Backup boot sector
Status: OK
Sectors are identical.
A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
repair_MFT
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
MFT and MFT mirror match perfectly.
MFT and MFT mirror match perfectly.
ntfs_boot_sector
1 P HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 243201 45 44 3907024896 [System]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
NTFS at 0/32/33
Info: size boot_sector 1021952, partition 3907024896
filesystem size 1021952
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 42581
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK
Backup boot sector
Status: OK
Sectors are identical.
A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.