Write error: Can't overwrite NTFS backup boot sector
Posted: 17 Apr 2018, 16:30
Hi all,
My external hard drive now takes very long to copy single files, often spending 5 minutes calculating the size of a tiny file before not even copying it. Large files or directories just doesnt work at all. I can see the files - but just loading a dir in windows takes a while.
So i ran TestDisk and choose the Boot menu ->
Drive E: - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121597 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
P NTFS 0 0 1 121597 5 8 1953456128 [My Passport]
Boot sector Status: OK
Backup boot sector ntfs_boot_sector: Can't read backup boot sector.
Status: Bad
Sectors are not identical.
A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
I choose Org.BS - copy boot sector over backup sector ->
Write error: Can't overwrite NTFS backup boot sector
Is the unreadable backup boot sector the issue and if so any ideas how to fix? If not any further ideas?
My external hard drive now takes very long to copy single files, often spending 5 minutes calculating the size of a tiny file before not even copying it. Large files or directories just doesnt work at all. I can see the files - but just loading a dir in windows takes a while.
So i ran TestDisk and choose the Boot menu ->
Drive E: - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121597 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
P NTFS 0 0 1 121597 5 8 1953456128 [My Passport]
Boot sector Status: OK
Backup boot sector ntfs_boot_sector: Can't read backup boot sector.
Status: Bad
Sectors are not identical.
A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
I choose Org.BS - copy boot sector over backup sector ->
Write error: Can't overwrite NTFS backup boot sector
Is the unreadable backup boot sector the issue and if so any ideas how to fix? If not any further ideas?