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Bulhy
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Trouble with boot sectors

#1 Post by Bulhy »

Hey,

my friend's external HDD turned its data into RAW data. After googling what to do with it, I've found TestDisk utility to be quite good for such problem.

I proceeded as the documentation says and because I was unable to use chkdsk, due to RAW data error, I stepped onto repairing boot sector. I've gotten to this point after rebuldingBS, shown on the screenshot
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Here, I am not sure what to do, since these messages made me uncertain. I can see most of the files in "List" (some of them are displayed red, which I don't know what that means). Should I backup BS, despite those messages above, or should I quit the process and do something else?
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Re: Trouble with boot sectors

#2 Post by cgrenier »

As you can see your files, choose BackupBS, confirm, Quit and restart your computer
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Re: Trouble with boot sectors

#3 Post by Bulhy »

Thank you. It worked out and all data is accessible. I just wasn't sure, how to proceed and didn't want it make it worse, than it was.
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