TestDisk shows XBOX FATX partition

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Induna123
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TestDisk shows XBOX FATX partition

#1 Post by Induna123 »

I've been using TestDisk to analyse all my hard drives to make sure they are correct and one of them came up as XBOX instead of Intel which surprised me as I have Windows XP installed on it. Thinking back I may have used this drive in an XBOX (the first one) and then took it out to use it back on the PC.

Just out of curiosity I took another hard drive out of the XBOX and connected it to the PC and it wouldn't show up in Windows XP. Apparently I need to unlock the drive before I can use it for the PC.

Two questions, how did I manage to format it with NTFS and install WinXP on it without unlocking it and how do I get it to show up correctly as Intel NTFS rather than XBOX FATX? There must be a file somewhere on the drive that making it report this.

Here's the log

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Tue Dec 10 14:10:34 2013
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 6.14, Data Recovery Utility, July 2013
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows XP SP3
Compiler: GCC 4.7, Cygwin 1007.17
Compilation date: 2013-07-30T14:08:52
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)=122941242880
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=250999111168
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=122941242880
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=250999111168
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=10618804224
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=112316166144
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=13982943744
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=237011410944
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 122 GB / 114 GiB - CHS 14946 255 63, sector size=512 - Maxtor 6Y120P0, S/N:335958325a504533202020202020202020202020, FW:YAR41BW0
Disk /dev/sdb - 250 GB / 233 GiB - CHS 30515 255 63, sector size=512 - Maxtor 6L250R0, S/N:354c433135444754202020202020202020202020, FW:BAJ41G20

Partition table type (auto): XBox
Disk /dev/sda - 122 GB / 114 GiB - Maxtor 6Y120P0
Partition table type: XBox

Analyse Disk /dev/sda - 122 GB / 114 GiB - CHS 14946 255 63
check_part_xbox failed for partition type 01
check_part_xbox failed for partition type 01
check_part_xbox failed for partition type 01
check_part_xbox failed for partition type 01
check_part_xbox failed for partition type 01
Current partition structure:
Invalid FATX signature
 1 P FATX                     0  16 17    95 172 13    1536000
 1 P FATX                     0  16 17    95 172 13    1536000
Invalid FATX signature
 2 P FATX                    95 172 14   191  73 10    1536000
 2 P FATX                    95 172 14   191  73 10    1536000
Invalid FATX signature
 3 P FATX                   191  73 11   286 229  7    1536000
 3 P FATX                   191  73 11   286 229  7    1536000
Invalid FATX signature
 4 P FATX                   286 229  8   350 163  5    1024000
 4 P FATX                   286 229  8   350 163  5    1024000
Invalid FATX signature
 5 P FATX                   350 163  6 14946 192 29  234486591
 5 P FATX                   350 163  6 14946 192 29  234486591

search_part()
Disk /dev/sda - 122 GB / 114 GiB - CHS 14946 255 63
NTFS at 0/1/1
filesystem size           20739852
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               667140
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
NTFS part_offset=32256, part_size=10618804224, sector_size=512
NTFS partition cannot be added (part_offset<part_size).
NTFS at 0/1/1
filesystem size           20739852
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               667140
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
     Unknown                  0   1  1  1290 254 63   20739852
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 10618 MB / 10126 MiB
Partition not added.
Search for partition aborted

Results

interface_write()
 
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!

TestDisk exited normally.

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Re: TestDisk shows XBOX FATX partition

#2 Post by cgrenier »

When TestDisk starts, override the XBOX partition table type and choose PC/Intel instead.

If you really want to remove the old XBOX partition table signature, I can modify TestDisk to do it.

Induna123
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Re: TestDisk shows XBOX FATX partition

#3 Post by Induna123 »

Well if it's not too much trouble then yes :)

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