Hello everybody,
I started using TestDisk after I broke the dual boot of my laptop (Windows 10 Creators update + Linux Mint 18.2).
After having started TestDisk, I got this:
And then after I chose HPFS - NTFS and pressed Enter, I got that (Deep Search 30% completed but still running):
I noticed that all partitions are deleted and duplicated as well.
Would you suggest to delete the duplicates?
Thank you all,
William
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Re: Partitions broken and duplicated
You are currently looking for lost/deleted partitions. Assuming it's your problem, you will have to use the arrow keys to switch the partitions to keep/recover from D(eleted) to P(rimary), L(ogical) or *(bootable). If the generated partition table is ok, choose Write, confirm, Quit and restart your computer.
Read https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf for common problems and solutions.
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Re: Partitions broken and duplicated
Thanks, Christophe !!
Excellent tool you created
Excellent tool you created
Re: Partitions broken and duplicated
Hello Christophe,
I did this operation
Since this laptop had Windows 8 preinstalled, then I installed Linux Mint alongside then upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 10. everything fell apart as soon as I upgraded to Windows 10 Creators update I wonder if this is not a bit more complicated (partitions overlapping)
So first, in order to retrieve Windows 10, I chose Intel instead of EFI GPT. Then I get this screen with all partitions deleted: Then I chose the first partition and start a deeper search.
I selected the biggest deleted partition which corresponds to the Windows partition and set it as boot:
Let's see how it goes.
Thanks for your support !!
I did this operation
But nothing happens after that, I still have a system failure (I selected HPFS - NTFS as primary bootable).you will have to use the arrow keys to switch the partitions to keep/recover from D(eleted) to P(rimary), L(ogical) or *(bootable). If the generated partition table is ok, choose Write, confirm, Quit and restart your computer.
Since this laptop had Windows 8 preinstalled, then I installed Linux Mint alongside then upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 10. everything fell apart as soon as I upgraded to Windows 10 Creators update I wonder if this is not a bit more complicated (partitions overlapping)
So first, in order to retrieve Windows 10, I chose Intel instead of EFI GPT. Then I get this screen with all partitions deleted: Then I chose the first partition and start a deeper search.
I selected the biggest deleted partition which corresponds to the Windows partition and set it as boot:
Let's see how it goes.
Thanks for your support !!
Re: Partitions broken and duplicated
By the way after I entered the command
, I got these errors:
Really not sure what I am doing...
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sudo gdisk /dev/sda
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Re: Partitions broken and duplicated
As your partitions overlaps, copy the files you want to keep/recover on another disk and once it's done, set the partition you want to keep as *(bootable) or P(rimary).
When finished, choose the partition table, and reinstall an OS (Windows or Linux Mint) in the unallocated space.
When finished, choose the partition table, and reinstall an OS (Windows or Linux Mint) in the unallocated space.
Re: Partitions broken and duplicated
Hi Christophe,
I gave up with the current broken dual boot, I simply reinstalled Linux Mint in the whole disk and use PhotoRec to recover as many files as I can.
Thank you so much for your help and tools !!
William
I gave up with the current broken dual boot, I simply reinstalled Linux Mint in the whole disk and use PhotoRec to recover as many files as I can.
Thank you so much for your help and tools !!
William