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I used TestDisk to look for old info on a 5T external Western Digital MYBook HDD which was mistakenly converted to a bootable ISO image (Dell, Windows 10) for a new laptop.
What do I do next? how do I recreate the folderr structures?
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Your picture shows that you selected the wrong disk and the wrong partition style.
You are refering to a "5T" hard drive - is that supposed to be 5TByte? Your picture only shows a 4TB one.
A 4TB is typically partitioned with GPT. You have chosen Intel MBR instead. Select GPT.
You can run the Testdisk Analyse function and the Deep search function to find the remains of your partition. Use the "p"-key to list files inside of what Testdisk finds.
If you find nothing you can only use Photorec (disregarding file names and folder structures) or use a commercial software hoping to do better.
LexWD wrote: 04 Nov 2020, 00:55
Thanks for responding.
I attached the photo.
Its a Western Digital MyBook 4 or 5 TB I dont recall. Unit doesnt say on it what size it is.
Am Im picking dev/sdb or the Physical Drive1?
That should yield the same outcome but I would prefer using dev/sdvb.
You selected extX as file system type in Photorec.
As a windows user you should have selected the other selection that matches the most probable file systems on your WD drive.
The last screen shows the Testdisk archive that you unpacked yourself.
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