I have a drive that was accidentally turned into a dynamic disk whilst trying to extend the main partition on the drive. This caused Windows to recognise the drive as unreadable and my data lost.
I have tried TestDisk and I can see the main partition of the drive, however I encounter an error exclaiming that the partition is unrecoverable. I am attaching the TestDisk log below, any help would be appreciated.
I did also try another tool, GetDataBack which seems to find the partition & and I am able to view my files. Recovering the partition itself using TestDisk would be preferable to manually copying the files over using that program.
Thank you very much.
TestDisk: 7.2 WIP
Drive: ST1000DM003-1ER162
Partition: HPFS - NTFS 44 190 19 121645 118 9 1953515520
Code: Select all
Thu Jan 27 23:08:10 2022
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.2-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, September 2021
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
https://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 8 (9200)
Compiler: GCC 11.2, Cygwin 3001.4
ext2fs lib: 1.45.3, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: 20140608, curses lib: ncurses 6.1
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=240065183744
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive2)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=239941451776
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=1000202043392
Hard disk list
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 240 GB / 223 GiB - CHS 29186 255 63, sector size=512 - WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30, S/N:192293800120, FW:UF450000
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512 - ST1000DM003-1ER162, S/N:Z4Y0MTRE, FW:CC43
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive2 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512 - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100, S/N:573FTN0BT, FW:AX0P3D
Partition table type defaults to Intel
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - ST1000DM003-1ER162
Partition table type: Intel
Analyse Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Current partition structure:
No partition is bootable
search_part()
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
NTFS at 0/32/33
filesystem size 716800
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 29866
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 44 190 18 716800 [System Reserved]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 367 MB / 350 MiB
NTFS at 44/190/19
filesystem size 1953515520
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 786432
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
HPFS - NTFS 44 190 19 121645 118 9 1953515520
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=718848, size=1953515520, end=1954234367, disk end=1953525168)
Search for partition aborted
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Check the harddisk size: HD jumper settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (1000 GB / 931 GiB) seems too small! (< 1000 GB / 931 GiB)
The following partition can't be recovered:
HPFS - NTFS 44 190 19 121645 118 9 1953515520
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Results
* HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 44 190 18 716800 [System Reserved]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 367 MB / 350 MiB
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
search_part()
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
NTFS at 0/32/33
filesystem size 716800
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 29866
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 44 190 18 716800 [System Reserved]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 367 MB / 350 MiB
NTFS at 44/190/18
filesystem size 716800
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 29866
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 44 190 18 716800 [System Reserved]
NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=4096, 367 MB / 350 MiB
NTFS at 44/190/19
filesystem size 1953515520
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 786432
mftmirr_lcn 2
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
HPFS - NTFS 44 190 19 121645 118 9 1953515520
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=718848, size=1953515520, end=1954234367, disk end=1953525168)
Search for partition aborted
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Check the harddisk size: HD jumper settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (1000 GB / 931 GiB) seems too small! (< 1000 GB / 931 GiB)
The following partition can't be recovered:
HPFS - NTFS 44 190 19 121645 118 9 1953515520
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Results
* HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 44 190 18 716800 [System Reserved]
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 367 MB / 350 MiB
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
TestDisk exited normally.