Thank you Recuperation for the quick reply.
I was only trying to explain my problem in a concise way. Something I find it best to only post the important information but I get your point.
I didn't feel the need to post actual "proof" of my sayings since I'm not a newbie, I have studied in this, I know how a computer and a disk works.
Yes, I do not know how TestDisk fully works, but I understand what I am doing.
I will try to explain the problem with more details.
Btw, my native language is not English and I only speak a bit of German sadly. Irrsinn is my gamertag and I used it since it easy for me to remember as a username.
I didn’t read myself and certainly I should have. I was in a hurry and I am sorry for that.
That being said, I do not think you are bad at writing english and I really hope that I am not either for my sake xD (no harm done).
I would like to stay on the English forum, since I prefer English to communicate.
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[b]Main boot sector corrupted:[/b]
Also, the main boot sector was corrupted.
I was able to fix the main boot sector with the backup boot sector with TestDisk, but the disk is still not readable.
[b]Next steps:[/b]
I've heard that the linux version of TestDisk use a more robust NTFS library.
Where did you hear that? I never did.
Here the proof:
viewtopic.php?t=2042 cgrenier said that.
I was transferring files on my HDD the other day and the morning after the disk was not accessible.
When I try to access the disk in Windows Explorer, I got the message "The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable".
In the Disk Management, my disk filesystem is now RAW (it was NTFS before).
Here the Windows error in the Event Manager:
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A corruption was discovered in the file system structure on volume F:.
The Master File Table (MFT) contains a corrupted file record. The file reference number is 0x1000000000000. The name of the file is "<unable to determine file name>".
The device is: ST2000DM001-9YN164
https://www.disctech.com/Seagate-Barrac ... T2000DM001
I was unable to do an "Analyse" and a "RebuildBS" with my computer on Windows 11.
Here the log after the Analyse of TestDisk 7.2 stopped (or crashed) and my computer rebooted:
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Mon Mar 27 02:19:26 2023
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.2-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, February 2023
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)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=500107862016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive2)=2000398934016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive3)=500107862016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=499392764928
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=499431505920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=1000186314752
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=2000396321280
Hard disk list
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512 - CT1000MX500SSD1, S/N:2219E62E53E8, FW:M3CR043
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60801 255 63, sector size=512 - Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB, S/N:S598NJ0N337795H, FW:RVT04B6Q
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive2 - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63, sector size=512 - ST2000DM001-9YN164, S/N:Z1E0211B, FW:CC96
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive3 - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60801 255 63, sector size=512 - CT500P1SSD8, S/N:0000_0000_0000_0001_00A0_7520_E28D_0F1D., FW:P3CR013
Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive2 - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - ST2000DM001-9YN164
Partition table type: Intel
Analyse Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive2 - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
check_part_i386 failed for partition type 07
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=8 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=16 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=32 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=64 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=128 nbr=2
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=240 nbr=1
get_geometry_from_list_part_aux head=255 nbr=1
Current partition structure:
Invalid NTFS or exFAT boot
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 243201 0 63 3907024065
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 243201 0 63 3907024065
My computer was rebooting too with RebuildBS. I also tried with TestDisk 7.1
I tried yesterday on "ALT Linux Rescue" and TestDisk didn't stopped after the "RebuildBS" (sorry for the bad quality):
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As I said before, the main boot sector was bad. I was able to fix it with the backup boot sector.
This was done the day before I took this picture.
Now I think I'm just at that point where I need to rescue my files on a new HDD.
If you think there is something I could try to repair my disk, I would gladly accept your help.