Dear Members,
Could someone help me understand wht is going on here and whether I can fix my SSD somehow to get all data in original folder straucture (not just bunch of unidentifiable files with random names)?
Pre-story: For some reason OSX said it cannot mount external SSD volume (it was fomratted as APFS disk), then after repairing it with DisUtility it messed up something I guess, because I couldn't mount and retrieve data anymore.
I created a clone copy and try to get data from this copy. It seems that everything is there, but for some reason it does not show up as mounted volume, and DMDE software referst to a boot sector error only, what is more, it is able to list the original folder structure as well.
I run TestDisk on this clone SSD and got the following result. Is someone able to understand and check confidently, if it can be reinstated with some clever actoins that TestDisk offers (or maybe DMDE)?
TestDisk 7.2, Data Recovery Utility, February 2024
Christophe GRENIER grenier@cgsecurity.org
https://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - CHS 486401 255 63
The hard disk (4000 GB / 3726 GiB) seems too small! (< 17231834 TB / 15672262 TiB)
Check the hard disk size: HD jumper settings, BIOS detection...
The following partitions can't be recovered:
Partition Start End Size in sectors > BeFS 4403800894 33655926504318501 33655922100517608 [G^G^K M-BeFSM-y ~?^Sj^]ȩH^NV M4443644434 13846154372227601 13846149928583168 [%M-5K ~ZI.( ~\("MM-z+~[CM-.*~K4452702502 6515160603089189 6515156150386688 [:^CM-<A8 6~VM-1~L5´>2#Ky3^?N@0~[BM-21:@^A] [ Continue ] BeFS blocksize=4096, 17231832 TB / 15672260 TiB
TestDisk 7.2, Data Recovery Utility, February 2024
Christophe GRENIER grenier@cgsecurity.org
https://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 4000 GB / 3726 GiB - CHS 486401 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors >D EFI System
40 409639 409600 [EFI System Partition] [EFID EFI System
46 409645 409600 [EFI System Partition] [EFI] D Apple APFS
410424 7814037911 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410440 7814037927 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410456 7814037943 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410472 7814037959 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410488 7814037975 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410504 7814037991 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410520 7814038007 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410536 7814038023 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410552 7814038039 7813627488 D Apple APFS
410568 7814038055 7813627488 D Mac HFS
699151904 699287664 135761 [A] D Mac HFS
699287661 699423421 135761 [A] D Mac HFS
1273621249 1307306754 33685506 D Mac HFS
1307306751 1340992256 33685506 D Linux filesys. data
1807824045 1811801513 3977469 [^LoM-6?l~LM-4M-QM-Sr?WM-wO] D Linux filesys. data
1807824046 1811801514 3977469 [^LoM-6?l~LM-4M-QM-Sr?WM-wO] D Mac HFS
3062697787 3079475004 16777218 D Mac HFS
3079475001 3096252218 16777218 D Mac HFS
3121566019 3138343236 16777218 D Mac HFS
3138343233 3155120450 16777218 D Mac HFS
3183212127 3191600720 8388594 [ ~YŬ^O ^YHA^\0^AXM-?ӓ =~P^ D Mac HFS
3191600717 3199989310 8388594 [ ~YŬ^O ^YHA^\0^AXM-?ӓ =~P^ D Mac HFS
3478371130 3486746396 8375267 [~NM-u~O^A8~Bp~?~KM-9֒~[M-g^E D Mac HFS
3486746393 3495121659 8375267 [~NM-u~O^A8~Bp~?~KM-9֒~[M-g^E D Mac HFS
3502000519 3600046544 98046026 [M-|^Zk^Q^V D Mac HFS
3600046541 3698092566 98046026 [M-|^Zk^Q^V D Linux filesys. data
4327845955 4335533216 7687262 [^VU mM-=^PM-8^CC^UM-u~L] D Linux filesys. data
4327845956 4335533217 7687262 [^VU mM-=^PM-8^CC^UM-u~L] D Linux filesys. data
6102707695 6107301836 4594142 [M-uM-*M-(8j~O#+M-&oM-}M-2 M D Linux filesys. data
6102707696 6107301837 4594142 [M-uM-*M-(8j~O#+M-&oM-}M-2 M D Linux filesys. data
6199598319 6206021744 6423426 [M-?^K"~F$!؝"~Fڡ~HX\^U] D Linux filesys. data
6199598320 6206021745 6423426 [M-?^K"~F$!؝"~Fڡ~HX\^U] D Linux filesys. data
6202743799 6209167224 6423426 [M-?^K"~F$!؝"~Fڡ~HX\^U] D Linux filesys. data
6202743800 6209167225 6423426 [M-?^K"~F$!؝"~Fڡ~HX\^U] D Mac HFS
6259427537 6293113042 33685506 D Mac HFS
6289138798 6289186415 47618 D Mac HFS
6289163915 6289186188 22274 D Mac HFS
6289186185 6289208458 22274 D Mac HFS
6289186412 6289234029 47618 D Mac HFS
6293113039 6326798544 33685506 D Mac HFS
6882901202 7008794712 125893511 [M-x2^V^S^DH^?M-v M-HM-&LM-{ D Mac HFS
7008794709 7134688219 125893511 [M-x2^V^S^DH^?M-v M-HM-&LM-{M-"~KӍ xM-<~] M-21:@^A]
Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition. Use
Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
P=Primary D=Deleted Keys A: add
partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files, Enter: to continue
FAT32, blocksize=512, 209 MB / 200 MiB
Thank you very much fo rany opinion and help in advance!
OSX Ventura messed up external SSD
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Re: OSX Ventura messed up external SSD
Try using TestDisk to rewrite the partition table, but be careful not to make things worse. You can also try listing files on each partition to see if you can recover your data. DMDE might be able to help with that too.