Does TestDisk have a problem working in Windows 11 (and Windows 10)?
In times past, when I would want to use 'Victoria Drive Utility' (VDU) to find/correct weak/bad sectors on external storage drives, I would:
#1 (In a laptop running Windows 7 & having a backup of the drive), I would delete the partition (VDU could not work on a drive controlled by Windows).
#2 Run VDU
#3 Recover the partition with TestDisk and it worked 99+ percent of the time.
The windows 7 laptop stopped working so I bought a new one which has Windows 11 Home.
TestDisk NOW has about a 99% failure rate at recovering partitions that I intentionally deleted.
I had 1 case where "I could see that" TestDisk found the partition (including the partition label), but TestDisk stated that there was no partition to recover (log attached).
Is there a fix or is there anything I can do?
Please advise, Thanks
Just FYI These drives are SATA HDDs connected to the laptop via a UGreen USB to SATA adaptor.
BTW I tried using TestDisk booting a Levono M92p SFF Desktop using a Win7 PE USB drive, but TestDisk just hangs. The DOS box appears, but TestDisk just hangs there and does nothing (including not creating a log).
Windows 11
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Re: Windows 11
If you suspect TestDisk being broken you should mention the TestDisk version AND platform (32 bit or 64 bit).TraceyEndUser wrote: 13 Nov 2025, 18:55 Does TestDisk have a problem working in Windows 11 (and Windows 10)?
In times past, when I would want to use 'Victoria Drive Utility' (VDU) to find/correct weak/bad sectors on external storage drives, I would:
#1 (In a laptop running Windows 7 & having a backup of the drive), I would delete the partition (VDU could not work on a drive controlled by Windows).
#2 Run VDU
#3 Recover the partition with TestDisk and it worked 99+ percent of the time.
The windows 7 laptop stopped working so I bought a new one which has Windows 11 Home.
TestDisk NOW has about a 99% failure rate at recovering partitions that I intentionally deleted.
You did not state if you were running TestDisk as an admin.
I had 1 case where "I could see that" TestDisk found the partition (including the partition label), but TestDisk stated that there was no partition to recover (log attached).
Is there a fix or is there anything I can do?
Instead of supposing that TestDisk is faulty you could follow a physician strategy: Exclude things!
You can attach your secret adapter that I can't look up and that unfortunately does not seem to have a model name to another Win 11 machine.
Try out your other disks!
Install your disk into a desktop computer. Your supposedly cheap adapter might not have come with a proper power supply. Using a docking station is safer.
Be so kind to avoid gamer speak abbreviations when talking to me. You might not have noticed that you are signaling me that you don't want to waste your time by preparing a readable case description.Please advise, Thanks
Just FYI These drives are SATA HDDs connected to the laptop via a UGreen USB to SATA adaptor.
BTW I tried using TestDisk booting a Levono M92p SFF Desktop using a Win7 PE USB drive, but TestDisk just hangs. The DOS box appears, but TestDisk just hangs there and does nothing (including not creating a log).
Thank you!