I seem to have a problem with the HDD of my laptop. One day it refused to boot windows, not even from CD. I won't get me to Windows Recovery. It did boot Knoppix 7.0 off a DVD, so I'm using that right now. It comes with Testdisk 6.13. It recognized two partitions but was able to mount only one, and that's not the one windows is installed on. I used Testdisk to recover my files to an external HDD (so a monumental MERCI BEAUCOUP to Mr. Grenier here!!!), which gave me no errors or anything (via analyze - quick search - list files - copy). The entire folder structure and all the data seems to be fine.
Then I did a 'deeper search' (via analyze - quick search - select partition, press enter - deeper search).
This gave me the following results:
During the search I got this...
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HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 1305 138 49 20971520 [BIOS_RVY]
HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 1305 138 49 20971520 [BIOS_RVY]
HPFS - NTFS 1305 138 50 1318 74 36 204800 [System]
HPFS - NTFS 1305 138 50 1318 74 36 204800 [System]
HPFS - NTFS 1318 74 37 37008 13 61 573356032 [OS_Install]
HPFS - NTFS 1318 74 37 37008 13 61 573356032 [OS_Install]
HPFS - NTFS 37008 13 62 60801 47 46 382236672 [Data]
check_FAT: can't read FAT boot sector
Invalid FAT boot sector
0 D FAT16 >32M 140145 235 1 157446 222 34 277939780
FAT16 >32M 140145 235 1 157446 222 34 277939780
This message underneath the partition list appeared about 83% into the search.
When it finished, it gave me this:
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TestDisk 6.13, Data Recovery Utility, November 2011
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk /dev/sda - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60802 255 63
The harddisk (500 GB / 465 GiB) seems too small! (< 1295 GB / 1206 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The following partition can't be recovered:
Partition Start End Size in sectors
> FAT16 >32M 140145 235 1 157446 222 34 277939780
[ Continue ]
142 GB / 132 GiB
Also, what I've noticed when I do a 'quick search'...
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TestDisk 6.13, Data Recovery Utility, November 2011
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk /dev/sda - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60802 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
>D HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 1305 138 49 20971520 [BIOS_RVY]
D HPFS - NTFS 1305 138 50 1318 74 36 204800 [System]
D HPFS - NTFS 1318 74 37 37008 13 61 573356032 [OS_Install]
D HPFS - NTFS 37008 13 62 60801 47 46 382236672 [Data]
Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
*=Primary bootable P=Primary L=Logical E=Extended D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
Enter: to continue
NTFS, 10 GB / 10 GiB
What should I do to be able to boot windows normally again? I feel like it's not a hard problem, because I can still view and copy my files, and Testdisk shows the size of the disk correctly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!