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Re: external storage drive filesystem repair / partition recovery guidance needed
Posted: 28 Apr 2022, 06:33
by tbubah
Hi again, so following the step-by-step, I displayed files in the first partition shown in the previous post 0427-604pm screenshot, and there were all my folders! So I went back and changed the status to Primary (only choices were D or P, no L), left the other partitions as D and wrote the partition structure. After reboot, Windows still says the drive needs to be formatted, but TestDisk lists the one correct partition and correct folder contents. So I'm not sure what to do next. Do I need to use the Copy options within the file display to copy the files to another drive? Or use another program like PhotoRec to do the actual data recovery?
Re: external storage drive filesystem repair / partition recovery guidance needed
Posted: 29 Apr 2022, 01:58
by tbubah
Running TestDisk Copy process now; will report back when done.
Re: external storage drive filesystem repair / partition recovery guidance needed
Posted: 29 Apr 2022, 20:51
by recuperation
The safest thing is to use Testdisk to copy the content to another location - this is the process that you already started.
Re: external storage drive filesystem repair / partition recovery guidance needed
Posted: 30 Apr 2022, 01:33
by tbubah
recuperation wrote: 29 Apr 2022, 20:51
The safest thing is to use Testdisk to copy the content to another location - this is the process that you already started.
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Recuperation,
ALL FILES WITH FILNAMES AND FOLDERS RECOVERED!!
YOU ARE A GENIUS AND A LIFESAVER!!!
THANK YOU!!!!
Re: external storage drive filesystem repair / partition recovery guidance needed
Posted: 30 Apr 2022, 09:16
by recuperation
Genius? Unfortunately no.
Lifesaver? Sometimes maybe.
