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My USB got corrupted all of a sudden and (while the RAW partition is correctly detected) I can't extract anything from it.
I've used the backupBR but everything I get is just a rubbish list of files and even then I'm not able to save any of them.
Wonder what I'm doing wrong.

Sat Jun 15 01:54:40 2024
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.2, Data Recovery Utility, February 2024
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: available, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: 20140608, curses lib: ncurses 6.1
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=8027897856
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\G:)=7993294848
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\H:)=33554432
Hard disk list

Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 8027 MB / 7656 MiB - CHS 976 255 63, sector size=512 - Kingston DataTraveler 2.0,

Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 8027 MB / 7656 MiB - Kingston DataTraveler 2.0
Partition table type: Intel
New options :
Dump : No
Align partition: Yes
Expert mode : Yes

Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=236 sector=48
BAD_RS LBA=15613952 16240487
check_part_i386 2 type EF: no test
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 971 235 32 15611904
exFAT, blocksize=32768, 7993 MB / 7623 MiB
2 P EFI (FAT-12/16/32) 971 235 33 976 0 48 65536

exFAT_boot_sector
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 971 235 32 15611904
exFAT, blocksize=32768, 7993 MB / 7623 MiB
Boot sector
exFAT OK

Backup boot record
exFAT OK

Sectors are not identical.
copy backup superblock over main superblock

exFAT_boot_sector
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 971 235 32 15611904
exFAT, blocksize=32768, 7993 MB / 7623 MiB
Boot sector
exFAT OK

Backup boot record
exFAT OK

Sectors are identical.
Failed to startup volume: Invalid argument.


dir_partition inode=0
1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 971 235 32 15611904
exFAT, blocksize=32768, 7993 MB / 7623 MiB
exfat_ucstoutf8: iconv failed Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
exfat_ucstoutf8: iconv failed Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
exfat_ucstoutf8: iconv failed Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
Directory /
X 0 drwxr-xr-x 0 0 0 3-Jan-2046 16:46
X2390810443 -r-xr-xr-x 0 0 16905946176543455383 6-Feb-1991 18:52
X3412959770 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 10886378255611930532 13-Nov-2106 03:29
1630796340 -rwxr-xr-x 0 0 16336998983260631205 1-Aug-2036 06:33
341718881 drwxr-xr-x 0 0 14244916934817015319 9-Jan-2061 07:00
0 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 14-Jan-2080 23:35 Ȫ÷ z<9„):xÂ
0 -r-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 24-Jan-1992 01:04
X3876851464 -r-xr-xr-x 0 0 4793055565258089827 9-Nov-2005 02:59 oTÏOÔñ爿䮆坔⇴之䒠拁飘踭뒙꺄眊Ę爿
X 0 -r-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 17-Jan-2106 23:39
X873931993 drwxr-xr-x 0 0 12706074952793292232 12-Dec-2000 11:48 畛ꖚ剑榱赘ꠡ걊詇둷짶濧⛳ᮍ
0 drwxr-xr-x 0 0 0 15-Sep-2086 18:11
3633241602 -r-xr-xr-x 0 0 3629439729875908450 20-Jan-2002 09:42 {kðÎ2wL‚4sŽ
0 dr-xr-xr-x 0 0 0 20-Aug-2069 03:06
X3223831908 -r-xr-xr-x 0 0 9551928932690006827 18-Feb-2004 01:16
exfat_ucstoutf8: iconv failed Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
exfat_ucstoutf8: iconv failed Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
exfat_ucstoutf8: iconv failed Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character
Can't create file //:
ERROR: Couldn't set the file's date and time for //
Can't create file //:
ERROR: Couldn't set the file's date and time for //
Can't create file //:
Can't create file //oTÏOÔñ爿䮆坔⇴之䒠拁飘踭뒙꺄眊Ę爿:
Can't create file //:
ERROR: Couldn't set the file's date and time for //畛ꖚ剑榱赘ꠡ걊詇둷짶濧⛳ᮍ
Can't create file //{k_ðÎ2wL__‚4sŽ:
Can't create file //:
ERROR: Couldn't set the file's date and time for //

konjina wrote: 15 Jun 2024, 02:07 I've used the backupBR but everything I get is just a rubbish list of files and even then I'm not able to save any of them.

What is "backupBR"? Please speak to me in full words.
Why did you select expert mode?
What exactly did you do?
The file system type in your partition table (NTFS) differs from the file system in your partition(s) (EXFAT).

Step by step:
1) I insert my USB and start testdisk
2) I select my USB 3) I go to quick search, both partitions are detected. The first partition is automatically detected as "NTFS", but in the bottom it says exFAT (which is correct) 4) I go back to Advanced - Boot - sectors are now identical. Before they were not so I restored original boot sector with the backup boot record (BR)

Only 3 attachments allowed so I continue
5) I go to back and then do List, I get this 6) I select all, and try to copy the files. All fail
There's no difference if I try selecting individually I selected expert mode hoping that I'll get more options, no other reasons.
Let me know if you need anything else

The content of your partition looks broken unfortunately.
Continue with deeper search to see if you find more partitions and examine them using the "p"-key exactly the way you did now.
If that fails try out other commercial recovery software.

If everything fails, use PhotoRec.