"Quick Search" Comparison for EFI GPT and Intel MBR
Posted: 10 Aug 2026, 22:34
Hi,
Is "Quick Search" faster when the partition is in Intel MBR than when it is in EFI GPT?
I have a 1TB external HDD. One of its partitions became RAW.
TestDisk automatically detected EFI GPT which I validated by leaving it as is. I launched Quick Search, the search took 4 days non-stop. Unfortunately, TestDisk told me that the partitions are unrecoverable!
I had used the same process for the same problem some time ago, and I was able to recover the data.
So I quit TestDisk and restarted it, this time choosing "Intel" and launched "Quick Search". The search this time was much faster, it took approximately less than 3 hours! The data counter was moving much faster.
The question here: Is "Quick Search" faster when the partition is in Intel MBR than when it is in EFI GPT? Have you observed the same thing?
Is "Quick Search" faster when the partition is in Intel MBR than when it is in EFI GPT?
I have a 1TB external HDD. One of its partitions became RAW.
TestDisk automatically detected EFI GPT which I validated by leaving it as is. I launched Quick Search, the search took 4 days non-stop. Unfortunately, TestDisk told me that the partitions are unrecoverable!
I had used the same process for the same problem some time ago, and I was able to recover the data.
So I quit TestDisk and restarted it, this time choosing "Intel" and launched "Quick Search". The search this time was much faster, it took approximately less than 3 hours! The data counter was moving much faster.
The question here: Is "Quick Search" faster when the partition is in Intel MBR than when it is in EFI GPT? Have you observed the same thing?