About a week ago my computer froze and I had to initiate a hard reboot. Since then, I have not been able to boot into Windows 8. I'm using a Lenovo Ideapad Y580 which has a OneKey restore option, but it does not fix the issue. I have tried using windows recovery, refresh, restart, and every option the Windows boot manager gives without success. I finally attempted testdisk and while some things look off to me (C drive with RAW format, a partition starting before it ends, etc.), I am not confident enough to just start changing settings.
When running testdisk, I ran the scans with the default selection, EFI GPT. I thought this was strange but went ahead and ran with the default.
Below is my current partition structure:
I tried running the Quick Search, but it hangs after hitting 100%. I think it is because of the partition that is showing 4877375 to 4877374, size 0:
Any help is greatly appreciated. I also ran testdisk with the /log and /debug commands. It took almost 48 hours to run and created a 10,000 line log file, but I can send that to someone if it is needed.
Novice seeking help...
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Re: Novice seeking help...
The testdisk.log file content may help, at least all information before 'Quick Search'.
If you run TestDisk, Advanced, try to list the files of each partition (usually choose Boot and next List).
If you run TestDisk, Advanced, try to list the files of each partition (usually choose Boot and next List).
Re: Novice seeking help...
Thanks, cgrenier. I REALLY appreciate the help. I'm able to list my hard drive files when I choose a drive letter (C or D) as my media, but when I choose a disk (Drive0 or Drive1) it only shows me the files on my thumb drive (where I'm running testdisk). I'm running my cmd prompt from the boot manager on a Win 8.1 disk.
I've copied my log file below. I wasn't able to attach a *.log or *.txt file. So, I hope this is ok. Let me know if I didn't include enough information. Could the issue be with that 4th partition? It looks like there was an error there and I'm seeing two in the current partition structure.
Testdisk Log:
Using locale 'English_United States.1252'.
Mon Apr 07 21:57:54 2014
Command line: TestDisk /log /debug
TestDisk 6.14, Data Recovery Utility, July 2013
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows WorkStation 6.2.9200
Compiler: GCC 4.7, MinGW 3.11
Compilation date: Jul 30 2013 14:09:04
ext2fs lib: none, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: 20120504
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=15512174592
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=949380710400
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=26843545600
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=3899295744
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=15511749120
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\X:)=3162112
Hard disk list
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 15 GB / 14 GiB - CHS 1885 255 63, sector size=512
Drive C: - 949 GB / 884 GiB - CHS 115422 255 63, sector size=512
Drive D: - 26 GB / 25 GiB - CHS 3263 255 63, sector size=512
Drive E: - 3899 MB / 3718 MiB - CHS 929 64 32, sector size=2048
Drive F: - 15 GB / 14 GiB - CHS 1885 255 63, sector size=512
Drive X: - 3162 KB / 3088 KiB - CHS 193 16 2, sector size=512
Partition table type (auto): EFI GPT
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Partition table type: EFI GPT
Analyse Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
hdr_size=92
hdr_lba_self=1
hdr_lba_alt=1953525167 (expected 1953525167)
hdr_lba_start=34
hdr_lba_end=1953525134
hdr_lba_table=2
hdr_entries=128
hdr_entsz=128
check_part_gpt failed for partition
4 P MS Reserved 4630528 4892671 262144 [Microsoft reserved partition]
Current partition structure:
1 P Unknown 2048 2050047 2048000 [Basic data partition]
2 P EFI System 2050048 2582527 532480 [EFI system partition]
3 P Unknown 2582528 4630527 2048000 [Basic data partition]
No FAT, NTFS, ext2, JFS, Reiser, cramfs or XFS marker
4 P MS Reserved 4630528 4892671 262144 [Microsoft reserved partition]
4 P MS Reserved 4630528 4892671 262144 [Microsoft reserved partition]
5 P MS Data 4892672 1859151871 1854259200 [Basic data partition] [Windows8_OS]
6 P MS Data 1859151872 1911580671 52428800 [Basic data partition] [LENOVO]
7 P Unknown 1911580672 1953523711 41943040 [Basic data partition]
I've copied my log file below. I wasn't able to attach a *.log or *.txt file. So, I hope this is ok. Let me know if I didn't include enough information. Could the issue be with that 4th partition? It looks like there was an error there and I'm seeing two in the current partition structure.
Testdisk Log:
Using locale 'English_United States.1252'.
Mon Apr 07 21:57:54 2014
Command line: TestDisk /log /debug
TestDisk 6.14, Data Recovery Utility, July 2013
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows WorkStation 6.2.9200
Compiler: GCC 4.7, MinGW 3.11
Compilation date: Jul 30 2013 14:09:04
ext2fs lib: none, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: 20120504
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=1000204886016
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=15512174592
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=949380710400
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=26843545600
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=3899295744
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=15511749120
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\X:)=3162112
Hard disk list
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63, sector size=512
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 15 GB / 14 GiB - CHS 1885 255 63, sector size=512
Drive C: - 949 GB / 884 GiB - CHS 115422 255 63, sector size=512
Drive D: - 26 GB / 25 GiB - CHS 3263 255 63, sector size=512
Drive E: - 3899 MB / 3718 MiB - CHS 929 64 32, sector size=2048
Drive F: - 15 GB / 14 GiB - CHS 1885 255 63, sector size=512
Drive X: - 3162 KB / 3088 KiB - CHS 193 16 2, sector size=512
Partition table type (auto): EFI GPT
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Partition table type: EFI GPT
Analyse Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
hdr_size=92
hdr_lba_self=1
hdr_lba_alt=1953525167 (expected 1953525167)
hdr_lba_start=34
hdr_lba_end=1953525134
hdr_lba_table=2
hdr_entries=128
hdr_entsz=128
check_part_gpt failed for partition
4 P MS Reserved 4630528 4892671 262144 [Microsoft reserved partition]
Current partition structure:
1 P Unknown 2048 2050047 2048000 [Basic data partition]
2 P EFI System 2050048 2582527 532480 [EFI system partition]
3 P Unknown 2582528 4630527 2048000 [Basic data partition]
No FAT, NTFS, ext2, JFS, Reiser, cramfs or XFS marker
4 P MS Reserved 4630528 4892671 262144 [Microsoft reserved partition]
4 P MS Reserved 4630528 4892671 262144 [Microsoft reserved partition]
5 P MS Data 4892672 1859151871 1854259200 [Basic data partition] [Windows8_OS]
6 P MS Data 1859151872 1911580671 52428800 [Basic data partition] [LENOVO]
7 P Unknown 1911580672 1953523711 41943040 [Basic data partition]
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Re: Novice seeking help...
From a Windows cd/dvd (not a restore CD), try rescue mode and run 'fixboot c:"