Filesystem seems damaged

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Damien
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Filesystem seems damaged

#1 Post by Damien »

Hello,

I have an external HDD WD My Passport 1 To. Since recently, I am getting "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" when I connect it and can't access the data. So here what I did:

Select the PhysicalDrive (Not the Drive E:), Partition type: Intel, Advanced, Boot and i get:

Boot sector: OK
Backup boot sector: OK

But: "A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present"...

So I go forward with Rebuild BS, after a few hours, I end up with the same screen: both boot sector and backup BS are OK...

I try the List and get "Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged."

I don't really know what to try where to go now...

Could anyone help?

Thanks,

Damien

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Tue Feb 17 13:29:42 2015
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.0-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, January 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1
Compiler: GCC 4.9, MinGW 3.11
Compilation date: Feb  9 2015 17:11:54
ext2fs lib: none, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: 20120504
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=512110190592
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=1000170586112
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=480800407552
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\D:) GetFileSize err Incorrect function.


filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\D:) SetFilePointer err Incorrect function.


Warning: can't get size for \\.\D:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\E:)=1000169537536
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\Q:)=22218276864
Hard disk list
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 512 GB / 476 GiB - CHS 62260 255 63, sector size=512
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121597 255 63, sector size=512
Drive C: - 480 GB / 447 GiB - CHS 58453 255 63, sector size=512
Drive E: - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121597 255 63, sector size=512
Drive Q: - 22 GB / 20 GiB - CHS 2701 255 63, sector size=512

Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Partition table type: Intel

Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
NTFS at 0/32/33
 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB

ntfs_boot_sector
 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
NTFS at 0/32/33
filesystem size           1953456128
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               122091007
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK

Backup boot sector
Status: OK

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
rebuild_NTFS_BS
Failed to rebuild NTFS boot sector.

ntfs_boot_sector
 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
NTFS at 0/32/33
filesystem size           1953456128
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               122091007
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK

Backup boot sector
Status: OK

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Not an exFAT boot sector.

 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged.

ntfs_boot_sector
 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
NTFS at 0/32/33
filesystem size           1953456128
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               122091007
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK

Backup boot sector
Status: OK

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.

ntfs_boot_sector
 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
NTFS at 0/32/33
filesystem size           1953456128
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               122091007
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK

Backup boot sector
Status: OK

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error.
$MFT has invalid magic.
ntfs_mft_load(): Failed.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error.
Not an exFAT boot sector.

 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Can't open filesystem. Filesystem seems damaged.

ntfs_boot_sector
 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
NTFS at 0/32/33
filesystem size           1953456128
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               122091007
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK

Backup boot sector
Status: OK

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.
Partition table type (auto): Intel
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 1000 GB / 931 GiB
Partition table type: Intel

Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=255 sector=63
NTFS at 0/32/33
 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB

ntfs_boot_sector
 1 P HPFS - NTFS              0  32 33 121597  37 40 1953456128
     NTFS, blocksize=4096, 1000 GB / 931 GiB
NTFS at 0/32/33
NTFS at 0/32/33
filesystem size           1953456128
sectors_per_cluster       8
mft_lcn                   786432
mftmirr_lcn               122091007
clusters_per_mft_record   -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
Boot sector
Status: OK

Backup boot sector
Status: OK

Sectors are identical.

A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access
any data; even if the partition is not bootable.

TestDisk exited normally.
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Re: Filesystem seems damaged

#2 Post by cgrenier »

Run "cmd" (Right click "Run As Administrator") and "chkdsk /f d:" (replace d: by the correct drive letter).
What is the result ?

If it doesn't work, you can use PhotoRec on this partition to recover your data but it won't recover the original filenames.
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Damien
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Re: Filesystem seems damaged

#3 Post by Damien »

Thanks for the answer.

I have heard that "chkdsk /f" can cause data lose... What's the risk?
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Damien
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Re: Filesystem seems damaged

#4 Post by Damien »

Does anyone have had a bad experience with the "chkdsk /f" command?
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Damien
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Re: Filesystem seems damaged

#5 Post by Damien »

Here is what I get:

The type of the file system is NTFS.
Unable to determine volume version and state. CHKDSK aborted.

What can I do now?
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Re: Filesystem seems damaged

#6 Post by alesterw123 »

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