I installed and ran testdisk 6.14 as instructed. Here is the log file:
- testdisk.zip
- testdisk 6.14 log with deepsearch
- (1.92 KiB) Downloaded 466 times
In case it helps here is what testdisk showed after the deepsearch:
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TestDisk 6.14-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, May 2012
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63
The harddisk (2000 GB / 1863 GiB) seems too small! (< 2634 GB / 2453 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The following partition can't be recovered:
Partition Start End Size in sectors
> FAT16 <32M 209156 52 59 320310 188 19 1785697539
And after that it listed this partition. I see the status column you mentioned and it is set to * so I guess the drive must have been reformatted.
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TestDisk 6.14-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, May 2012
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 243201 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
>* HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 243200 254 63 3907024002 [NexStar3: ]
Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
*=Primary bootable P=Primary L=Logical E=Extended D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
Enter: to continue
NTFS, blocksize=512, 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
Looks like I will have to use a professional DR software. Do you have any recommendations?
Thanks for all your help remy!