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Testdisk killed my disk

Posted: 12 May 2018, 08:03
by washaq
hi,

Testdisk killed my disk, i did deep search to find partition but testdisk gave read error at some part of the disk, now disk is not recognizable by any software or OS, and makes weird noises.

can you help me please.

Regards

Re: Testdisk killed my disk

Posted: 12 May 2018, 08:52
by cgrenier
There are probably bad sectors or a damaged head. You should clone the disk to a new empty one using ddrescue, see https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf
Once the copy is done, remove the original disk and try to repair the clone.
If the copy failed, you should contact a data recovery so they can replace the damaged head and perform the data recovery.

Re: Testdisk killed my disk

Posted: 12 May 2018, 09:35
by washaq
Thank you for reply,
But the problem is i can not see the disk, disk doesnt appear. Can not see the disk.