



Running the software as Administrator (This is an old Windows 7 Ultimate machine), and following the guide at CGSecurity: I'm using testdisk but I can't seem to get the partition recovered. Windows sees the drive, and assigns is former drive letter (D:), but Disk Management shows the file system as RAW If a FAT32 or an NTFS partition was found using its backup boot sector, TestDisk will let you rewrite the main boot sector with the content of the backup boot sector: to copy the backup of the boot sector over the boot sector, select Backup BS, validate with Enter, use y to confirm.I've got an old WD Black 1TB (HDD) that suddenly lost it's partition, this is an NTFS drive that was just a storage disk, not a boot drive Now, the partitions are registered in the partition table. If all partitions are listed and only in this case, confirm at Write with Enter, y and OK. Once all the partitions you want to keep and all the partitions you want to recover are properly marked as non deleted, continue on next screen. an external disk) but there MUST be a bootable partition on a disk you want to start your computer from. It is not a problem if a partition is marked as bootable on a disk you will not start from (e.g. Only one partition can be listed as *(bootable). Use the arrow keys to switch the partitions you want to recover (check the partition size, list the file contents…) from D(eleted) to *(bootable), P(rimary) or L(ogical). Partitions listed as D(eleted) will not be recovered if you let them listed as deleted. It can take a few hours, so you need to be certain that your computer will not sleep (Power management feature…) 9.8. To list the files of a FAT, exFAT, NTFS, ext2/3/4 filesystem, highlight this partition and press P. TestDisk lists all partitions it has found. If necessary, you can choose Stop to abort the quick search. TestDisk displays the first results in real time.
