Select a partition type afterwards, Intel/PC, Apple, None, Sun and Xbox.Īfter that you have many options - all of them are explained in great detail on the testdisk wiki. You may want to disconnect other hard drives from your computer to avoid mistakes that could erase the data on those drives. After selecting whether you would like to create a new log, append to an existing log or use no log you have to choose one of the hard drives that is currently connected to your computer. You may erase data on other partitions otherwise.
Please note that you need to know what you are doing, you should have at least basic knowledge about partitions, file systems and the like to use a tool like Testdisk. If you can't boot the system you may want to use the gparted linux distribution instead which includes testdisk and can be booted from CD (recommended). Just download the version of Testdisk that is offered for your operating system and execute it. Tip: if you believe that hardware errors are the cause, try the following system rescue CDs instead: Trinity Rescue Kit, the Ultimate Boot CD or Hiren's Boot CD. Testdisk will only help if the errors are software based, if you encounter a problem that is hardware based you are out of luck. Testdisk, which is an open source data recovery live CD, may be the tool you need when you encounter a situation like the one described above.
While it may repair corrupted files for example or the master boot record, it won't resolve hard drive errors.
That is often not the best course of action as you may or may not fix the issue doing so. If you do not know what caused this and do not know tools that can fix this your only option is to install the operating system again.
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