Corrupted NTFS Drive showing multiple unallocated partitions
My external hdd with a single NTFS partition was accidentaly plugged out (kids!)... and is now corrupted.
Iv tried running ntfsfix - with no luck - output below..
When I look at the disk under disk management in Windows 7 it shows up as having 5 partitions 2 of which are unallocated - none have drive letters and it is not possible to set any (that option and most others are greyed out) - so I can't run chkdsk /f
Iv tried using Minitool partition wizard which was mentioned as a solution to another similar question here. It showed the whole drive as one partition, but as unallocated, and the option -- "Check File System" was greyout.
Is there anything else I could try ?
Output of fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500299395072 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930272256 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytest
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69205244
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 ? 218129509 1920119918 850995205 72 Unknown
/dev/sdb2 ? 729050177 1273024900 271987362 74 Unknown
/dev/sdb3 ? 168653938 168653938 0 65 Novell Netware 386
/dev/sdb4 2692939776 2692991410 25817+ 0 Empty
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Output of ntfsfix
me@vaio:/dev$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb
Mounting volume... ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup_warn: magic: 0xffffffff size: 1024 usa_ofs: 65535 usa_count: 65534: Invalid argument
Record 0 has no FILE magic (0xffffffff)
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error
FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup_warn: magic: 0xffffffff size: 1024 usa_ofs: 65535 usa_count: 65534: Invalid argument
Record 0 has no FILE magic (0xffffffff)
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error
FAILED
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error
Checking for self-located MFT segment... ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup_warn: magic: 0xffffffff size: 1024 usa_ofs: 65535 usa_count: 65534: Invalid argument
OK
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup_warn: magic: 0xffffffff size: 1024 usa_ofs: 65535 usa_count: 65534: Invalid argument
Record 0 has no FILE magic (0xffffffff)
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error
Volume is corrupt. You should run chkdsk.
Options available with MiniTool:
Related questions:
How to fix a damaged/corrupted NTFS filesystem/partition without losing the data on it?
Repair corrupted NTFS File System
Solution 1:
As you have indicated that you have installed Minitool partition wizard , let's use it.
With Minitool partition wizard open:
- Right click the drive volume that is unallocated
- Select Create from the options list
- you will get a pop up box like this, (Name the volume if you like)click OK
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you will see an operation pending to create at the bottom. click the Apply check mark to execute
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Right click on the newly created volume and select Check File System
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When box pops up, select Check & Fix detected errors and click Start.