TrueCrypt hidden volume is corrupted

Discussion in 'encryption problems' started by Bourak, Sep 17, 2015.

  1. Bourak

    Bourak Registered Member

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    Hello everybody
    i have a 250gb Container that has a hidden volume of 150gb.
    Two days ago, i tried to open the Hidden volume after mounting it, but windows said "The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable".
    I tried to fix it with TrueCrypt "Chkdsk" but it said that the "Master table file is damaged, and windows will try to fix it", i waited around 30 mins and then it said windows couldnt fix it :(.
    I googled alot and i got here, read a couple of thread and tried to let Truecrypt restore the volume header, but no luck :(. I also tried WinHex, but got lost :(. im a noob in these stuff.
    i copied the container to another hard disk and i mounted it then i formatted the hidden volume, it opened but without any of my data, tried to restore the files, got like 2% of them only.

    Guys please, could you help me to either fix the original hidden volume or restore my files from the formatted disk, The data i have hidden worth too much to me :(( ?

    Thank you in advance guys:)
     
  2. Bourak

    Bourak Registered Member

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    @dantz , anyone :'( !

    Edit:
    The container size is 250gb, the Hidden volume is 150. I think the problem is i wrote more than 100gb on the Outer volume.
    any fix for that :( ?

    Edit #2:
    I dont know if this helps but when i tried to scan the hidden volume " from the copy that i didnt format" with Recuva, it found the same files ( the 1% files that were found with the formatted copy of the volume ). and Recuva showed a header for the hidden volume
    FF D8 FF E1 56 C0 45 78 69 66 00 00
    49 49 2A 00 08 00 00 00 0C 00 0F 01
    02 00 06 00 00 00 9E 00 00 00 10 01
    02 00 0D 00 00 00 A4 00 00 00 12 01
    03 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 1A 01
    05 00 01 00 00 00 C4 00 00 00 1B 01
    05 00 01 00 00 00 CC 00 00 00 28 01
    03 00 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 32 01
    02 00 14 00 00 00 D4 00 00 00 3B 01
    02 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 02
    03 00 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 98 82
    02 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 69 87
    04 00 01 00 00 00 68 01 00 00 25 88
    04 00 01 00 00 00 8A 23 00 00 8C 2A
    00 00 43 61 6E 6F 6E 00 43 61 6E 6F
    6E 20 45 4F 53 20 37 44 00 00 00 00
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00 00 00 00 48 00 00 00 01 00 00 00
    48 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 32 30 31 32
    3A 30 38 3A 32 30 20 30 30 3A 35 38
    3A 30 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00 00 00 00
     
    Last edited: Sep 21, 2015
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