After entering my password for TC I receive the following message" E:/ is not accessible The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable I cloned the original external hard to another drive. When I try to open TC, I get the same error. TestDisk is at analyzing the drive is at 3%. So fare it has found 6 examples of Invalid FAT Boot Sector or Invalid NTFS or EXFAT boot errors. What should I do so I could possibly access my TC data again? When I try to open the E drive in WinHex it says the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. Then when I click on OK it shows the files within that drive. Thank you for looking.
Have the same problem and try to find a fix Right now im cloning the SSD and begin the test, if I will find any resolution I will post here, I saw some answers from dantz that I want to try them
can you give me more details about the process ? in 3 hours will finish the clone process and I will begin the tests It will help me a lot any kind of information Thank you
I open the mounted hidden partition in WinHex and I can see zeroes and plain text, so truecrypt is decrypting but I still can't access partition from my computer it said The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. How do I repair/recover my mounted partition ? any tips ? I don't understand how to use winhex to accomplist that Im curently trying with TestDisk Thank you
Have you tried chkdsk? Open the TrueCrypt-GUI, rightclick on the mounted partition and select "Repair Filesystem"
I will check in 2 hours with your tip, I really need to take my files from there, I had 8 years of works on that HDD and YES i'm an idiot I don't have any backup sunburn when you have time mate please try to explain me how you recover your files Thank you
I receive this error when I try Repair Filesystem Attempting to repair the file system on the TrueCrypt volume mounted as I:... The type of the file system is NTFS. Unable to determine volume version and state. CHKDSK aborted. Press any key to continue . . .
Ok, then some tools are needed for recovery of the files. I think you already found the thread where some rescue-tools are mentioned: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/corrupt-encrypted-partition-i-used-truecrypt.267791/ Someone was able to rescue files from not accessible volumes with "EaseUS Data Recovery":
OK I will try this and I will let you know, I bought 2 HHD at 3 TB to make 2 clones of the affected drive. I already tried getdataback but it only find files not directories(I didn't let him finish yet) because I need my files to be organized in directories properly as I had Virtual Machines stored on the volume. I think also this is a big problem, as the recovery softwares find multiple NTFS partitions because of the virtual disks. I also don't find a good tutorial how to use TestDisk to fix boot sector, I will scan again with the TestDisk and I will upload a pictures here Thank you
SO the MFT is broken, try to find a way to FIX it. EaseUS Data Recovery find some documents but are mixed in separate folders Now i'm try with RStudio
Fixing a broken MFT: In the section above is also a quick description how to fix a broken boot sector.
I recover with R-Studio like 60% of the files, testdisk fail to rebuild the MFT, im still search for a option to recover 100%
You may try: DMDE - DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software Make a full scan and you'll see what additional files it can find. Hopefully more than 60% Ideal is, if it can access your (hopefully not damaged) MFT Mirror (a backup of your currently damaged MFT)