TrueCrypt volume is corrupted or unreadable

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  1. sunburn

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    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.
     
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  2. Florinnn

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    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
     
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  3. sunburn

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  4. Florinnn

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    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
     
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  5. Florinnn

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    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
     
    Last edited: Oct 19, 2016
  6. guest

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    Have you tried chkdsk?
    Open the TrueCrypt-GUI, rightclick on the mounted partition and select "Repair Filesystem"
     
  7. Florinnn

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    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
     
  8. Florinnn

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    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 . . .
     
  9. guest

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    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":
     
  10. Florinnn

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    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
     
  11. Florinnn

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    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
     
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  12. guest

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    Fixing a broken MFT:
    In the section above is also a quick description how to fix a broken boot sector.
     
  13. Florinnn

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    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%
     
  14. guest

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    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)
     
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