

The partition has an offset of 63 sectors (which means that it has been partitioned originally under 2K or XP) BUT in the bootsector the $MFT is at LCN (Logical Cluster Number) 0x0A (10 dec) which is "queer" as the "standard" LCN created with MS tools is 0xC0000 or 786432 dec (for volumes of around 5 Gb or bigger).

What is "suspect" now is the $MFT (actually its location address in the bootsector). The EBCF should mean (as suspected initially) that the partition table and also the bootsector are fine. * Volume 0 C RAW Partition 137 GB Healthy Volume # Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info Partition 1 is now the selected partition. Left panel, i can select $root and view directory treeĬopyright © 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation. Primary (A) NTFS (07) Size 147 GB Indicators EBCF First sector 63 Last sector 287370719 Operating System is Windows XP Professional. I started diagnostics from WinPE without trying booting from the internal disk first (because i haven't done a backup yet) and don't want to write to the disk when trying to boot. That would be The Finder, Armand Gracious, The Expert, is on dedoimedo's:Ī system that "won't boot all the way" seems more like a OS file corruption, but describing "how far" it goes in the booting might help.Īlso "I used Testdisk" means very little, you may want to use TESTDISK with a log (and provide the log ).īoy, do I hate this deja-demandé feeling.
