Invalid FAT boot sector

monhinz

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Dec 29, 2014
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Hello

It seems I have messed up my 1TB WD HD.
DiskManagement shows the drive as RAW.

I have recovered some files using testdisk.

I wanted to know if it is possible to 'repair' the drive. Can I fix the partition using TestDisk?
TestDisk shows no partition and an Invalid FAT boot sector. Here are the screenshots

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This will take a long time but you can plug it into a working machine, open up the command prompt as an admin, and run the command chkdsk /r. This will try to fix any bad sectors and orphaned files, but if you accidentally formatted it, then you will have to turn to data recovery software or a company that does such jobs.
 


Well I can recover my data using Test Disk but I simply don't have more space. Either I buy a new HD or repair the current so-called Invalid FAT boot sector.
 


Drive probably failed. I suggest buying another drive and then installing the drive as a 2nd drive and trying to recover the data.