Note: Correct disk geometry is required for a successful recovery. Analyse current partition structure and search for lost partitions ![]() ![]() Note: Do NOT select 'None' for media with only a single partition. Hint: Intel partition table type has been detected. EFI GPT partition map (Mac i386, some x86_64…) ![]() Please select the partition table type, press Enter when done. TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015Ĭhristophe GRENIER DISK1-flat.vmdk - 214 GB / 200 GiB Then, choose the correct partition table type. If a disk listed above has incorrect size, check HD jumper settings, BIOSĭetection, and install the latest OS patches and disk drivers. Note: Disk capacity must be correctly detected for a successful recovery. Select a media (use Arrow keys, then press Enter): In order to perform this process I've used TestDisk, a great tool by Christophe Grenier.Ĭhristophe GRENIER is free software, and So, after some tries, I've discovered a simple solution: converting the "Dynamic Disks" partition into a regular partition. Tools that I usually use for analysis seems had problems with this kind of partition, including a simple 'mount' command. Dynamic disks store their volume configuration in a database located in a 1-MB private region at the end of each dynamic disk. As the Microsoft KnowledgeBase writes: Pure dynamic disks (those not containing any hard-linked partitions) have only a single partition table entry (type 42) to define the entire disk. If a partition table entry of type 0x42 is present in the legacy partition table, then W2K ignores the legacy partition table and uses a proprietary partition table and a proprietary partitioning scheme (LDM or DDM). I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytesĭevice Boot Start End Sectors Size Id TypeĭISK1-flat.vmdk1 63 419428351 419428289 200G 42 SFSĪccording with this document, the id 42 is related to a "Dinamic extended" partition:Ĥ2 Windows 2000 dynamic extended partition marker Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes ![]() During analysis of a compromised Windows virtual machine, recently I've faced with a VmWare disk containing a SFS partition (id 42):ĭisk DISK1-flat.vmdk: 200 GiB, 214748364800 bytes, 419430400 sectors
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