Restore files from damaged or formatted NTFS disks
- Free Ntfs Partition Repair Tool
- Ntfs Fix
- Ntfs Repair Utility
- Free Ntfs Partition Repair Data Recovery Software
Don't say 'It will never happen to me'. It happens with every PC user once. No need to panic, though. Be prepared and you'll have a chance to get your data back. Unless physically destroyed, your files can be recovered with DiskInternals NTFS Recovery!
Recover Data for NTFS partition recovery software is a result-oriented partition restore tool. Recover NTFS partition data - lost files/folders from formatted/reformatted, damaged, deleted.
About the NTFS file system
The NTFS file system is gaining more and more popularity among file systems. And this is no accident, because NTFS is highly secure, is easy to work with, and is much more productive than its counterparts. This file system has many extensions; for example, using an ACL, you can control access to data. In addition, there is support for Unicode, large files, etc.
Despite all these advantages, NTFS file systems may still be damaged. Fortunately, NTFS file recovery is possible.
Data Recovery and Unformat
NTFS Recovery is a fully automatic utility that recovers data from damaged or formatted disks. It is designed with a home user in mind. You don't need to have any special knowledge of disk recovery.
The 'Recycle Bin' icon on your Windows desktop allows you to recover deleted files. Unfortunately, there are many possible situations when the Recycle Bin is useless. Just a few examples:
- A disk volume containing valuable info was damaged due to a system malfunction
- A disk volume was damaged due by a dangerous virus
- Windows cannot access a disk drive
- Disk was damaged
- You have mistakenly formatted a disk volume
- Files or folders are not readable
- Corrupt or damaged partition table.
Your data is lost completely only if overwritten with other files. Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7, XP and other modern Operating systems from Microsoft, all use NTFS (you don't have to understand the abbreviation to use it, right?) NTFS is an advanced disk formatting that has many useful features including ways to recover lost data. DiskInternals NTFS Recovery is a user-friendly tool that utilizes NTFS features allowing you to recover files from damaged NTFS volumes or even recover whole volumes in case of them being lost or unintentionally formatted.
NTFS Data Recovery
You can accidentally delete any system file, and this will be a fatal mistake for you and the NTFS file system. A virus may mercilessly damage system files. There are a lot of options for dealing with these kinds of events, but here is how to perform NTFS file recovery: use special professional software. And so that you do not waste time looking for such software on the Internet, use DiskInternals NTFS Recovery.
This software supports all versions of Windows and recovers files of absolutely any type and size. With this software, you will quickly and accurately perform NTFS file recovery. It can handle type of issue and has everything you need!
DiskInternals NTFS Recovery is designed with a home user in mind. How to recover data for NTFS file systems? You don't need to have any special knowledge of disk recovery. The recovery process is fully automated and fool-proof. For example the program won't let you further damage your data by restoring your files onto the same disk volume.
DiskInternals NTFS Recovery is your last chance to save months of work or gigabytes of Your priceless photos, letters, and other valuable files. It will help you even in cases when your disk is not accessible from Windows, the disk was damaged, files or folders are not readable, and more.
DiskInternals NTFS Recovery supports the following file systems - NTFS, NTFS4, NTFS5.
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Data Recovery for NTFS Files
Use this detailed guide for DiskInternals NTFS Recovery so that working with the application will be even easier.
Step 1. Download and install DiskInternals NTFS Recovery.
Step 2. Launch the Recovery Wizard by clicking on the corresponding icon with the left mouse button. You will then be asked to select the type of files to restore, but you can skip this action if it is not critical.
Step 3. Scan. This process may take some time, so relax and do not worry.
Step 4. Previewing lost data.
View deleted files by right-clicking on them and selecting “Preview in a new window”.
Step 5. Saving files.
You just need to buy a license for DiskInternals NTFS Recovery. You will receive a license key, which must be entered in the appropriate window. Now select a place to save the recovered data and click the Save button.
As you can see, NTFS file recovery is easy with the proper software.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How can I increase my chances for 100% NTFS data recovery?Start NTFS data recovery as soon as possible, so you will avoid the file's overwriting.
- Is there any limit in data restoring with DiskInternal NTFS Recovery?Using DiskInternal NTFS Recovery there is no limit. You will be able to restore your data in the amount that you need.
- Can I test the software before buying it?Yes. Just click on the blue button 'Try it free' and you will get a costless version of the NTFS Recovery. Only after you make sure, that your data is recoverable and you want to save it - you need to purchase the software.
- Do I need to make reinstallation when I'm buying the NTFS Recovery software?No. If you tried the free trial version of the DiskInternal NTFS Recovery you don't need any rescan of the disk or reinstallation. After you purchased the software - select the files you need to restore and click 'Recover' button. Enter the license code in a new window and enjoy your files!
Partition, RAID and Efs Recovery
NTFS Recovery is a part of Partition Recovery and RAID Recovery. EFS Recovery should be used for recovering encrypted files and folders. In case of damage by software and hardware faults VMware disks, easy way to recover information is VMFS Recovery™
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MY NTFS Partition has gotten corrupt somehow (it's a relic from the days when I had Windows installed).
I'm putting the debug output of fdisk and blkid here.
At the same time, any OS is unable to mount my root partition, which is located next to my NTFS partition. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it, though. I get the following error while trying to mount my root partition (sda5)
When I open gparted (using live CD), I get an exclamation next to my NTFS drive which states
Is there a way to run
chkdsk
without using windows ?My attempt to run
fsck
results in the following :Update: I was able to fix the NTFS partition running chkdsk off Hiren's BootCD, but it seems that the superblock problem still remains.
Update 2: Fixed superblock issue using
wjandreae2fsck -c /dev/sda5
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Install ntfs-3g with
sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
.Then run the ntfsfix command on your NTFS partition.For example:
ntfsfix /dev/hda6
ntfsfix v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)
Usage: ntfsfix [options] device
Developers' email address:
[email protected]
Linux NTFS homepage: http://www.linux-ntfs.orgFor newer Ubuntus You can use
-b
and -d
option together. -b
tries to fix bad clusters and -d
to fix dirty states. So the command can be--help
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I've just fixed my USB drive using 'testdisk', a Linux command line (yet friendly) utility. My drive was not even mounting in Windows and Windows 8 discovered like 6 partitions (when the drive had only one).
To use the utility, install it:
Then run it:
and follow the instructions. You must search for partitions and then write the changes.
Hope this help anyone.
Diego JancicDiego Jancic
Just to clear some of your points up.
My attempt to run fsck results in the following :
Now, thats not wonder, because you are trying to fsck the disk, and not its partition.What fsck does is, it tries to recognize the FS type. Because you have given it raw disk surface, it fails to recognize and resorts to default type - ext, calling fsck.ext.
fsck.ext does not find any FS signature in the location and tries to find superblocks. Ultimately it fails, because its disk with only NTFS partition type.
This is why you have this error.
The correct command would be:
That would feed the FIRST partition of first sata hard drive, not the first sata disk itself.
Who caresWho cares
Your disk is toast. Check the SMART diagnostics in the disk utility to confirm; it should say you have a ton of bad sectors and need to replace the drive.
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I agree with @psusi: the disk needs replacing, see my comment under accepted answer. Doing an
ntfsfix
will not help at all, and just delays the essential action of:- backing up all data on the disk ASAP
- replacing the disk with a new one
There's no need really to check the SMART diagnostics - they only pick up a percentage of errors anyway. The red flags are the two lines:
As soon as a disk starts giving unrecoverable read errors (UREs), it should be replaced immediately and only used for data recovery. (An excessive level of non-UREs also indicates replacement is needed.)
Disks should be viewed as consumables that must be replaced every few years, hence having really good backups (automated, daily, complete, and at least to an external drive) is crucial.
RichVelRichVel
In Ubuntu 14.04 Just try this
Where
αғsнιηXY
is your partition. (/dev/sda2
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fsck
and gparted
apps cannot be used to fix a problem with a ntfs partition. ntfsfix
should not be used to try and fix this problem.Windows tools should normally be used. However,
chkdsk
is not helping here.You might try using
testdisk
from the Ubuntu OS.sudo apt-get update
# update the software databasessudo apt-get install testdisk
# install testdisksudo testdisk
# start testdiskGo to http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step for help in using this tool.
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As the other answers have said, in this case it's probably a bad disk..
But for the benefit of others facing actual NTFS corruption - unfortunately the ntfsfix tool is very limited compared to Microsoft's chkdsk. Try to get a Windows install going - preferably with the newest version of Windows as Microsoft is presumably constantly improving chkdsk (I hope..) Newer versions of Windows are often available for free as trials. If the problem is in a USB disk you can try installing Windows in something like VirtualBox and give the VM control of the USB device.
eugeug
Unfortunately the free tools available on Linux are very limited with regards to fixing NTFS partitions.
Most likely you can still recover your data by using the secondary MFT stored at the end of the disk. It is usually not used, but it should contain an up-to-date version of your directory structure. There is a good chance it was not affected by the disk errors.
In the past, I have used Runtime Software's (commercial, 79$) product GetDataBack NTFS with great success for this. It is one of the few NTFS tools (the only?) that runs in WINE and as a Linux LiveCD, and the free demo should be enough to see if your data is still there. If it is, your data might just be worth buying the tool.
The LiveCD runs Knoppix Linux and has all their tools preinstalled. Note that you'll still need a license key to actually use the tools, but it should be enough to see if it works on your computer.
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with Runtime software other than having bought their product a few years ago.
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This answer will probably just work for 10.04 (lucid) and later versions of Ubuntu!
Try
sudo ntfsfix -b /dev/sda2
.- You need ntfs-3g installed. If you don't have it, you can install it in the Software Center by clicking that link, or from the Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) by running these commands:
Community♦
DeGeDeGe
I just had the same problem on a 3TB NTFS USB. Big drama, as you can imagine.
Ntfs Fix
I first tried to fix it on my wife's Windows box. No joy.
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdcx extremely quickly fixed it.
Ntfs Repair Utility
Hooray! Back in business. Really must get a new disk and promptly re-format it to a proper, adult filesystem.
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