Georg Bege wrote: > Hello > > Thanks for ya kind response, yeah I tried ntfsfix - no luck however. > I performed the steps you suggested (Im working with the local copy of > the partition here): > > [...] > insgesamt 124407344 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 30. Aug 09:41 backup-mft.pt1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 30. Aug 09:41 backup-mirror.pt1 > -r--r--r-- 1 therion users 127393104384 29. Aug 19:59 wd250_medion.pt1 > kali Hoda_GmbH # diff backup-mft.pt1 backup-mirror.pt1 > (no output here, so both are equal) >
So both copies are wrong... > kali Hoda_GmbH # losetup /dev/loop0 wd250_medion.pt1 > kali Hoda_GmbH # losetup -a > /dev/loop0: [fc00]:2771728469 > (/warehouse/cpv/Kd_Backup/Hoda_GmbH/wd250_medion.pt1) > > As you can see, I still get the same error, what I dont understand is > that if just the mirror is corrupted - why cant the volume be mounted. > Shouldnt it be fine if either the original mft or its mirror are intact > (but its not necessary that both are intact)? > Well, this is about essential data and ntfs-3g has to take precautions to not cause loss of user data, the more as NTFS specifications are unknown. So the rule is to not mount when something is wrong, and try to provide repair tools for frequent wrong situations... [...] > Incomplete multi-sector transfer: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 > usa_ofs: 48 usa_count: 1 data: 4347 usn: 4331: Eingabe-/Ausgabefehler > Record 1 has no FILE magic (0x44414142) > Failed to open inode $MFTMirr: Eingabe-/Ausgabefehler > Failed to load $MFTMirr: Eingabe-/Ausgabefehler > ntfs_inode_real_close(): Entering for inode 0 > Failed to mount '/dev/loop0': Eingabe-/Ausgabefehler Obviously same as before, both copies being wrong. Can you post the beginning of the MFT (two clusters), so that I can determine whether it can be fixed manually ? dd if=./wd250_medion.pt1 of=backup-mft.pt1 skip=786432 bs=4096 count=2 Regards Jean-Pierre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ ntfs-3g-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ntfs-3g-devel
