XP - Explore a 60GB .dd image
biroute
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neophil69 Posted messages 15 Status Membre -
neophil69 Posted messages 15 Status Membre -
Hello everyone,
Here is my problem. A friend's laptop hard drive had a major issue and stopped working.
Explorer crashing, etc... I tried to browse it with recovery tools, but the results were limited because disk access was very difficult.
I then used the Testdisk utility suite (https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
The only thing that worked was creating a disk image.
I now have a 60GB image of the hard drive in .dd format.
I could replicate it onto another HD, but I would prefer to browse this image to possibly recover the only data I’m interested in.
However, I can't find any free utility that does that. The only thing I found is "P2 eXplorer."
But first, my antivirus goes off in every direction during the installation. And if I disable it and finish the installation, nothing happens. The HD doesn't appear in my explorer.
I suspect this has to do with the size limitation of NTFS or something like that.
If someone could give me a solution to explore/mount this image so I can extract the files I need, that would be great.
The initial solutions I've found:
1- Use a bootable Linux CD (like Knoppix). But will I be able to mount the external hard drive and then mount the .dd image? Possible? Difficult? Will I need third-party software?
2- Use a software that would explore the .dd (but which one????)
3- Create a Ghost and use Ghost Explorer
4- Use my Mac Mini?? (why not, right!?)
Thanks in advance,
Julien
Here is my problem. A friend's laptop hard drive had a major issue and stopped working.
Explorer crashing, etc... I tried to browse it with recovery tools, but the results were limited because disk access was very difficult.
I then used the Testdisk utility suite (https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
The only thing that worked was creating a disk image.
I now have a 60GB image of the hard drive in .dd format.
I could replicate it onto another HD, but I would prefer to browse this image to possibly recover the only data I’m interested in.
However, I can't find any free utility that does that. The only thing I found is "P2 eXplorer."
But first, my antivirus goes off in every direction during the installation. And if I disable it and finish the installation, nothing happens. The HD doesn't appear in my explorer.
I suspect this has to do with the size limitation of NTFS or something like that.
If someone could give me a solution to explore/mount this image so I can extract the files I need, that would be great.
The initial solutions I've found:
1- Use a bootable Linux CD (like Knoppix). But will I be able to mount the external hard drive and then mount the .dd image? Possible? Difficult? Will I need third-party software?
2- Use a software that would explore the .dd (but which one????)
3- Create a Ghost and use Ghost Explorer
4- Use my Mac Mini?? (why not, right!?)
Thanks in advance,
Julien
Configuration: Windows XP SP2 Mac OS 10.5 Internet Explorer 6.0 Firefox 3
7 réponses
Hi biroute,
just open your image.dd with testdisk, right-click on the .dd file and select open with testdisk.
or via command line using the "run" command
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Media_Image_FR
just open your image.dd with testdisk, right-click on the .dd file and select open with testdisk.
or via command line using the "run" command
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Media_Image_FR
Re :)
For those who come across this topic later:
The P2 Explorer software doesn’t work because it is limited until I purchase it ($200, so... no).
See you later
For those who come across this topic later:
The P2 Explorer software doesn’t work because it is limited until I purchase it ($200, so... no).
See you later
Hello,
Thank you very much, Tirhen.
I have already received a response from the TestDisk programmer. Very good support for donation-based software.
I personally resolved my issue in another way, thanks to the responses given by the programmer.
I connected my damaged HD to my Mac Mini and there... Joy of Unix, I was able to recover a maximum of data.
I'm glad I kept my OSX partition on this Mac Mini :)
Thanks again,
Julien
Thank you very much, Tirhen.
I have already received a response from the TestDisk programmer. Very good support for donation-based software.
I personally resolved my issue in another way, thanks to the responses given by the programmer.
I connected my damaged HD to my Mac Mini and there... Joy of Unix, I was able to recover a maximum of data.
I'm glad I kept my OSX partition on this Mac Mini :)
Thanks again,
Julien
I'm still stuck :/
I have a 120 GB disk image that I open in TestDisk. It opens it as a partition, but then what? How do I read and extract the files?
I've tried almost all the commands and I still haven't found anything...
The tutorial shows how to create this image, but I didn't find any information on its "decompression" afterwards. And I only have PCs available :'(
Can someone help me? ><
I have a 120 GB disk image that I open in TestDisk. It opens it as a partition, but then what? How do I read and extract the files?
I've tried almost all the commands and I still haven't found anything...
The tutorial shows how to create this image, but I didn't find any information on its "decompression" afterwards. And I only have PCs available :'(
Can someone help me? ><