So my backup boot sector is good, but I could not list my files. Got the boot sector is bad message, though the backup bootsector is OKĪnd from there eventually got the exact same error message as the OP that 'the file system seems broken' or is broken when I tried to list my files. Oh Joy of Joy's! So I ended up quitting instead of writing, and did the start quick search > stop > series of steps to be able to list my files. Thanks again for so much help, it's really appreciated. So anyway, can I go back to see the files again? and if so, how? It isn't in the photorec/testdisk folder that I can see anyway, and I forgot to take a screenshot after pressing P to see the files unfortunately.

The process of starting this whole recovery was a little confusing so I quit and restarted at one point after reading elsewhere that instead of running testdisk all I needed to do was reassign the drive letter in disk management the do chkdsk /f, which I began, then got freaked out when it was 'deleting orphan file directories' at an alarming rate, so I reset the computer to stop it, went back to testdisk and I believe ovelooked the step to save the.

Is there a way I can go back a step to recheck if the files are there? I think I saw instructions for doing so by going back to the main menu and choosing 'advanced' rather than 'analyze' and proceeding from there.

I think I had mentioned in my first attempted post which didn't get posted that (I think this was in the previous step) I pressed P but didn't see a huge list of files, only a number indicating the size of the data which was about 5.8gb I think when I should have had 1.8TB or so.

Testdisk 32 bit