Recover data from a partition whose Master File table is corrupted

Refer to http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs-mft.htm for basic details.

While accessing a drive you may receive a systray warning stating that Windows delayed write failed and $mft folder data is lost.

To quickly rescue your data from further loss, you can perform NT Backup.

To fix the $mft file,

  • run chkdsk [disk:] /f /v
  • If it doesn’t fix, then
  • run file recovery and diagnostic tools provided by disk vendor
  • if still they, fail notify the vendor to rescue the data

If data is not critical, you can simply opt for formatting which make the disk afresh.

-Govardhan

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