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Is is possible to restore the MFT of a NTFS partition after a format?

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Mar 15, 202629928 views
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I've searched through several questions but didn't quite find anyone treating mine. So, I have a 1TB external hard drive I use for backup purposes with only 1 NTFS partition. Today using I formated that partition by mistake (who would have thought the disc count started in 0 and not in 1). The comp…

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format recommended override quick label=Windows

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chkdsk can possibly restore the MFT from the mirror, back up your data before doing anything, buy a usb drive if needed, or risk losing it all. No way for anyone to know how far the quick format went before detachment. Never used this software but l…

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