I have a total of 4 operating systems installed on my notebook. I use a WD Blue 1TB 2.5" internal HDD. The installed OSes are Win XP, Win 7, Win 8 and Ubuntu.
Of these, Windows XP only boots when I change my HDD operation mode from AHCI to IDE because I couldn't find the right SATA driver for it during installation.
A few days ago, due to a power outage and failed notebook batteries, my computer shut down improperly. At the time, it was connected to a 2TB WD external HDD. Since then, my computer wouldn't boot and spit out the following error code :
0x0000225 ("Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause")
I read on a forum somewhere that other people have also experienced the same problem when they've left an external USB HDD connected to the computer while it shut down.
I tried all the regular methods (startup repair, bcdboot, bcdedit, etc.) but nothing worked so I booted from a GParted Live CD and ran testdisk, read the instructions and after quite a bit of trial and error, got Windows 8 to boot again.
After booting to Win 8, I was missing several partitions so I ran testdisk again, performed a Deeper Search for partitions and this is what I got:
TestDisk 6.14, Data Recovery Utility, July 2013
Christophe GRENIER <[email protected]>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
> HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 1529 232 47 24576000 [PQSERVICE]
HPFS - NTFS 0 32 40 1529 232 47 24575993
HPFS - NTFS 1529 232 47 3059 177 54 24575993
HPFS - NTFS 1529 232 48 1542 168 34 204800 [SYSTEM RESERVED]
HPFS - NTFS 1529 232 55 1542 168 34 204793
HPFS - NTFS 1530 64 21 1542 254 63 204793
HPFS - NTFS 1542 168 27 1555 104 6 204793
HPFS - NTFS 1542 168 34 1555 104 13 204793
HPFS - NTFS 1542 168 42 10680 147 27 146800633
HPFS - NTFS 10680 147 28 38678 245 31 449794048 [Miscellaneous]
HPFS - NTFS 10680 157 4 38678 254 63 449794041
HPFS - NTFS 20176 216 9 33230 226 20 209713152 [RootWin7]
HPFS - NTFS 20176 216 16 33230 226 20 209713145
HPFS - NTFS 20176 216 16 41048 185 33 335306745
HPFS - NTFS 41048 218 3 54102 228 14 209713152 [RootWin8]
HPFS - NTFS 41048 218 10 54102 228 14 209713145
HPFS - NTFS 41048 218 10 62864 188 44 350472185
HPFS - NTFS 41048 244 59 54102 254 63 209713145
HPFS - NTFS 62864 221 14 89313 212 51 424902656 [Music and Other St
HPFS - NTFS 62864 221 21 89313 212 51 424902649
HPFS - NTFS 62865 8 33 89313 254 63 424902649
HPFS - NTFS 87764 171 31 115763 14 27 449794041
HPFS - NTFS 89313 245 21 115762 236 58 424902656 [Movies and TV Sho
HPFS - NTFS 89313 245 28 115762 236 58 424902649
Linux 100907 14 36 102404 52 48 24051712
Linux 100914 115 2 102411 153 14 24051712
HPFS - NTFS 115763 14 28 119679 45 46 62912512 [Stuff]
HPFS - NTFS 115763 14 35 119679 45 46 62912505
HPFS - NTFS 115763 223 52 119679 254 63 62912505
Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
*=Primary bootable P=Primary L=Logical E=Extended D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
Enter: to continue
I can't see the Windows XP partiton in the list (probably because my HDD is currently set to AHCI mode?)
All the partitions without a label are corrupt but the partitions with labels are fine and I can access their files using the "P: list files" option of Testdisk.
Currently, the SYSTEM RESERVED partition is set as primary bootable and I have made no changes to the partition table since booting into Windows 8 for fear of screwing something up.
I ran Easy BCD and here's what I got:
There are a total of 4 entries listed in the bootloader.
Default: Windows 7
Timeout: 30 seconds
EasyBCD Boot Device: C:\
Entry #1
Name: Earlier Version of Windows
BCD ID: {ntldr}
Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Bootloader Path: \ntldr
Entry #2
Name: Windows 8
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Entry #3
Name: Windows 7
BCD ID: {default}
Device: unknown
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Entry #4
Name: Ubuntu
BCD ID: {04e5904e-05ff-11e2-a3bd-9cf748453e70}
Device: unknown
Bootloader Path: \ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr
How can I recover all my partitions and get all the OSes booting again?
Could you help me set the correct attribute (primary, logical, primary bootable, etc.) to each of the partions that Testdisk recovers?
Also, here's a link to the complete Testdisk Log after the Deeper Scan stage: https://db.tt/LPmoGWn0
