I got a virus or Trojan and when I started to rid my system of it, it changed the parameters on my hard drive. I can see the data is still there with testdisk and copy some of it. But the CHS values are wrong and the partitions are not recognized. The drive is a WD6400AAKS the reported values are CHS 77825 255 63. Does anyone have some suggestions.
grab a live CD of ubuntu or backtrack. then transfer the files by mounting the disk ( should automatically do it, but if not look thru the forums ) from there transfer the files to a second HDD.
if u cant see the disk or partitions for windows then force mount the drive ( try sda1 , sda2, sda3 )
then create a windows directory ( mkdir _____ ). then transfer files via mv _____ or copy with cp ____
and ditto to the post above. theres a reason your computer got a virus, either your ignorant of how to maintain a computer which i doubt seeing as you found yourself a decent HDD. or your looking at things you know you ought not to be.
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