Corrupt image file

Nefarious · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:57

I dd'ed an NTFS disk and had the image mounted but there was a power outage and the image will no longer mount.

Can anyone think of a way of extracting data from the image?

Nefarious · 13 Jul 2010 at 12:28

Whatever I try to do to it, it claims that it's not a valid image as the magic is wrong.

I tried running ntfsfix on it, which completed, but it still wont do anything useful.

slylittlefox · 13 Jul 2010 at 14:40

The magic is wrong? :confused:

What is dmesg saying?

KIA · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:49

Run ddrescue on the image file?

The Mad Rapper · 20 Jul 2010 at 09:10

You could try opening it with some forensic software such as FTK Imager, or Encase. Alternatively, have a look for SPADA, which is a forensic Linux Boot CD, that should be able to repair or open the disc.