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I try to recover data but I cant know chich filesystem is being used. I see the disk named sda in lsblk.

I tried :

sudo fsck /dev/sda

Gives me

The superblock could not be read ir dies not describe a valid ext...

And I tried with every magic number given by mke2fs -n /dev/sda

I also tried

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda /media/usr/external

Gives me

NTFS Signature is missing. Failed to mount...

Using ntfsfix I get the same error

EDIT The PC which cant boot anymore is running windows 7 but I don’t know the filesystem used

I try to recover using Ubuntu running live on usb key. These are commands I tried since the creation of the post :

$ sudo parted -l
Error: /dev/sda: unrecognized disk label


$ mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/usr/external
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda

The drive is not encrypted according to the owner of the PC.

I did not tried to modify windows files because I cant have access to it

Still blocked, any idea ?

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  • You've made no mention of OS/release details, so why ask here? – guiverc Mar 09 '20 at 00:31
  • Please click [edit] to let us know these facts. 1) Which OS is installed (Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Budgie, et al.)? 2) Which release number? 3) Please run _sudo parted -l` . Highlight the text to select it, copy the text, then come back here and paste that into your question. || Please do not use Add Comment; Comments are a channel from us to you, whereas the Question should contain all the facts you have about the issue. – K7AAY Mar 09 '20 at 02:00
  • Have you tried mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/usr/external? – Gryu Mar 09 '20 at 12:54
  • Maybe your drive is encripted: https://askubuntu.com/a/1001327/925971 – Gryu Mar 09 '20 at 13:13
  • Did you try to modify the windows file when it was on hibernate using Linux, it usually corrupts the NTFS system – White Mars Mar 09 '20 at 15:17

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