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You can change the status of the selected partition using the left/right arrow key. The available statuses are Primary, * bootable, Logical, Deleted. </p> <a name="Primary_Partitions"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Primary Partitions</span></h3> <p>The first primary partition of a harddrive starts at cylinder 0. Additional primary partitions are starting at the allocated cylinder and the second value at heads is 0.<br /> Example: </p> <pre>TestDisk 6.9-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, December 2007 Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org Disk /dev/sdd - 36 GB / 34 GiB - CHS 4492 255 63 Partition Start End Size in sectors * HPFS - NTFS <font color="Green"><b>0</b></font> 1 1 2230 254 63 35840952 [Primary 1] P HPFS - NTFS 2231 <font color="Green"><b>0</b></font> 1 4491 254 63 36322965 [Primary 2] 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 NTFS, 18 GB / 17 GiB </pre> <a name="Logical_Partitions"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Logical Partitions</span></h3> <p>The first logical partition of a harddrive starts at cylinder 1. Additional logical partitions are starting at the allocated cylinder and the second value at heads is 1.<br /> Example: </p> <pre>TestDisk 6.9-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, December 2007 Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org Disk /dev/sdd - 36 GB / 34 GiB - CHS 4492 255 63 Partition Start End Size in sectors L HPFS - NTFS <font color="Green"><b>1</b></font> 1 1 2230 254 63 35840952 [Logical 1] L HPFS - NTFS 2231 <font color="Green"><b>1</b></font> 1 4491 254 63 36322965 [Logical 2] 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 NTFS, 18 GB / 17 GiB </pre> <p>Return to <a href="testdisk.html" title="TestDisk"> TestDisk </a> main page </p> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key cg_mw-mw_:pcache:idhash:1928-0!1!0!!en!2!edit=0 and timestamp 20080107073550 --> <div id="catlinks"><p class='catlinks'><a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <span dir='ltr'><a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Category:Data_Recovery" title="Category:Data Recovery">Data Recovery</a></span></p></div> <!-- end content --> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="column-one"> <div class="portlet" id="p-logo"> <a style="background-image: url(logo.png);" href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/" title="Visit the Main Page [z]" accesskey="z"></a> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if (window.isMSIE55) fixalpha(); </script> <div class='portlet' id='p-Data_Recovery'> <h5>Data Recovery</h5> <div class='pBody'> <ul> <li id="n-TestDisk"><a href="testdisk.html">TestDisk</a></li> <li id="n-PhotoRec"><a href="photorec.html">PhotoRec</a></li> <li id="n-Download"><a href="testdisk_download.html">download</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><!-- end of the left (by default at least) column --> <div class="visualClear"></div> <div id="footer"> <div id="f-copyrightico"><a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html"><img src="gnu_fdl.png" alt='GNU Free Documentation License 1.2' /></a></div> <ul id="f-list"> <li id="lastmod"> This page was last modified 06:57, 7 January 2008.</li> <li id="copyright">Content is available under <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html" class="external " title="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html" rel="nofollow">GNU Free Documentation License 1.2</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <script type="text/javascript">if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();</script> </div> </body><!-- Cached 20080107073550 --> </html>