HP MINI 5101 problem with instaling XP SP3 with Usb Hard disk

i have problem formatting and installing windows XP SP3 with my usb hard disk on HP Mini 5101
my laptop wont read my usb anyone have any suggestions???
please help

I dont know the exact reason.... and HP engineer can tell you though... but i'm sure that it was built like this purposly...
my thinking is:
the WWAN Modem works constantly with the battery power as the AC power may differ some times and it can harm the modem...
also suppose..
the netbook is running on the battery power and you are using the WWAN....
you plugged in the AC adapter... which will offcource change the incoming power to the laptop...
if the WWAN also switches to the AC power then it will face interaption and your work will get interepted....
it is like cell phones.....
they will not get signal unless the battery is inserted...
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I am a quite new user of Mac book pro and therefore I am a little bit rusty on these topics. Anyway, I have bought the Airport extreme and have connected it to my internet and it is working fine. Now I have tried to connect my hard drive to the airport extreme and it is not working to good. I have used the airport utility to configure the security and connection for the hard drive, funny enough the hard drive is recognised and I am able to see the hard drive name. Now, for some reason I can not see the hard drive anywhere on the Mac and can not access the content on the hard drive. I only can see the hard drive name using the airport utility but I want to access the content. I have tried to locate the content using finder but I can not see the content anywhere. Please help me here as I think I am just missing something silly...
Claes

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After re-installing Lr 5 with a hard disk on my computer; installation was completed but Lr 5 didn't appear in my application folder.
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Please provide a fix... I wasted hours/days screwing around with this, instead of using the Mac for what its intended!

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Sounds like either:
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Is it possible to install Lion on the second hard disk on my Mini (2010) Snow Leopard Server, and switch between Lion and Snow Leopard? I like those voices Lion has in speech.

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I really dont know why this happen. A friend of mine has the same problem with his desktop. While copy process runs the HDD is suddenly disconnected and there is also acoustic sound when the hardware is removed.
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bInterval 1
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0001
Self Powered
From the beginning I though and I still think that the partition table is screwed up but the programs like TestDisk and fixdisktable work only with disks shown in /dev/
Additionally, I have checked the content of /var/log/kernel.log
Sep 16 22:03:58 hramat kernel: usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Sep 16 22:03:58 hramat kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Sep 16 22:03:58 hramat kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Sep 16 22:03:58 hramat kernel: usb-storage: device found at 5
Sep 16 22:03:58 hramat kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access Initio MK6025GAS 2.23 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] 117210240 512-byte hardware sectors: (60.0 GB/55.8 GiB)
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 86 0b 00 02
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sdd:<6>sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : 0x0 [current]
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: Info fld=0x0
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : 0x0 [current]
and /var/log/errors.log
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 16 22:04:03 hramat kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 16 22:07:35 hramat kernel: INFO: task async/0:3957 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Sep 16 22:07:35 hramat kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
The only thing I understand from these logs is that the disk is blocked, therefore not listed in /dev.
Assuming the newer kernel problems I could try to use some older live linux CD to see if that would work. I am also thinking of connecting this hard drive directly to my laptop, using live linux CD and maybe check the output of hdparm. Is there anything else I could check or try?
Thank you for any help or suggestions
Matej

Thank you nTia89 for response. Sorry for not providing enough information.
I believe the problem is not system dependent. I have dual boot with windows and there the disk has also problems. However, I do have Arch32 with Kernel 2.6.30, using Gnome. hal and dbus are also running.
I did not tried to connect the disk to the computer directly, I will try it today.
Yesterday I have used SystemRescueCD 0.4.1 with Kernel 2.6.22. I wanted to see if it will be recognized by the system and placed in /dev/. Yes it was. This means that the problem highlighted in Gentoo forum can be true, but it doesn't solve my problem. I have tried to connect the drive several times to Arch and it was not shown in /dev/sd*, in SystemRescueCD it was placed as /dev/sdb. Now I am sure that the partition table is screwed up.
So I have started to play with the drive in SystemRescueCD with TestDisk and FixDiskTable but without success.
% fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1530 12289693+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1531 6672 41303115 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 6673 12161 44090392+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 * 6673 11908 42058138+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 11909 12161 2032191 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 57231 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
Manufacturer disk geometry: Heads: 16; Cylinders: 16383; Sectors: 63; Logical Blocks (LBA): 117210240
TestDisk found only Linux partitions with 43Gb while disk had only one 60Gb partitioned with FAT32/NTFS.
Also recognized 64 heads, 57231 cylinders and 32 sectors (same as from fdisk -l), which obviously differs from manufacturer disk geometry.
testdisk.log:
Thu Sep 17 19:09:26 2009
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 6.8, Data Recovery Utility, August 2007
Christophe GRENIER
Linux version (ext2fs lib: 1.40.2, ntfs lib: 9:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: none)
Using locale 'C'.
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 100 GB / 93 GiB - CHS 12161 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57231 64 32, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Interface Advanced
New options :
Dump : No
Cylinder boundary : Yes
Allow partial last cylinder : No
Expert mode : No
Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57231 64 32
Current partition structure:
Partition sector doesn't have the endmark 0xAA55
Ask the user for vista mode
Computes LBA from CHS for Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
Allow partial last cylinder : Yes
search_vista_part: 1
search_part()
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
Search for partition aborted
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
search_part()
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
Search for partition aborted
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
Store new MBR code
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
Current partition structure:
Partition sector doesn't have the endmark 0xAA55
Ask the user for vista mode
Allow partial last cylinder : Yes
search_vista_part: 1
search_part()
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
search_part()
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
NTFS at 8956/63/32
heads/cylinder 255 (NTFS) != 64 (HD)
sect/track 63 (NTFS) != 32 (HD)
filesystem size 24579387
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 1024141
mftmirr_lcn 1650676
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
NTFS part_offset=9392094720, part_size=12584646144, sector_size=512
NTFS partition cannot be added (part_offset<part_size).
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 34129 1 1 75201 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=69896224, size=84116272, end=154012495, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 34632 2 1 75704 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=70926400, size=84116272, end=155042671, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 34668 0 1 75740 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=71000064, size=84116272, end=155116335, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 34673 1 1 75745 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=71010336, size=84116272, end=155126607, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 34699 2 1 75771 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=71063616, size=84116272, end=155179887, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 34708 2 1 75780 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=71082048, size=84116272, end=155198319, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 36338 0 1 77410 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=74420224, size=84116272, end=158536495, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 36367 0 1 77439 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=74479616, size=84116272, end=158595887, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 36401 2 1 77473 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=74549312, size=84116272, end=158665583, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 36414 2 1 77486 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=74575936, size=84116272, end=158692207, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 37949 1 1 79021 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=77719584, size=84116272, end=161835855, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 37955 1 1 79027 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=77731872, size=84116272, end=161848143, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 37989 1 1 79061 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=77801504, size=84116272, end=161917775, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 38404 0 1 79476 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=78651392, size=84116272, end=162767663, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 39636 2 1 80708 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=81174592, size=84116272, end=165290863, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 41263 1 1 82335 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=84506656, size=84116272, end=168622927, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 41266 1 1 82338 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=84512800, size=84116272, end=168629071, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 41660 0 1 82732 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=85319680, size=84116272, end=169435951, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 42898 0 1 83970 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=87855104, size=84116272, end=171971375, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 43244 1 1 84316 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=88563744, size=84116272, end=172680015, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 44870 2 1 85942 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=91893824, size=84116272, end=176010095, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 44930 2 1 86002 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=92016704, size=84116272, end=176132975, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 46961 0 1 88033 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=96176128, size=84116272, end=180292399, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 47312 0 1 88384 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=96894976, size=84116272, end=181011247, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 48393 2 1 89465 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=99108928, size=84116272, end=183225199, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 49633 2 1 90705 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=101648448, size=84116272, end=185764719, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 50767 1 1 91839 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=103970848, size=84116272, end=188087119, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 51150 1 1 92222 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=104755232, size=84116272, end=188871503, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 51941 1 1 93013 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=106375200, size=84116272, end=190491471, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 52759 0 1 93831 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=108050432, size=84116272, end=192166703, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 53069 1 1 94141 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=108685344, size=84116272, end=192801615, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 53768 0 1 94840 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=110116864, size=84116272, end=194233135, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 54287 0 1 95359 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=111179776, size=84116272, end=195296047, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 54493 2 1 95565 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=111601728, size=84116272, end=195717999, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 54861 1 1 95933 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=112355360, size=84116272, end=196471631, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 54890 2 1 95962 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=112414784, size=84116272, end=196531055, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 54953 2 1 96025 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=112543808, size=84116272, end=196660079, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 56330 1 1 97402 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=115363872, size=84116272, end=199480143, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 56334 0 1 97406 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=115372032, size=84116272, end=199488303, disk end=117211136)
recover_EXT2: s_block_group_nr=0/320, s_mnt_count=31/34, s_blocks_per_group=32768
recover_EXT2: boot_sector=0, s_blocksize=4096
recover_EXT2: s_blocks_count 10514534
recover_EXT2: part_size 84116272
D Linux 57203 0 1 98275 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=117151744, size=84116272, end=201268015, disk end=117211136)
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (60 GB / 55 GiB) seems too small! (< 103 GB / 95 GiB)
The following partitions can't be recovered:
D Linux 34129 1 1 75201 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 34632 2 1 75704 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 34668 0 1 75740 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 34673 1 1 75745 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 34699 2 1 75771 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 34708 2 1 75780 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 36338 0 1 77410 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 36367 0 1 77439 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 36401 2 1 77473 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 36414 2 1 77486 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 37949 1 1 79021 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 37955 1 1 79027 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 37989 1 1 79061 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 38404 0 1 79476 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 39636 2 1 80708 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 41263 1 1 82335 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 41266 1 1 82338 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 41660 0 1 82732 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 42898 0 1 83970 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 43244 1 1 84316 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 44870 2 1 85942 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 44930 2 1 86002 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 46961 0 1 88033 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 47312 0 1 88384 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 48393 2 1 89465 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 49633 2 1 90705 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 50767 1 1 91839 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 51150 1 1 92222 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 51941 1 1 93013 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 52759 0 1 93831 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 53069 1 1 94141 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 53768 0 1 94840 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 54287 0 1 95359 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 54493 2 1 95565 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 54861 1 1 95933 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 54890 2 1 95962 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 54953 2 1 96025 27 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 56330 1 1 97402 26 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 56334 0 1 97406 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
D Linux 57203 0 1 98275 25 16 84116272
EXT3 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 43 GB / 40 GiB
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
Store new MBR code
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
Interface Advanced
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
New options :
Dump : No
Cylinder boundary : Yes
Allow partial last cylinder : No
Expert mode : No
New options :
Dump : No
Cylinder boundary : Yes
Allow partial last cylinder : No
Expert mode : No
Analyse Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
Current partition structure:
Partition sector doesn't have the endmark 0xAA55
Ask the user for vista mode
Allow partial last cylinder : No
search_vista_part: 0
search_part()
Disk /dev/sdb - 60 GB / 55 GiB - CHS 57232 64 32
Search for partition aborted
Results
Can't open backup.log file: No such file or directory
interface_load
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
Store new MBR code
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
TestDisk exited normally.
fixdisktable first output:
% ./fixdisktable -d /dev/sdb
Getting hard disk geometry
cylinders=57231, heads=64, sectors=32
end_offset: 2147482624
FfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSs
EXT2 partition at offset 56832, length=(41072.398 MB) 43067531264
Sectors: start= 111, end= 84116382, length= 84116272
Hd,Sec,Cyl: start(3,16,0) end(28,31,41072)
Done searching for partitions.
Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
1 80 3 16 0 63 32 1023 111 84116273 83 (Interpretted)
1 80 3 16 0 63 224 255 111 84116273 83 (RAW)
1: 8003 1000 833f e0ff 6f00 0000 3183 0305
2: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
3: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
4: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
Do you wish to write this partition table to disk (yes/no)? no
fixdisktable second output:
% ./fixdisktable -d -r -v /dev/sdb
Getting hard disk geometry
cylinders=57231, heads=64, sectors=32
end_offset: 2147482624
FfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSsNnBbUuFfEeSs
NTFS partition at offset 17483776, length=(17592186043512.582 MB) 184467440727622 49216
Sectors: start= 34148, end=36028797017147916, length=36028797017113768
Hd,Sec,Cyl: start(43,5,16) end(16,12,2096265)
Done searching for partitions.
Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
1 80 43 5 16 63 32 1023 34148 -1850199 07 (Interpretted)
1 80 43 5 16 63 224 255 34148 -1850199 07 (RAW)
1: 802b 0510 073f e0ff 6485 0000 a9c4 e3ff
2: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
3: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
4: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
Do you wish to write this partition table to disk (yes/no)? no
This string "FfEeSsNnBbUu" was repeating there for longer time and it was most probably related to debugging or a verbose mode of fixdisktable
As I have mentioned I will try to connect the disk directly to the computer and see what will happen.
Shall I try to correct the disk geometry to the one specified by manufacturer? Is it possible?
Any suggestions?

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