Identify DVR file system

[siamak5561]

Hi is there a way to Identify DVR file system on a reinitialized hard drive under windows?

and is there a place to download first few sectors of dvr hard drives ? i mean like this attachment WFS 4 that I used for recovery from damaged DVR hard drive

Attachments

0-0.zip

WFS 4

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[fzabkar]

You can upload your sector dumps here.

BTW, if you have access to the DVR, install a donor drive and allow the DVR to format it. Then you will see what sector 0 looks like. If you're lucky, it will be the only sector that has been "initialised", in which case it may be that the solution is as simple as patching its contents into your patient (or clone).

[siamak5561]

BTW, if you have access to the DVR, install a donor drive and allow the DVR to format it. Then you will see what sector 0 looks like. If you're lucky, it will be the only sector that has been "initialised", in which case it may be that the solution is as simple as patching its contents into your patient (or clone).

Unfortunately I dont have access to DVR , and its a situation that costumer neither known DVR model.

[siamak5561]

You can upload your sector dumps here.

You mean sector from patient drive? its just normally initialize by disk management in windows.

[fzabkar]

Windows only initialises sector 0. If the client has then created partitions and formatted them, then that's a different story. Show us something at least.

[siamak5561]

Windows only initialises sector 0. If the client has then created partitions and formatted them, then that's a different story. Show us something at least.

Honestly I dont have any idea what client do to hard drive.
this is first 10000 sectors.

Attachments

0-9999.zip

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[Arch Stanton]

No partitions defined in sector 0. Some MFT fragments further out on drive created 11/9/2019, can not find much else. Many zeros. Some sort of table structure, a FAT?

[siamak5561]

DVRs file system such as WFS or DHFS only stand in first sector? i'v seen some data on sector 20 & 24 for WFS but I dont know if they related to WFS or not.

[siamak5561]

And I ask again, anyone know a place to download first few sectors of variety DVRs file system? this is Mine I have, only 4 DVR

Attachments

DVR Recovery.rar

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[Arch Stanton]

I'm not sure I even understand what you ask and I also don't understand the obsession with the first sector.

[HaspHL]

looks like its not only initialized
its also been formated @ Nov. 09, 2019 07:29:54 (5 days ago)

[siamak5561]

I'm not sure I even understand what you ask and I also don't understand the obsession with the first sector.

In some cases, if i know what file system is used by DVR and client format or reinitialized drive, so I put back first few sectors of file system and easily recover clips.

[Arch Stanton]

If only initialized, did you scan with a tool with broad file system support, like R-Studio, ReclaiMe, UFS Explorer etc.?