Fixing a Corrupted Raspberry Pi SD Card Partition Table
#RaspberryPi #SDCard #Fix
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0747.html
01. Download the GParted live disc https://gparted.org/download.php
02. Insert the SD card into a PC and boot into the GParted live disc
03. Minimize the GParted UI and launch Terminal from the desktop
04. Run the following command in the open terminal
sudo testdisk
05. Select Create
06. Use the arrows to select the SD card device ≫ Proceed
07. Use the arrows to select Intel
08. Select Analyse ≫ Quick Search
09. Press Enter to continue
10. Arrow over and select Write to apply the partition table to the SD card ≫ Type Y and press Enter to confirm
11. Quit out of TestDisk back to the terminal
12. Continue with the following commands to check and repair the filesystems on the SD card
# take note of the device identifiers for the SD card (/dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 in the example)
sudo fdisk -l
# run the following command for each partition on the SD card, replacing x with the correct disk identifier
sudo fsck /dev/sdx1 -fy
sudo fsck /dev/sdx2 -fy
13. Shutdown the GParted live disc
14. Insert the SD card back into the Raspberry Pi
15. Power it on to see if the SD card is now able to boot
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