Can't find old HDD - Printable Version

Can't find old HDD - Printable Version

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Re: Can't find old HDD - Monkeyman - 10-08-2014

(10-08-2014, 06:14 PM)misko_2083 link Wrote: What is the output of:

Code:
sudo lshw -class disk

*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST1000DM005 HD10
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 1AJ1
serial: S246J9EC436309
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=2238c11d
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD1001FALS-0
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 05.0
serial: WD-WMATV7560948
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=c21c55c2
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD3200AAKX-0
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 15.0
serial: WD-WCAYUAE67067
size: 298GiB (320GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=000cd22a
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD1001FALS-0
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
version: 05.0
serial: WD-WMATV3056135
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=46a7a310
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD A DH24ABS
vendor: ATAPI
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: AX13
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@9:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sde
size: 14GiB (15GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=c3072e18
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@12:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdf
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=5fdf7d9c

Re: Can't find old HDD - anon222 - 10-08-2014

So it's /dev/sdf
list partitions

Code:
sudo parted -l

Re: Can't find old HDD - Monkeyman - 10-08-2014

This is for that particular drive, not all of them.

Model: ST500DM0 05 HD502HJ (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdf: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 500GB 500GB primary ntfs

Re: Can't find old HDD - anon222 - 10-08-2014

Now you can see that the drive has one ntfs partition
You'll have to make this folder

Code:
sudo mkdir /media/external

then edit /etc/fstab (be carefull not to remove anything)

Code:
gksudo leafpad /etc/fstab

add this line to the end

Code:
/dev/sdf /media/external ntfs defaults 0 0

save it and exit
you can now mount it without restart

Code:
sudo mount -a

Re: Can't find old HDD - Monkeyman - 10-08-2014

Didn't seem to work. I did what you said but when I entered the last command in terminal, this is what I got:

monkeyman@monkeyman:~$ sudo mkdir /media/external
[sudo] password for monkeyman:
monkeyman@monkeyman:~$ gksudo leafpad /etc/fstab
'monkeyman@monkeyman:~$ sudo mount -a
[mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdf': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdf' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

Re: Can't find old HDD - anon222 - 10-09-2014

That is a removable device?
undo what you did to /etc/fstab
try to mount it this way

Code:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf /media/external

Code:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf1 /media/external

Re: Can't find old HDD - Monkeyman - 10-09-2014

Hang on. New info. I now have an icon on my desktop (just noticed it...sorry) that says "external". (This must be the folder I created?) When I right click on it to mount it (it's grayed out just like the others were until I mounted them) and select Mount, I get this error:

Failed to mount "external".
[mntent]: warning: no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab
mount: only root can mount /dev/sdf on /media/external

I don't get any additional choice to enter my root password, just a Close button.

Re: Can't find old HDD - N4RPS - 10-09-2014

Hello!

make 'mount 'sudo mount', and you'll get the prompt...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

Re: Can't find old HDD - Monkeyman - 10-09-2014

(10-09-2014, 01:40 AM)N4RPS link Wrote: Hello!

make 'mount 'sudo mount', and you'll get the prompt...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

Just tried that. See my results below.

Re: Can't find old HDD - Monkeyman - 10-09-2014

(10-09-2014, 12:03 AM)misko_2083 link Wrote: That is a removable device?
undo what you did to /etc/fstab
try to mount it this way

Code:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf /media/external
Code:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf1 /media/external

It's a HDD in a USB external enclosure. I undid whatn I did to /etc/fstab (removed that last line) then tried both new commands. I got "only root can do that" so I added "sudo" to the front end. Here's what I got.

monkeyman@monkeyman:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf /media/external
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdf': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdf' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

monkeyman@monkeyman:~$ sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf1 /media/external
ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup_warn: magic: 0x44414142 size: 1024 usa_ofs: 20480 usa_count: 36364: Invalid argument
Record 0 has no FILE magic (0x44414142)
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error
Failed to mount '/dev/sdf1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details.

Since I don't know what that means, I'll leave things alone until I hear back from someone. I'm not running Windows so I don't know what that has to do with anything and it's never been RAID'ed.