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I recently reformatted my laptop. Beforehand I backed up all my data on a external hdd. Before doing this, I completely reformatted my external hdd using the Disk Manager and created a new Linux Filesystem partition. I then moved all data on to the hdd. I had no problems mounting or accessing files on the hdd. However, after reformatting the laptop and reinstalling Ubuntu I can no longer mount the hdd.

Output fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sdb: 698,7 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 33553920 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 00007F4F-6548-0000-8534-0000C2310000

Device     Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1   2048 1465149134 1465147087 698,7G Linux filesystem

Output parted:

Model: APPLE HD D HTS547575A9E38 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 750GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End    Size   File system  Name  Flags
 1      1049kB  750GB  750GB

Update: This is what happens when I try to mount

$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error

   In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
   dmesg | tail or so.

@9291Sam Yes, I meant GNOME Disks

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  • What happens when you try to mount it? How are you doing that? Any error messages?
    – user692175
    May 23, 2017 at 20:06
  • How did you make a Linux filesystem partition from Microsoft windows Disk manager
    – user611888
    May 23, 2017 at 22:37
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    @9291Sam, he didn't say Windows... I'm sure he meant the Gnome Disk manager.
    – psusi
    May 23, 2017 at 23:37
  • This is what happens when I try to mount it: $ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so. @9291Sam Yes, I meant GNOME Disks
    – a p
    May 24, 2017 at 23:09

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Reset to default
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Try the syntax

sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /mnt

assuming the filesystem is ext4

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  • Output: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so.
    – a p
    May 25, 2017 at 20:02
  • That sounds bad.
    – Organic Marble
    May 25, 2017 at 20:03
  • Nothing that can be done?
    – a p
    May 25, 2017 at 21:33

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