A few days ago, I used my external hard disk (a 2TB Seagate) in order to transfer some files on Windows Vista. During that, I noticed some malfunctions on my system (it was running too slow, Windows Explorer crashed).
When Explorer crashed, file transportation stopped. I was afraid, but I tried to access my files and it seemed to be working. I tried to open a movie (from the external disk) but it couldn't load. I thought of restarting, but this took sooo long... So I unplugged the hard disk and at that time it managed to shut down. I logged on to Windows Vista but the hard disk couldn't be mounted. I plugged it but nothing happened. I unplugged it and I heard this specific sound that notifies that something has been unplugged.
I thought of logging to Ubuntu 10.04 and see what I can do. I plugged the hard disk, but I couldn't see it. I opened GParted but I couldn't see it either. I tried with Disc Utility and there it was! I tried to mount
it but a got an error message stating that an error occured with Windows, there is a file (0,0) that has problem or something like that. It suggested to log into Windows and run chkdsk /f
and reboot twice.
The thing is that I am somehow afraid to do so because I don't really know the impact on that. Plus I don't trust doing even a check on Vista...
I finally risked it and I typed
chkdsk/f
on a cmd
. I cannot, however, actually run it because I don't have admin privileges. So from search I found chkdsk
, I right cliked and selected “run as administrator”. It run but I got a message like NTFS file system
. It should check at the coming restart.
At that point I am mistaken. I thought that f
meant F
but this is not the case here...
Does anyone have any suggestions and advice?
I've tried with Partition Magic Bootable CD but I couldn't get my HDD mounted.
At first I thought of running a disk health. My device was named "Unknown" and I got the message
/dev/sdb failed: No such device
Then I tried with GParted but it couldn't find my HDD.
Finally I tried to mount it from a "mount utility" or sth like that but it couldn't be mounted.
The first time I tried I got an error
Run: Mount /dev/sdb
Status: Finished with error(exit status 1)
udevil: error 64: unable to determine device fstype specify with -t
After that there was a list of all my drives. When I selected the external one I got the error message
Run: Mount /dev/sdb1
Status: Finished with error(exit status 18)
Failed to write lock '/dev/sdb1' : Resource temporalily unavailable
Error opening '/dev/sdb1':Resource temporalily unavailable
Failed to mount :Resource temporalily unavailable
The second time I tried to mount it I got a new error message
Run: Mount /dev/sdb
Status: Finished with error(exit status 1)
udevil: error 57: Cannot stat /dev/sdb: No such file or directory
Any ideas on what's going on?
chkdsk
as recommended (you can do it on another Windows computer). Be prepared to have to replace the disk and restore your files from a backup.chkdsk
is working onC
,right? I want to accessF
, so is it proper to do so? What option should I do?f
,r
,i
? The fact is that I don't have anotherwindows
computer... What do you mean, "replace the disk"? Could it be broken? And how am I going to backup, if I don;t have access? Sorry if I ask too many questions, but I beleive you understand my anxiety!chkdsk /?
(under Windows) to see a short description. It might be something likechkdsk f:
.