Hi everyone, I have a HDD in a caddy that I use to backup both Linux and Windows data. I seldom use Windows now but found I needed to retrieve some data from a backup. The external drive mounted okay in Windows and I performed an edit on a .jpg file but when I decided I did not want to save the changes on exiting the program a pop-up said the drive was not formated did I want to format it. I said NO. Now the drive will not mount in Windows or Linux. URGH##
Back in Linux dmesg | tail gives this when connected by FireWire. r...@vaio:~# dmesg | tail [ 815.603633] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 815.603638] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 11 00 00 00 [ 815.604419] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 815.605103] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) [ 815.605322] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off [ 815.605327] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 11 00 00 00 [ 815.605857] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 815.605865] sdc: sdc1 [ 815.627150] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk [ 815.627222] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 14 r...@vaio:~# Does "type 14" mean that the drive thinks it is a "14 Hidden FAT16 <3" (obtained from fdisk list of types)? Running fdisk /dev/sda gives Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xd03f6341 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 1 9729 78148161 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) The partition table appears to be intact and I suspect the data is still okay. Is there a way of mounting the disk as a Hidden FAT16 file system? -- Clive Woodfine -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
