On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:21:26AM +0000, Clive Woodfine wrote: > 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)?
No, I don't think it does. It's referring there to the drive as a whole, not to the partitions on it. > 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. What command did you use to try mounting the filesystem? What errors did you get? Was there anything reported in /var/log/syslog (or /var/log/messages) as a result of you trying to mount the filesystem? Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: h...@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, --- debriefed or numbered. My life is my own."
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