<div dir="ltr"><div>~ $ sudo fsck.msdos -f /dev/sdc</div><div>fsck.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)</div><div>Logical sector size is zero.</div><div> ~ $ sudo fsck.msdos -f /dev/sdc1</div><div>fsck.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)</div><div>Currently, only 1 or 2 FATs are supported, not 0.</div><div><br></div><div> ~ $ sudo fsck.msdos /dev/sdc1</div><div>fsck.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)</div><div>Currently, only 1 or 2 FATs are supported, not 0.</div><div><br></div><div> ~ $ sudo fsck.msdos /dev/sdc</div><div>fsck.fat 3.0.28 (2015-05-16)</div><div>Logical sector size is zero.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Eric Oyen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">actually, if you install the FUSE package, there should be more advanced handlers to correct some of those errors. I use something like that here to correct issues on an NTFS external drive while in OS X. The preference package includes linux code for the FUSE project and seems to work reasonably well for most issues. However, there are some issues that require the use of a real windows installation to correct.<div><br></div><div>-eric</div><div>from the central office of the Technomage Guild, Storage Analysis Division.</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br><div><div>On Sep 22, 2017, at 6:31 PM, Michael wrote:</div><br class="m_1934858348803216762Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">silly me! I just realized that the file system on the external drive is NTFS so there isn't much I can do with it.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Michael <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">:/<div><div> ~ $ sudo fsck -f /dev/sda1</div><div>fsck from util-linux 2.27.1</div><div> ~ $ sudo fsck -f /dev/sda</div><div>fsck from util-linux 2.27.1</div><div>e2fsck 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)</div><div>ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block</div><div>fsck.ext2: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...</div><div>fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda</div><div><br></div><div>The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4</div><div>filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4</div><div>filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock</div><div>is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:</div><div> e2fsck -b 8193 <device></div><div> or</div><div> e2fsck -b 32768 <device></div><div><br></div></div><div>gparted says the device is on sda1</div></div><div class="m_1934858348803216762HOEnZb"><div class="m_1934858348803216762h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Carruth, Rusty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com" target="_blank">Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="m_1934858348803216762m_4506814571342357625m_2440685312000210488WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Try fsck –f (for force). If the filesystem is marked clean and some other stuff it won’t run the test, IIRC.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> PLUG-discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@l<wbr>ists.phxlinux.org</a>]
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: rsync<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="m_1934858348803216762m_4506814571342357625h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">$ sudo fsck /dev/sdc1<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">fsck from util-linux 2.27.1<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">$<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">isn't it supposed to give a code of some sort?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">Here is a mall snippet of the errors it gives when trying to rsync to the drive:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464030<wbr>32.ini") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464035<wbr>76.xml") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">here is a snippet of the errors I get when trying to delete the file recovery directory:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rm: cannot remove 'file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464016<wbr>88.xml.gz': Input/output error<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rm: cannot remove 'file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464019<wbr>20.xml.gz': Input/output error<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">any ideas how I can delete them?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 5:36 PM, James Dugger <<a href="mailto:james.dugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.dugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">You potentially have corrupt files or problems with your disk. Use the fsck command to check files/file system and smartctl command to check the disk<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sep 7, 2017 4:52 AM, "Michael" <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">I get the following errors. How do I stop it?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">$ rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/"Seagate Expansion Drive"<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f460384<wbr>64.elf") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f462859<wbr>28.txt") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f463996<wbr>16.bz2") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f463999<wbr>20.xml") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464002<wbr>56.bz2") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464005<wbr>60_tooltip.svg.gz") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464008<wbr>24_analog_meter.svg.gz") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464010<wbr>72_extender-background.svg.gz"<wbr>) failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464014<wbr>88.xml.gz") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464016<wbr>88.xml.gz") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464019<wbr>20.xml.gz") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464022<wbr>08.xml.gz") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464026<wbr>88.png") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464030<wbr>32.ini") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464035<wbr>76.xml") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464041<wbr>44.xml") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464046<wbr>24.xml") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync: readlink_stat("/media/bmike1/S<wbr>eagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Programs/file recovery/recup_dir.465/f464053<wbr>44.xml") failed: Input/output error (5)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1183) [sender=3.1.1]<u></u><u></u></p>
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