<div dir="ltr">Thanks for trying! <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM Arun Khan <<a href="mailto:knura9@gmail.com">knura9@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 8:59 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">well, the drive may be ntfs but the files written were jpg written from a linux machine.... hmmmm. I guess it should be able to read from windows seeing as it us a JPG and not some exotic open source file:!) I guess it just got corrupted. The question still remains, is there a way to recover the files on the drive? I hope so, There were pictures on that drive. My entire south carolina trip!<div><br></div><div>The directions that were given were to run:</div><div><br></div><div> chkdsk /f </div><div><br></div><div>on the drive. Have two problems with those directions though: 1. that requires admin privileges and I don't know how to do that. 2. when I stick the drive in it gives me the insert drive tone and then the disconnect drive tone and never assigns a drive letter to it. Then it repeats that until I pull the drive. And if I've kept the drive in there long enough it keeps doing that after I've pulled the drive. 3. </div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Based on the responses so far, you have the following options (IMO):</div><div><br></div><div>1. Keep plugging for a solution. There is no way around it; you will need a Windows desktop to repair the NTFS file system. I suggest that you lean on your family/friends who have Windows admin privileges on their systems.</div><div>2. Seek professional help to recover your files (e.g. Data Doctors have retail stores in many shopping malls)</div><div><br></div><div>Regardless of what you do, to avoid future mishaps, invest in a couple of high-capacity storage and backup your important files to *two* different drives (rsync -aP <original files> <target dir> does the job for me).</div><div><br></div><div>HTH</div><div>--</div><div>Arun Khan</div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br></div></div></div></div></div>