<div dir="ltr">thank you so much for the brain-trust of the PLUG group. I've figured out what is wrong with the USB drive that is giving me trouble. the problem is totally hardware related. If I pull it out a little the drive will connect for a little while. And I have discovered that I lost my pictures forever:( And you've been as focused on the issue as well as i could possibly ask you to be. Thanks again guys!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 1:50 AM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">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">Hmm. I could have sworn that the NTFS utilities in Linux had a chkdsk <br>
function. Yeah:<br>
<br>
ntfsfix (8) - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS<br>
<br>
<br>
(found using 'man -k ntfs')<br>
<br>
<br>
Man page for ntfsfix says, in part:<br>
<br>
DESCRIPTION<br>
ntfsfix is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems. <br>
ntfsfix is NOT a Linux version of chkdsk. It only re‐<br>
pairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies, resets the NTFS <br>
journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check<br>
for the first boot into Windows.<br>
<br>
You may run ntfsfix on an NTFS volume if you think it was <br>
damaged by Windows or some other way and it cannot be<br>
mounted.<br>
<br>
<br>
So, ntfsfix might help. There is also an ntfsclone that says:<br>
<br>
ntfsclone (8) - Efficiently clone, image, restore or rescue an NTFS<br>
<br>
<br>
Can Linux mount your ntfs stick? (You might have to do it readonly. and <br>
you've probably said something about this, but it has been a while and <br>
I've not been as focused on the issue as I probably should be...)<br>
<br>
<br>
On 6/11/24 10:30, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
> Thanks for trying!<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM Arun Khan <<a href="mailto:knura9@gmail.com" target="_blank">knura9@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 8:59 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> well, the drive may be ntfs but the files written were jpg written from a<br>
>>> linux machine.... hmmmm. I guess it should be able to read from windows<br>
>>> seeing as it us a JPG and not some exotic open source file:!) I guess it<br>
>>> just got corrupted. The question still remains, is there a way to recover<br>
>>> the files on the drive? I hope so, There were pictures on that drive. My<br>
>>> entire south carolina trip!<br>
>>><br>
>>> The directions that were given were to run:<br>
>>><br>
>>> chkdsk /f<br>
>>><br>
>>> on the drive. Have two problems with those directions though: 1. that<br>
>>> requires admin privileges and I don't know how to do that. 2. when I stick<br>
>>> the drive in it gives me the insert drive tone and then the disconnect<br>
>>> drive tone and never assigns a drive letter to it. Then it repeats that<br>
>>> until I pull the drive. And if I've kept the drive in there long enough it<br>
>>> keeps doing that after I've pulled the drive. 3.<br>
>>><br>
>> Based on the responses so far, you have the following options (IMO):<br>
>><br>
>> 1. Keep plugging for a solution. There is no way around it; you will need<br>
>> a Windows desktop to repair the NTFS file system. I suggest that you lean<br>
>> on your family/friends who have Windows admin privileges on their systems.<br>
>> 2. Seek professional help to recover your files (e.g. Data Doctors have<br>
>> retail stores in many shopping malls)<br>
>><br>
>> Regardless of what you do, to avoid future mishaps, invest in a couple of<br>
>> high-capacity storage and backup your important files to *two* different<br>
>> drives (rsync -aP <original files> <target dir> does the job for me).<br>
>><br>
>> HTH<br>
>> --<br>
>> Arun Khan<br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
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