is there a way to fix this with linux (I just read the error and it seems to assume it is a hard drive in their fix) On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Michael wrote: > okay.... I have mint17.3 on the computer that it doesn't like to boot > from. I have mint 18 on my laptop and I just plugged the external and got > aninfo window that says: > > Unable to mount TravelStuff > Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/michael/TravelStuff: Command-line > `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000" > "/dev/sdb1" "/media/michael/TravelStuff"' exited with non-zero exit status > 13: Incomplete multi-sector transfer: magic: 0x454c4946 size: 1024 > usa_ofs: 48 usa_count: 0 data: 18 usn: 17: Input/output error > Record 0 has no FILE magic (0x44414142) > Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error > Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error > NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a > SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows > then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very > important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate > it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g. > /dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation > for more details. > > what can I do? > (fyi.... the external unmounted itself as I was copying files to it) > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Michael wrote: > >> something is temperamental. I replugged it in multiple times and it >> finally detected it. I do not know if it is the cord, plug, or device >> though. >> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Michael wrote: >> >>> What in the world? It was autodetecting the last time I plugged it in. >>> Could someone help? >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: