or: does 'chkdsk /f' check all attached filesystems? On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Michael wrote: > 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~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: