Sounds like your drive may have developed some bad blocks and formatting it caused it to recover... but I wouldn't use that drive for backups anymore because it's dying and it's only a matter of a short amount of time before it fails and you loose everything. In fact, I wouldn't use a thumb drive for backups at all. They aren't designed to be written to in bulk over and over like you are trying to do and they will fail quickly. Get yourself a good external drive. You should go with a regular spinning drive as there are no advantages to backing up to flash over USB. A flash drive will fail a lot more quickly than a spinning drive with the way you are using them though. You'll also get a whole lot more space on a hard disk drive so you can alter your backup procedure to keep multiple versions. Brian Cluff On 04/29/2017 05:49 AM, Michael wrote: > it is going very slowly though for some of the files. > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Michael > wrote: > > well.... I format the drive and things are transferring now. > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Michael > wrote: > > I think I fried it in my glove compartment. > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Michael > wrote: > > $ sudo fsck /dev/sdd > [sudo] password for bmike1: > fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 > e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014) > fsck.ext2: No medium found while trying to open /dev/sdd > > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a > valid ext2/ext3/ext4 > filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains > an ext2/ext3/ext4 > filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then > the superblock > is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an > alternate superblock: > e2fsck -b 8193 > or > e2fsck -b 32768 > > bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo fsck /dev/sdd > fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 > e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014) > /dev/sdd is in use. > e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting. > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Michael > wrote: > > $ sudo fsck /media/bmike1/GORILLA64 > [sudo] password for bmike1: > fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 > e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014) > fsck.ext2: Is a directory while trying to open > /media/bmike1/GORILLA64 > > The superblock could not be read or does not describe > a valid ext2/ext3/ext4 > filesystem. If the device is valid and it really > contains an ext2/ext3/ext4 > filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), > then the superblock > is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an > alternate superblock: > e2fsck -b 8193 > or > e2fsck -b 32768 > $ sudo fsck /dev/sdd1 > fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 > fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07) > 0x41: Dirty bit is set. Fs was not properly unmounted > and some data may be corrupt. > 1) Remove dirty bit > 2) No action > ? ^C > > bmike1@MikesBeast ~ $ sudo fsck /dev/sdd1 > fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 > e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014) > fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to > open /dev/sdd1 > Possibly non-existent device? > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Carruth, Rusty > > wrote: > > What does fsck say? > > *From:*PLUG-discuss > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org > ] > *On Behalf Of *Michael > *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2017 4:41 PM > *To:* PLUG > *Subject:* Rsync ran like 30-40 minutes > > this is what happened in that time: > > $ rsync -aWuq --delete-before --progress > /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/GORILLA64 > > ^C > > rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP > (code 20) at rsync.c(632) [sender=3.1.0] > > rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP > (code 20) at io.c(521) [generator=3.1.0] > > $ > > I then removed the quiet flag and: > > $ rsync -aWu --delete-before --progress > /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/GORILLA64 > > building file list ... > > 63787 files to consider > > deleting > Documents/Business/Photography/PropertyPhotographing/PrivateClients/Alliya > Maqsood/2016/2016101020/8230 Dames point crossing > Blvd #802 Jacksonville 32277 > > deleting > Documents/Programs/darktable-2.0.6/src/common/.profiling.h.YhVpro > > Documents/ > > > hangs at: > > Documents/Programs/darktable-2.0.6/src/control/jobs.c > > ^Crsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP > (code 20) at rsync.c(632) [sender=3.1.0] > > rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP > (code 20) at io.c(521) [generator=3.1.0] > > So I run again and: > > rsync -aWu --delete-before --progress > /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/GORILLA64 > > building file list ... > > 63787 files to consider > > rsync: [generator] write error: Broken pipe (32) > > ^Crsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP > (code 20) at rsync.c(632) [sender=3.1.0] > > rsync: [sender] write error: Broken pipe (32) > > and again: > > $ rsync -aWu --delete-before --progress > /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/GORILLA64 > > building file list ... > > 63787 files to consider > > Documents/ > > > > this time it hung at : > > Documents/Programs/hugin-2016.2.0/mac/Applications.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj > > 32,768 15% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 ^X^C > > rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP > (code 20) at rsync.c(632) [sender=3.1.0] > > rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP > (code 20) at io.c(521) [generator=3.1.0] > > I'm thinking this flash drive got fried in the > glove compartment of my car. 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