Input output error means the device is not accessible or that the file
table is corrupt. If there is nothing you want to save I would format it.

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 8:53 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com wrote:

> this is interesting: I tried accessing 'Neil' from the GUI but get an
> error:
> Sorry, could not display all the contents of "Neil": Error when getting
> information for file '/media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion
> Drive/Documents/Business/CablingJobs/Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg':
> Input/output error)
> and when I attempt to access it from a tty get:
>  $ ls Neil/
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180604.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180827.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180903.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180917.jpg': Input/output error
> ls: cannot access 'Neil/quote.docx': Input/output error
> IMG_20150205_180559.jpg  IMG_20150205_180827.jpg  quote.docx
> IMG_20150205_180604.jpg  IMG_20150205_180903.jpg
> IMG_20150205_180721.jpg  IMG_20150205_180917.jpg
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:44 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> how do I delete the following files>?
>>
>>  /media/bmike1/Seagate Expansion Drive/Documents/Business/CablingJobs $
>> sudo rm -rf Neil/
>> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180604.jpg': Input/output error
>> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180721.jpg': Input/output error
>> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180827.jpg': Input/output error
>> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180903.jpg': Input/output error
>> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/IMG_20150205_180917.jpg': Input/output error
>> rm: cannot remove 'Neil/quote.docx': Input/output error
>>
>> these are the only files on the drive.
>>
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>
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