What do the p r e f a i l attributes look like? On Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 00:28 Carruth, Rusty You might want to check syslog (or messages) to see if the drive is > getting errors. (which is to say, getting ready to die) > > > > Or use smartctl -a to see what the SMART attributes say (look for the > ‘pre-fail’ attributes). Or, best, do both. > > > > > > Rusty > > > > > > *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On > Behalf Of *Michael > *Sent:* Thursday, November 22, 2018 8:50 AM > *To:* PLUG > *Subject:* Re: rm > > > > I ran fsck. It just returned through. So then I reformatted it with > gparted. So all is well (I guess). I did have to restart the computer after > the reformat though (don't remember why) but everything seemed okay. Oh > yeaaaaa! I think I had to restart it because it would not unmount and I > figured I would try to restart it and if it would gracefully do so it would > be good. And it did and upon restart the drive auto mounted. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:56 PM Eric Oyen wrote: > > Ok, unmount the drive, then run > > Sudo fsck > > When completed, remount and then try to remove the files using: > > Sudo rm -rf > > > > -Eric > > > > > > On Nov 21, 2018, at 8:53 PM, Michael 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 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~(-: > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss