is there any way to fix this drive?

[Michael]

thank yuou. looks interesting. So they say  there is a linux version but
when I go to download it only the apple version shows. What's the deal?

On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> You could always use disk drill. I use that for any supported filesystem I
> have here (including NTFS, EXFat, HPFS (many of thee BSD’s use this), OS X
> journaled FS and many more. It can recover, under limited circumstances
> even a partition table.
>
> -Eric
> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Recovery and backups
> Dept.
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2024, at 8:58 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> well, the drive may be ntfs but the files written were jpg written from a
> linux machine.... hmmmm. I guess it should be able to read from windows
> seeing as it us a JPG and not some exotic open source file:!) I guess it
> just got corrupted. The question still remains, is there a way to recover
> the files on the drive? I hope so, There were pictures on that drive. My
> entire south carolina trip!
>
> The directions that were given were to run:
>
>      chkdsk /f
>
> on the drive. Have two problems with those directions though: 1. that
> requires admin privileges and I don't know how to do that. 2. when I stick
> the drive in it gives me the insert drive tone and then the disconnect
> drive tone and never assigns a drive letter to it. Then it repeats that
> until I pull the drive. And if I've kept the drive in there long enough it
> keeps doing that after I've pulled the drive. 3.
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 11:17 PM Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 5:44 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>     (it didn't reply all and only got sent to one person)
>>>
>>
>> 8< ----  stuff snipped --- >8
>>
>>
>> Based on the output you have shared, it appears the disk has an NTFS
>> filesystem which is probably corrupted.
>> Since you are running Windows as your desktop, why are you trying to
>> repair it from WSL Linux?
>> Isn't your Windows File Manager showing it as a drive unless I am missing
>> something?
>>
>> --
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