fsck assistance [conceded defeat]

orionthehunter · 2012-05-18 08:31:33

Trying to fsck an external USB ssd hard drive to salvage it.

Unmounted and ran

mark@daikoku:~$ fsck.vfat /dev/sdb1/

returned this:

dosfsck 3.0.12, 29 Oct 2011, FAT32, LFN
open: Not a directory

Im not versed in fsck. I want to use it with the -y or -a arguments to auto repair the drive. Same results.

Last edited by orionthehunter (2012-05-18 08:54:54)

sano · 2012-05-18 08:37:52

Try this:

fsck.vfat /dev/sdb1

orionthehunter · 2012-05-18 08:41:57

Thanks, makes sense but I was wondering why I missed it. I get this:

mark@daikoku:~$ fsck.vfat -a /dev/sdb1
dosfsck 3.0.12, 29 Oct 2011, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:original/backup)
  65:03/00
  Not automatically fixing this.
Read 32 bytes at 122089472:Input/output error

I have an idea of an offending file, I believe there's a way to delete with fsck? safe to proceed with that? The contents on the drive are sacrificable.

orionthehunter · 2012-05-18 08:54:19

We left it alone.

Got a "duplicate dots" message when I tried to delete the file (actually a directory) with the fsck -d argument.

*sigh* Oh well, the important thing was we salvaged all the files that were important. We can just reformat it at this point without too much worries.

Last edited by orionthehunter (2012-05-18 09:04:39)

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fsck assistance [conceded defeat]

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