On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:35:25 -0400, k s wrote: Please, avoid using html formatted messages :-)
(...) > Then i CUT another 400Gigs & was able to PASTE only about 350Gigs when i > encountered an I/O error. > > Unfortunately, I didn't take a screenshot of the error. I later > discovered that all the data had made it safely to the External Drive, & > the remaining 50Gigs was still on the internal disk (and was all able to > be read just as it was). Errors are very important so it is always desiderable to take a print screen or a photo if you got pop-up window with a warning message. Anyway, if you remember when it happened, take a look at "/var/log/ syslog" and search for that error, it could have been registered. > Now, when i plug the external Hard drive into my computer it doesn't > mount or appear in Nautilus. (...) I would try to manually mount the partition(s). What are the filesystems present on the disk? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

