On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:50:20 -0500 Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote:
> On 25/02/15 06:03 PM, German wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:06:58 -0500 > > Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote: > > > >> On 25/02/15 03:09 PM, German wrote: > >>> Hi list, can't mount my usb drive. It seems it is corrupted. I tried to > >>> run ntfsfix and here is its ouput: > >>> digger@digger:~$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdc1 > >>> Mounting volume... ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output > >>> error > >>> Failed to read of MFT, mft=17625 count=1 br=-1: Input/output error > >>> Inode is corrupt (5): Input/output error > >>> Index root attribute missing in directory inode 5: Input/output error > >>> FAILED > >>> Attempting to correct errors... > >>> Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr... > >>> Reading $MFT... OK > >>> Reading $MFTMirr... OK > >>> Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK > >>> Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. > >>> Setting required flags on partition... OK > >>> Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK > >>> ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output error > >>> Failed to read of MFT, mft=17625 count=1 br=-1: Input/output error > >>> Inode is corrupt (5): Input/output error > >>> Index root attribute missing in directory inode 5: Input/output error > >>> Remount failed: Input/output error > >>> > >>> > >>> If anyone can suggest how I can recover my drive and what is exactly a > >>> problem, I'd appreciate it. Thanks > >>> > >>> > >> Testdisk might be able to help. > > > > What exactly should I be looking for in testdisk? I checked structure, it > > is ok. Should I do "deeper search"? And what means "Index root attribute > > missing in directory inode 5"? > > > The problem you reported was inability to mount a USB stick. Testdisk > helps you recover from disk/file system corruption. > > I suggest you use ddrescue to create an image of the NTFS partition on > the USB stick and retry ntfsfix against the image. Assuming ntfsfix > works, you can then mount the image using the loop option. > > e.g. ddrescue /dev/sdx1 ./ntfs.img > ntfsfix ./ntfs.img > mkdir ntfs-image > mount -o loop ./ntfs.img ./ntfs-image > > If ntfsfix doesn't work, try using testdisk against the .img file. > > Once you've got your files copied to a new stick, don't use the old one. Thanks for your suggestion. However I am afraid I can't create .img file because my internal disk is 128 GB and my unmountable drive is 2 TB. ( it is 3'5" external usb disk, not a USB stick ). > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54eea60c.5000...@torfree.net > -- German <gentger...@gmail.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150225235913.3902943d46b01fde661a4...@gmail.com
