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I have a web page on my PC that instead of a spreadsheet, I use an HTML page to keep track of my "stuff" and today my entire /images folder disappeared. My drive is on whenever my machine is up connected via a micro USB high speed data cable and had not had power interrupted.

Tonight I went to access an image in my .html file and all the images were gone because the folder was gone. Just gone. I did not have a power glitch nor a drive removal without unmounting and fsck as well as the disks application showed no drive errors.

The only thing changed in my system this week I let update manager update systemd, cups and rsync.

Luckily I have several backup memory sticks and it was an easy matter to drag a backup folder to where it belonged. Now I'm thinking a spreadsheet with embedded images may have been a better idea? But then I couldn't access my info anywhere but on a system that had an office suite.

Code:
System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-124-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: HP product: HP Z2 SFF G4 Workstation v: SBKPF,DWKSBLF
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8456 v: KBC Version 07.D4.00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 2YW30AV
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: HP v: Q50 Ver. 01.08.11 date: 10/16/2024
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M315/M235 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: Intel Core i7-9700 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Coffee Lake
    rev: D cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 2 MiB L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3576 high: 4506 min/max: 800/4700 cores: 1: 4504 2: 4502 3: 800 4: 4500
    5: 4501 6: 4506 7: 4500 8: 800 bogomips: 48000
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Lexa PRO [Radeon 540/540X/550/550X / RX 540X/550/550X] vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: GCN-4 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: DP-3 empty: DP-1,DP-2
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:699f class-ID: 0300 temp: 59.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 model: ViewSonic VX3218-PC-MHD serial: <filter>
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 70 size: 698x393mm (27.48x15.47") diag: 801mm (31.5") modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 550 / 550 Series (radeonsi polaris12 ACO DRM 3.57
    6.8.0-124-generic) device-ID: 1002:699f
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 3 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: discrete-gpu driver: N/A
    device-ID: 1002:699f device: 1 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / 560/560X] vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-124-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bb class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MediaTek WiFi driver: mt76x0u type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 1-12:4 chip-ID: 0e8d:7610 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: wlx9cefd5f76117 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Edimax Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 7392:c611 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10
    sub-v: d922 hci-v: 10 rev: dfc6 class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.75 TiB used: 569.86 GiB (20.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Golden Memory model: 1TB size: 953.87 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A0 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B03 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: Expansion+ size: 931.51 GiB type: USB rev: 3.0
    spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 9300 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdi vendor: ASolid model: USB size: 463.87 GiB type: USB rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s
    lanes: 1 tech: N/A serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 915.33 GiB used: 56.09 GiB (6.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Edimax Bluetooth Adapter type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 7392:c611 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-11:3 info: HP SK-2025 Keyboard type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 03f0:0d4a class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 1-12:4 info: MediaTek WiFi type: Network driver: mt76x0u interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 160mA chip-ID: 0e8d:7610 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-4:9 info: ASolid USB type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2
    speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 power: 304mA chip-ID: 24a9:205a class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 2-9:8 info: Seagate RSS LLC Expansion+ type: mass storage driver: uas interfaces: 1
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 power: 144mA chip-ID: 0bc2:2323 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-1:2 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 2109:2822 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1.2:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
  Hub-5: 3-1.4:4 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 2109:2817 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 4-1:2 info: VIA Labs USB3.1 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 2109:0822 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 4-1.4:3 info: VIA Labs USB3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 2109:0817 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-1.4.3:4 info: Alcor Micro Mass Storage Device type: mass storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 power: 800mA chip-ID: 058f:8461
    class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-9: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 5-1:2 info: VIA Labs USB2.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 2109:2817 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-12: 6-1:2 info: VIA Labs USB3.0 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 2109:0817 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C pch: 59.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 60.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1322
Repos:
  Packages: 3278 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3271 pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] http: //dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kelebek333-kablosuz-focal.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zena main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-libopenshot-daily-jammy.list
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-noble.list
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list
Info:
  Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.65 GiB used: 3.05 GiB (4.9%)
  Processes: 312 Power: uptime: 1d 16h 42m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep wakeups: 0
    hibernate: disabled Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 alt: 9/11/12 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34
 
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Yes, on a Seagate expansion+ 1tb USB drive.
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Code:
sudo dmesg
result if you have not rebooted since noticing lost files.
 
Alright. Monitor it closely next time you interact with the drive.
Check dmesg logs.
Use sync command in terminal before you unmount the drive.
 


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