New to Mint and initial problems.
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As the volume is corrupt you need to use testdisk
Here is step by step tutorial how to use it
Here is step by step tutorial how to use it
Ok, I'll do that now. Don't really understand that though. Works fine in Windows, no errors showing there. Freshly formatted NTFS a few hours ago.As the volume is corrupt you need to use testdisk
Here is step by step tutorial how to use it
Small problem, I'll reformat in Mint in the meantime.As the volume is corrupt you need to use testdisk
Here is step by step tutorial how to use it
gareth@gareth-MS-7B89:~$ sudo testdisk-6.13/testdisk_static
sudo: testdisk-6.13/testdisk_static: command not found
gareth@gareth-MS-7B89:~$
I have reformatted in Mint, one partition, then I tried to mount it without going to TestDisk but it failed.
Gareth@gareth-MS-7B89:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/work/
mount: /mnt/work: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
gareth@gareth-MS-7B89:~$
The partitions are gone, disk is being secure erased in Disks, and formatted. Going to be a while, thanks for your help by the way.
Jeez....... Thanks again. You might find me here when you wake up though
Condobloke
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Just to totally ?confuse? the issue.....I have a bit of a read for you
You likely need to be clear headed when you read this
It is possible/likely?....that may not help at all
You likely need to be clear headed when you read this
It is possible/likely?....that may not help at all
I'll check this out now. Just a heads up after "secure erase", I tried to mount again, it failed.Just to totally ?confuse? the issue.....I have a bit of a read for you
You likely need to be clear headed when you read this
It is possible/likely?....that may not help at all
I'm not going to guess what you did or didn't do...what I can say is...Mint Cinnamon Auto-Mounts all working External and Internal Drives.
It doesn't matter if it's EXt4...Fat32 or NTFS...do you have Mounted Drives ticked ?
To check go to Menu...System Settings...Desktop....
It's also a good idea to have these 4 ticked...especially Computer.
In my Tower I have only 500GB SSD running Mint Cinnamon 22.1. If I were to connect an Internal HDD or SSD with files..music etc to the Motherboard it would Auto-Mount and would show on the Desktop.
The same would apply to External Drives. I have an old Internal HDD with files...pics...videos etc...it's formatted to NTFS as it was used in windoze 7 years ago...it Auto-Mounts in Mint just fine.
Maybe you should start again.
It doesn't matter if it's EXt4...Fat32 or NTFS...do you have Mounted Drives ticked ?
To check go to Menu...System Settings...Desktop....
It's also a good idea to have these 4 ticked...especially Computer.
In my Tower I have only 500GB SSD running Mint Cinnamon 22.1. If I were to connect an Internal HDD or SSD with files..music etc to the Motherboard it would Auto-Mount and would show on the Desktop.
The same would apply to External Drives. I have an old Internal HDD with files...pics...videos etc...it's formatted to NTFS as it was used in windoze 7 years ago...it Auto-Mounts in Mint just fine.
Maybe you should start again.
Yes after you have copied your files on that drive to a another/backup location. It shows how to do it here.
How to Install and Use the GNOME Disks Utility on Ubuntu
I breakdown how to surgically manage your storage using GNOME Disks. From predictive SMART failure audits to LUKS encryption, learn how to secure your data today.
www.fosslinux.com
Got to the point when I should have been deciding on the size of the partition and that isn't in the instructions in GNU Parted 3.6.
The worrying thing is the amount of time invested just to try and get Mint to read a data SSD. And this is just the start, how much time will it take to solve the next problem?
If Linux's intention is to grow as a platform, well I am not sure any real growth is going to happen. I hear about millions of downloads. I wonder how many people are actually still using it and how many have given up.
It's not a question of learning curve. I just looked through hundreds of problems on forums, that have not been solved. Like hundreds. And I get, an army of people trying to help. But so many of the issues on the forums are unresolved.
And I have a PC that can't even access a WD SSD in Mint.
The good news is that I have managed to install and all the drives are visible and usable. But this is because I was advised to use Zorin rather than Mint. It may well be error on my part but the install in Zorin was far more simple and straightforward.Yes after you have copied your files on that drive to a another/backup location. It shows how to do it here.
How to Install and Use the GNOME Disks Utility on Ubuntu
I breakdown how to surgically manage your storage using GNOME Disks. From predictive SMART failure audits to LUKS encryption, learn how to secure your data today.
I do appreciate everyone's help here though.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTE
Since the OP has now installed Zorin instead of Mint, I have moved about a page of posts to a new thread in Other Distributions.
The new thread can be found here
https://www.linux.org/threads/zorin-installed-looking-at-wine-or-other-to-run-win-10-software.60663/
Cheers
Wizard
Since the OP has now installed Zorin instead of Mint, I have moved about a page of posts to a new thread in Other Distributions.
The new thread can be found here
https://www.linux.org/threads/zorin-installed-looking-at-wine-or-other-to-run-win-10-software.60663/
Cheers
Wizard
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