CataclysmicGentleman
Active Member
I used testdisk to copy files off of my 128 GB kingston usb, theres nothing on it I need to keep, it was just meant to be a sort of backup.
that being said, here is what my issue is: ever since I tried to tell my laptop to make a backup of its system onto the USB drive, it bricked it, not literally, sort of.. let me explain.
My computer detects it, can copy files off of it, (with the proper CLI tool) and I can try to mount it, however it says it cannot mount due to being read only.
That's the other thing I should mention: all the files copied off the drive were under "root" as owner and group instead of "insertname" (me) so I had to use the chown command to give myself permission to copy and paste my own files.
ALL that to say, help! I have asked ai chatbots and searched online, I have asked knowledgeable friends and still, nothing works. I just want to format the drive! wipe it clean. It worked perfectly fine before I told my pc to use it as a system backup! Timeshift never did this to me- good ole timeshift.. lol!
TLDR: USB drive won't mount after trying to use it as a Debian system backup on KDE, all files copied off via Testdisk are under the ownership of "root" (higher then my account though I am the sudo/admin etc) Gparted also says its read only, when trying to do anything (delete format etc). help!
that being said, here is what my issue is: ever since I tried to tell my laptop to make a backup of its system onto the USB drive, it bricked it, not literally, sort of.. let me explain.
My computer detects it, can copy files off of it, (with the proper CLI tool) and I can try to mount it, however it says it cannot mount due to being read only.
That's the other thing I should mention: all the files copied off the drive were under "root" as owner and group instead of "insertname" (me) so I had to use the chown command to give myself permission to copy and paste my own files.
ALL that to say, help! I have asked ai chatbots and searched online, I have asked knowledgeable friends and still, nothing works. I just want to format the drive! wipe it clean. It worked perfectly fine before I told my pc to use it as a system backup! Timeshift never did this to me- good ole timeshift.. lol!
TLDR: USB drive won't mount after trying to use it as a Debian system backup on KDE, all files copied off via Testdisk are under the ownership of "root" (higher then my account though I am the sudo/admin etc) Gparted also says its read only, when trying to do anything (delete format etc). help!