General :: Can't Delete Files From External Hard Disk / Remove It?
Mar 26, 2010Can't delete files from external hard disk.
Getting message,"Input output error or unreadable/corrupted file"
Is there any way to delete this?
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-first-find the *.m files script and
-then copy the files into the hard disk.
What I do not know is how I can also keep the structure of the folders containing the *.m and *.mat files when I will copy them in my local hard disk. As this external hard disk contains 2TB of data it is not possible to copy all the files first and then remove the unnecessary. So I have to find and copy only the files I need but with also keeping the tree structure that the external hard disk has.
Ubuntu :: External Hard Disk Corrupt With Important Files Still On It?
Nov 27, 2010I plugged my external hard disk into my computer and it gives me this message: Quote:Unable to Mount:Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 13: ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread
failed: Input/output error
Failed to read of MFT, mft=6 count=1 br=-1: Input/output error
Failed to open inode FILE_Bitmap: Input/output error
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sundar@sundar-sundar:~$ fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
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General :: Accidental Installation Of Ubuntu 11.04 Overiding NTFS On External Hard Disk?
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Ubuntu :: No Entry In /dev/ Folder For External Hard Disk?
Mar 29, 2010I am trying to mount an external hard disk using a USB docking station
I can see the entries for different partitions of the hard disk in fdisk -l but there is no node file created in /dev folder. So, I am not able to mount.
Something like this -
#sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdd: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf5bdf0ff
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