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On June 15, 2017 7:24:09 PM GMT+02:00, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>On 06/15/2017 10:48 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>> On 06/15/2017 06:21:44 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>[snip] |
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>> This looks like a hardware failure. You could try to use |
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>sys-fs/ddrescue |
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>> to recover all / most files. |
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>> If this doesn't work as expected, you can try to use |
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>app-admin/testdisk. |
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>> Then you can format the drive and copy the files back. |
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>> P.S. Have you used the "save eject feature" of Windows before |
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>> disconnection the drive from your PC? |
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>> (Cheap) USB sticks are by no means a safe data storage. |
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>> If you don't change any data while the drive is attached to Windows |
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>try |
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>> using a stick with a write protection toggle. |
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>> If you have to write to the drive from Windows it would be better to |
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>> format it as NTFS which can be read/written on Linux. |
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>> Helmut |
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>I don't really need any of the files that were on this USB stick. |
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>I was trying to recover the ext4 file system on this USB but it didn't |
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>work. |
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>I was under impression that ext4 file system was much better (not prone |
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>to these kind of damages) but I was wrong. |
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>Thelma |
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Ext4, and any other filesystem, is only as reliable as the implementation. |
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Using a random, rarely tested, implementation is often a bad idea. |
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Simply unplugging a USB drive can easily kill the entire filesystem. If I see a person simply pulling it out without ejecting first will never get one of mine... |
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Joost |
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