USB HDD/Data Recovery?
Do you get any info that looks like errors when you run this?
If your drive/file-system is whacked, it will be reported via dmesg.
I do not use NTFS, but know that there is a fsck version for ntfs, may need to add the ntfsprogs via apt-get? It may come w/ntfs-3g, now?
FYI, if it's /dev/sdc, the actual device will be /dev/sdc# (# probably = 1 if it's one giant partition)
If the # = 1, then:
Start with the /forcefsck method first. Shouldn't hurt anything.
If nothing else, attach this drive to a Windows machine and run chkdsk on it.
In order, the output of the dmesg command is:
jim@Ubuntu-desktop:~$ sudo dmesg| grep sdc
[ 296.117128] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] 3907029167 512-byte logical blocks:
(2.00 TB/1.81 TiB)
[ 296.128847] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[ 296.128858] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 0f 00 00 00
[ 296.128864] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 296.134799] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 296.134814] sdc: sdc1
[ 296.173799] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 296.173812] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[ 296.322989] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Recovered Error [current]
[descriptor]
[ 296.323032] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x1d
jim@Ubuntu-desktop:~$
I note the "recovered error" as unusual, but nothing else appears whacked.
I ran the sudo touch /forcefsck command and rebooted, but it appears to have only scanned my internal harddrive (disk 1 of 1), as I also have 2 external usb HDD.
Inasmuch as I previously attempted to run chkdsk in a Windows machine, and locked it up, I believe I'm down to the manual ntfs command on the sdc device. I checked my synaptic packages and both ntfsprogs and ntfs-3g are already installed on my system.
Just to ensure that no "bad things" occur, I'm unclear what "unmounted" means. Does the fact that the device no longer automounts on my desktop mean it is already unmounted, or do I need to manually unmount the device, and if so, how? Just right click and choose "safely remove drive"?
And to be clear in my mind, with the device unmounted, i simply type 'fsck.ntfs /dev/sdc1' in a terminal and let it do its thing?