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mlemmlem

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Registered: 2026-04-27

Posts: 4

External drive can't mount after accidental removal without unmounting

My 1TB HDD fell off my PC and disconnected before I could unmount it. Now I can't mount or access it. When I try to mount it it shows "mount: /mnt: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb2, missing codepage or helper program, or other error." Is my drive permanently damaged or is there anyway to fix this? Thanks.

mlemmlem

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Registered: 2026-04-27

Posts: 4

Re: External drive can't mount after accidental removal without unmounting

sudo dmesg | tail

[  779.039738] ntfs3(sdb2): It is recommended to use chkdsk.
[  779.417314] ntfs3(sdb2): volume is dirty and "force" flag is not set!
[  841.486463] ntfs3(sdb2): It is recommended to use chkdsk.
[  841.526021] ntfs3(sdb2): volume is dirty and "force" flag is not set!
[  841.615415] ntfs3(sdb2): It is recommended to use chkdsk.
[  841.665877] ntfs3(sdb2): volume is dirty and "force" flag is not set!
[  841.798072] ntfs3(sdb2): It is recommended to use chkdsk.
[  841.837812] ntfs3(sdb2): volume is dirty and "force" flag is not set!
[ 1131.956123] ntfs3(sdb2): It is recommended to use chkdsk.
[ 1132.007474] ntfs3(sdb2): volume is dirty and "force" flag is not set!

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: External drive can't mount after accidental removal without unmounting

As you see, get it to a Windows and run chkdsk over it.