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Supernova

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Registered: 2011-05-30

Posts: 30

[SOLVED]Mounting FAT32 WD External Hard Disk

I tried searching( as always) but still nothing
sudo fdisk -lu

Disk /dev/sdb: 499.4 GB, 499405291520 bytes
255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 60715 cilindri, totale 975400960 settori
Unità = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificativo disco: 0x00021968

Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1            2048   975400959   487699456    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

sudo mount -f ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/external
gives

NTFS signature is missing. Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Invalid argument The device '/dev/sdb1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS. Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

It's a Western Digital 500GB external USB 2.0 hard disk. I have really important files on it and I need them. Any help is appreciated.

Last edited by Supernova (2011-10-20 22:49:50)

oboedad55

Member

From: Baku

Registered: 2011-04-05

Posts: 392

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting FAT32 WD External Hard Disk

I tried searching( as always) but still nothing
sudo fdisk -lu

Disk /dev/sdb: 499.4 GB, 499405291520 bytes
255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 60715 cilindri, totale 975400960 settori
Unità = settori di 1 * 512 = 512 byte
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificativo disco: 0x00021968

Dispositivo Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1            2048   975400959   487699456    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

sudo mount -f ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/external
gives

NTFS signature is missing. Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Invalid argument The device '/dev/sdb1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS. Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

It's a Western Digital 500GB external USB 2.0 hard disk. I have really important files on it and I need them. Any help is appreciated.

Is it Fat32 or NTFS? If Fat32 try vfat instead of ntfs. I found a number of links to help with this, here's one:
http://ubuntu.swerdna.org/ubufat32.html

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting FAT32 WD External Hard Disk

And just to avoid possible confusion, fdisk tells you the partition type, not the filesystem type. See what 'blkid' says.

Supernova

Member

Registered: 2011-05-30

Posts: 30

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting FAT32 WD External Hard Disk

Man, I love the users of this forum. It was vfat and mounted it using the guide posted.
Thanks guys!

Last edited by Supernova (2011-10-20 22:55:55)

oboedad55

Member

From: Baku

Registered: 2011-04-05

Posts: 392

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting FAT32 WD External Hard Disk

Glad it worked out. I would suggest you mark this as solved then.

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