NTFS Input/Output error

CbzCinema · 2022-10-16 14:18:14

Hello, I am getting Input/Output error on an external ntfs hard drive. Thunar says:

"could not open "/mnt" error while getting info for file "/mnt/$RECYCLE.BIN": Input/Output error."

i tried TestDisk and ntfsfix utilies and none of them worked to solve my issue. However, i can still view, access, and modify the files using a terminal. When doing ls command on the mounted directory, it says

$ ls
ls: cannot access '$RECYCLE.BIN': Input/output error
file file file ...

And i can not remove them either, doesnt matter as superuser or not. it will say

$ rm -rf \$RECYCLE.BIN
rm: cannot remove '$RECYCLE.BIN': Input/output error

I have no free space to temporarly copy the files to format the drive.
Additional information:
doing ls -l will give this output:

$ ls -l
...
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 163840 Mar 26  2022 file
-????????? ? ?    ?         ?            ? '$RECYCLE.BIN'
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   2048 Ağu  3 21:17  file
...

I researched about this error, and i found nothing helpful other than this which i can not do "chkdsk /f" (it is a kikedows utility)
Please, i need to fix this issue as soon as possible.

Last edited by CbzCinema (2022-10-16 14:49:37)

Slithery · 2022-10-16 14:46:20

Please remove the 'URGENT' from the post title.

These forums are run and contributed to by volunteers, you'll get an answer when someone has one and not before...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … ow_to_post

CbzCinema · 2022-10-16 14:49:21

Slithery i will remove it but it is really urgent, i dont want to say why exactly, its something private.

Scimmia · 2022-10-16 15:03:17

Boot a Windows install disk, maybe? Or since it's external, plug it into a Windows computer. chkdisk is by far the best way to take care of NTFS problems.

If you don't have any access to Windows at all, why in the world would you have used NTFS?

Last edited by Scimmia (2022-10-16 15:04:43)

seth · 2022-10-16 15:20:25

You really want to use chkdisk, otherwise try the behavior of ntfs3 ./. ntfs-3g

Also

it is a kikedows utility

https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/code-of-conduct/
This isn't 8chan and out of sheer self-interest with you supersecreturgent case, you're probably not helping yourself with that.

CbzCinema · 2022-10-16 15:26:02

Scimmia It is not my drive, i just borrowed it temporarly to copy large files and this error occured. I don't have any experience with Chdsk and the files inside that drive are important to that person. I am pretty sure i will need to use ntfs on Linux again and this error will occur again. There should be a way to fix it.
I will try chkdsk and will get back here.

Last edited by CbzCinema (2022-10-16 15:30:43)

Scimmia · 2022-10-16 15:40:37

CbzCinema wrote:

There should be a way to fix it.

Then make one if you think it's that critical. Don't complain that other people haven't made something for you for free.

seth · 2022-10-16 16:02:47

There should be a way to fix it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RyYrs5tu60

Also, there's an almost ingenious way to prevent this kind of error: don't just yank drives out of the usb slot, it'll lead to corrupted filesystems with almost certainty.
(And don't try to argue - this *is* what happened)

Slithery · 2022-10-16 16:57:16

CbzCinema wrote:

There should be a way to fix it.

There is one.
If the problem is actually fixable then you run chkdsk on the drive from a Windows system.

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