Main Hard Disk Corrupted!
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My main disk (with Ubuntu 16.04 on it) has gotten corrupted. It drops me into "Busy Box" instead of into the desktop. I have found (through Google) that I need to put the HD into an enclosure and USB to it, then to do an fdisk on it.
I have done all of that and I can see it, but now I am getting an error as follows:
Command I am using
fdisk /media/mike/???/ where ??? is the name of the external hard disk I want to do the fdisk on.
Error I am getting
fdisk: cannot open /media/mike/???: is a directory
Thank You,
Mike
hard-drive
asked Apr 21 at 11:56
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My main disk (with Ubuntu 16.04 on it) has gotten corrupted. It drops me into "Busy Box" instead of into the desktop. I have found (through Google) that I need to put the HD into an enclosure and USB to it, then to do an fdisk on it.
I have done all of that and I can see it, but now I am getting an error as follows:
Command I am using
fdisk /media/mike/???/ where ??? is the name of the external hard disk I want to do the fdisk on.
Error I am getting
fdisk: cannot open /media/mike/???: is a directory
Thank You,
Mike
hard-drive
asked Apr 21 at 11:56
Michael LaPointe
1
I don't think you had to remove the hdd & put in enclosure; you could have booted a 'live' distro from thumb or dvd & done the same checks from original hardware. As such either you're following strange instructions (maybe you should provide link) or misunderstood them. I'd check hardware (ie. your drive) first (smartctl) and I'm not sure what they trying to do withfdisk(you didn't display options; -l for list is about all I'd use fdisk for, thenbadblocksmaybe, or more likely ae2fsck(ext filesystem check; changing if you used a different fs)..
– guiverc
Apr 21 at 12:08
Please provide more info. Dropping toBusy Boxdoesn't mean your HD got corrupted completely. How did you reach/media/mike/...? It's the location of mounted disks. All of the drives located in/dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, /dev/sdb1, etc.
– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:18
Use a liveusb or livedvd then check out your partition withe2fsck /dev/sd(your partition number), the drive must be not mounted`
– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:25
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up vote
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up vote
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My main disk (with Ubuntu 16.04 on it) has gotten corrupted. It drops me into "Busy Box" instead of into the desktop. I have found (through Google) that I need to put the HD into an enclosure and USB to it, then to do an fdisk on it.
I have done all of that and I can see it, but now I am getting an error as follows:
Command I am using
fdisk /media/mike/???/ where ??? is the name of the external hard disk I want to do the fdisk on.
Error I am getting
fdisk: cannot open /media/mike/???: is a directory
Thank You,
Mike
hard-drive
asked Apr 21 at 11:56
Michael LaPointe
1
My main disk (with Ubuntu 16.04 on it) has gotten corrupted. It drops me into "Busy Box" instead of into the desktop. I have found (through Google) that I need to put the HD into an enclosure and USB to it, then to do an fdisk on it.
I have done all of that and I can see it, but now I am getting an error as follows:
Command I am using
fdisk /media/mike/???/ where ??? is the name of the external hard disk I want to do the fdisk on.
Error I am getting
fdisk: cannot open /media/mike/???: is a directory
Thank You,
Mike
hard-drive
asked Apr 21 at 11:56
Michael LaPointe
1
asked Apr 21 at 11:56
Michael LaPointe
1
asked Apr 21 at 11:56
Michael LaPointe
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asked Apr 21 at 11:56
Michael LaPointe
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I don't think you had to remove the hdd & put in enclosure; you could have booted a 'live' distro from thumb or dvd & done the same checks from original hardware. As such either you're following strange instructions (maybe you should provide link) or misunderstood them. I'd check hardware (ie. your drive) first (smartctl) and I'm not sure what they trying to do withfdisk(you didn't display options; -l for list is about all I'd use fdisk for, thenbadblocksmaybe, or more likely ae2fsck(ext filesystem check; changing if you used a different fs)..
– guiverc
Apr 21 at 12:08
Please provide more info. Dropping toBusy Boxdoesn't mean your HD got corrupted completely. How did you reach/media/mike/...? It's the location of mounted disks. All of the drives located in/dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, /dev/sdb1, etc.
– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:18
Use a liveusb or livedvd then check out your partition withe2fsck /dev/sd(your partition number), the drive must be not mounted`
– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:25
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I don't think you had to remove the hdd & put in enclosure; you could have booted a 'live' distro from thumb or dvd & done the same checks from original hardware. As such either you're following strange instructions (maybe you should provide link) or misunderstood them. I'd check hardware (ie. your drive) first (smartctl) and I'm not sure what they trying to do withfdisk(you didn't display options; -l for list is about all I'd use fdisk for, thenbadblocksmaybe, or more likely ae2fsck(ext filesystem check; changing if you used a different fs)..
– guiverc
Apr 21 at 12:08
Please provide more info. Dropping toBusy Boxdoesn't mean your HD got corrupted completely. How did you reach/media/mike/...? It's the location of mounted disks. All of the drives located in/dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, /dev/sdb1, etc.
– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:18
Use a liveusb or livedvd then check out your partition withe2fsck /dev/sd(your partition number), the drive must be not mounted`
– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:25
I don't think you had to remove the hdd & put in enclosure; you could have booted a 'live' distro from thumb or dvd & done the same checks from original hardware. As such either you're following strange instructions (maybe you should provide link) or misunderstood them. I'd check hardware (ie. your drive) first (
smartctl) and I'm not sure what they trying to do with fdisk (you didn't display options; -l for list is about all I'd use fdisk for, then badblocks maybe, or more likely a e2fsck (ext filesystem check; changing if you used a different fs)..– guiverc
Apr 21 at 12:08
I don't think you had to remove the hdd & put in enclosure; you could have booted a 'live' distro from thumb or dvd & done the same checks from original hardware. As such either you're following strange instructions (maybe you should provide link) or misunderstood them. I'd check hardware (ie. your drive) first (
smartctl) and I'm not sure what they trying to do with fdisk (you didn't display options; -l for list is about all I'd use fdisk for, then badblocks maybe, or more likely a e2fsck (ext filesystem check; changing if you used a different fs)..– guiverc
Apr 21 at 12:08
Please provide more info. Dropping to
Busy Box doesn't mean your HD got corrupted completely. How did you reach /media/mike/...? It's the location of mounted disks. All of the drives located in /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, /dev/sdb1, etc.– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:18
Please provide more info. Dropping to
Busy Box doesn't mean your HD got corrupted completely. How did you reach /media/mike/...? It's the location of mounted disks. All of the drives located in /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, /dev/sdb1, etc.– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:18
Use a liveusb or livedvd then check out your partition with
e2fsck /dev/sd(your partition number), the drive must be not mounted`– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:25
Use a liveusb or livedvd then check out your partition with
e2fsck /dev/sd(your partition number), the drive must be not mounted`– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:25
add a comment |Â
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Reinstall your hard disk back into your computer.
Then to check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...
- boot to the GRUB menu
- choose Advanced Options
- choose Recovery mode
- choose Root access
- at the # prompt, type
sudo fsck -f / - repeat the
fsckcommand if there were errors - type
reboot
If for some reason you can't do the above...
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
- start
gpartedand determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition - quit
gparted - open a
terminalwindow - type
sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX# replacing X with the number you found earlier - repeat the fsck command if there were errors
- type
reboot
answered Apr 21 at 14:26
heynnema
15.4k21945
That seems to have worked! Thank You heynnema!
– Michael LaPointe
Apr 21 at 20:49
@MichaelLaPointe please remember to accept my answer, if it was helpful, by clicking the grey checkmark. Thanks.
– heynnema
Apr 21 at 20:54
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1 Answer
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oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
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Reinstall your hard disk back into your computer.
Then to check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...
- boot to the GRUB menu
- choose Advanced Options
- choose Recovery mode
- choose Root access
- at the # prompt, type
sudo fsck -f / - repeat the
fsckcommand if there were errors - type
reboot
If for some reason you can't do the above...
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
- start
gpartedand determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition - quit
gparted - open a
terminalwindow - type
sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX# replacing X with the number you found earlier - repeat the fsck command if there were errors
- type
reboot
answered Apr 21 at 14:26
heynnema
15.4k21945
That seems to have worked! Thank You heynnema!
– Michael LaPointe
Apr 21 at 20:49
@MichaelLaPointe please remember to accept my answer, if it was helpful, by clicking the grey checkmark. Thanks.
– heynnema
Apr 21 at 20:54
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
Reinstall your hard disk back into your computer.
Then to check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...
- boot to the GRUB menu
- choose Advanced Options
- choose Recovery mode
- choose Root access
- at the # prompt, type
sudo fsck -f / - repeat the
fsckcommand if there were errors - type
reboot
If for some reason you can't do the above...
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
- start
gpartedand determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition - quit
gparted - open a
terminalwindow - type
sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX# replacing X with the number you found earlier - repeat the fsck command if there were errors
- type
reboot
answered Apr 21 at 14:26
heynnema
15.4k21945
That seems to have worked! Thank You heynnema!
– Michael LaPointe
Apr 21 at 20:49
@MichaelLaPointe please remember to accept my answer, if it was helpful, by clicking the grey checkmark. Thanks.
– heynnema
Apr 21 at 20:54
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Reinstall your hard disk back into your computer.
Then to check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...
- boot to the GRUB menu
- choose Advanced Options
- choose Recovery mode
- choose Root access
- at the # prompt, type
sudo fsck -f / - repeat the
fsckcommand if there were errors - type
reboot
If for some reason you can't do the above...
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
- start
gpartedand determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition - quit
gparted - open a
terminalwindow - type
sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX# replacing X with the number you found earlier - repeat the fsck command if there were errors
- type
reboot
answered Apr 21 at 14:26
heynnema
15.4k21945
Reinstall your hard disk back into your computer.
Then to check the file system on your Ubuntu partition...
- boot to the GRUB menu
- choose Advanced Options
- choose Recovery mode
- choose Root access
- at the # prompt, type
sudo fsck -f / - repeat the
fsckcommand if there were errors - type
reboot
If for some reason you can't do the above...
- boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
- start
gpartedand determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu EXT4 partition - quit
gparted - open a
terminalwindow - type
sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX# replacing X with the number you found earlier - repeat the fsck command if there were errors
- type
reboot
answered Apr 21 at 14:26
heynnema
15.4k21945
answered Apr 21 at 14:26
heynnema
15.4k21945
answered Apr 21 at 14:26
heynnema
15.4k21945
answered Apr 21 at 14:26
heynnema
15.4k21945
15.4k21945
That seems to have worked! Thank You heynnema!
– Michael LaPointe
Apr 21 at 20:49
@MichaelLaPointe please remember to accept my answer, if it was helpful, by clicking the grey checkmark. Thanks.
– heynnema
Apr 21 at 20:54
add a comment |Â
That seems to have worked! Thank You heynnema!
– Michael LaPointe
Apr 21 at 20:49
@MichaelLaPointe please remember to accept my answer, if it was helpful, by clicking the grey checkmark. Thanks.
– heynnema
Apr 21 at 20:54
That seems to have worked! Thank You heynnema!
– Michael LaPointe
Apr 21 at 20:49
That seems to have worked! Thank You heynnema!
– Michael LaPointe
Apr 21 at 20:49
@MichaelLaPointe please remember to accept my answer, if it was helpful, by clicking the grey checkmark. Thanks.
– heynnema
Apr 21 at 20:54
@MichaelLaPointe please remember to accept my answer, if it was helpful, by clicking the grey checkmark. Thanks.
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I don't think you had to remove the hdd & put in enclosure; you could have booted a 'live' distro from thumb or dvd & done the same checks from original hardware. As such either you're following strange instructions (maybe you should provide link) or misunderstood them. I'd check hardware (ie. your drive) first (
smartctl) and I'm not sure what they trying to do withfdisk(you didn't display options; -l for list is about all I'd use fdisk for, thenbadblocksmaybe, or more likely ae2fsck(ext filesystem check; changing if you used a different fs)..– guiverc
Apr 21 at 12:08
Please provide more info. Dropping to
Busy Boxdoesn't mean your HD got corrupted completely. How did you reach/media/mike/...? It's the location of mounted disks. All of the drives located in/dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, /dev/sdb1, etc.– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:18
Use a liveusb or livedvd then check out your partition with
e2fsck /dev/sd(your partition number), the drive must be not mounted`– kenn
Apr 21 at 12:25