In regards to the FAT32 formatted missing files:
This is on a thumb/flash drive, right? I don't mean to detract from
what you are doing to recover/fix the disk, but if you have access to
a windows system, you may want to try reading the files that way. In
my experience, windows is better able to handle small corruptions to
that file system. Someone else has also said as much on one of the
linux mail-lists I am on, so I do think there is some merit to that.
I would suggest seeing if you can still see your files on a windows
OS. If so, make backups there, then go back to fixing the drive in
linux. It may not work, but it seems worth a try.
(@ moderator: I think this is a top posting list. Please forgive me
If my memory is off. )
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:27 AM, grantrocket2 <mars_rover@rocketmail.com> wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, james lee <james0dhas@...> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:04 PM, grantrocket2 <mars_rover@...>wrote:
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> > > I had a large file of movies (5gb) and they just vanished one day.
> > > If I look at the free space on the drive it's self it gives me 332 mb free.
> > > If I highlight all the files and click properties, it totals 2.1 gb. The
> > > drive is 8gb in size. I know my files are there, Linux just can't "see"
> > > them. Running testdisk gives
> > >
> > > Warning: Incorrect number of heads/cylinder 255 (FAT) != 247 (HD)
> > > Warning: Incorrect number of sectors per track 63 (FAT) != 62 (HD)
> > > 1 * FAT32 0 1 2 1022 53 46 15654177 [name 8GB]
> > >
> > > Warning: Bad ending sector (CHS and LBA don't match)
> > >
> > > *replaced my name with the word name for security....
> > >
> > > These are my only backup of these movies so I would really like to recover
> > > them. I'll make a backup as soon as I get them back.
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > send me what distro you are using?
> > >
> > what happens if you type in terminal fdisk-l command..
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> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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