so there is nothing I can do to rescue this drive? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Stephen wrote: > Yeah looks like nobody is home to partition. The device is there so the > controller is good but it will not do much else. > On Aug 25, 2013 4:20 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> then I remembered the program 'fsck'. >> >> dmesg >> [13346.633757] sd 7:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 >> [13346.641344] sd 7:0:0:0: >[sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk >> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ sudo fsck.vfat /dev/sdc >> dosfsck 3.0.13, 30 Jun 2012, FAT32, LFN >> open: No medium found >> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ >> >> :/ >> >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> dmesg >>> [ 4018.120517] sd 6:0:0:0: >[sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk >>> [ 4018.121453] sd 6:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 >>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdd >>> fdisk: unable to open /dev/sdd: No medium found >>> >>> Am I doing something the wrong way? >>> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Stephen wrote: >>> >>>> Try an fdisk and see if it will let you create a partition to format. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>>> well.... I just went to officemax to see if windows could format it. >>>>> it could not and the guys there said my drive was corrupted. So I bought a >>>>> new one. I still have the 'corrupted' drive if there are any ideas out >>>>> there in plug land about how to fix it. (it is so upsetting.... the drive >>>>> isn't a year old yet) >>>>> >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Pull the drive out and do: >>>>>> cat /proc/partitions >>>>>> >>>>>> Then insert the drive into your computer, count to 10 and run the >>>>>> above command again. The new drive that shows up is the one you just >>>>>> inserted. If you don't see any differences, run it again, the drive just >>>>>> might be slow in connecting to you system. If it doesn't show up at all, >>>>>> it might be damaged and isn't going to show up... try turning it off and >>>>>> back on again :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian Cluff >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 08/25/2013 11:05 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, I stuck a usb drive into the computer, opened a terminal, and >>>>>>> copied files to it. Then I forgot to umount the drive and pulled the >>>>>>> drive out. Now I need to format it and do not know how to do that. >>>>>>> How >>>>>>> do I see what the drive is being called when I stick it in? >>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >