Not that I can think of. My idea was you had a bad block in the wrong place. But this looks like something more significant. On Aug 25, 2013 4:24 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > 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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 >