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[Locator]

I have tried to scan an external hard drive using the "Disk Utility" (found in the "System" sub menu) and the following window pops up:

[retired1af]

Is the drive mounted? I just plugged mine in, did not mount it, and it scanned fine.

[Locator]

The drive in question is a USB drive - and yes, it is mounted.

[retired1af]

You can't check a drive that's mounted. Unmount it.

[Locator]

I did what you suggested, and in less then a second (not nearly enough time for it to have scanned my external hard drive, I might add), the following window popped up

[Locator]

And I should point out that Iam STILL having problems reading files off of that hard drive.

[bigpaws]

This is a FAT File system?

Bigpaws

[Locator]

Yes.

[retired1af]

You'll want to use fsck.vfat to check the drive.

[Locator]

How do I go about using it?

[retired1af]

man fsck.vfat

[Locator]

Thank you. Now, how do I tell it to scan my external USB hard drive (what comes up when I type that is as follows) -

DOSFSCK(                                    check and repair MS-DOS filesystems                                    DOSFSCK(

NAME
       dosfsck - check and repair MS-DOS filesystems

SYNOPSIS
       dosfsck|fsck.msdos|fsck.vfat [-aAflnrtvVwy] [-d PATH -d ...] [-u PATH -u ...] DEVICE

Now then - what do I put in for "DEVICE"?

[retired1af]

How would you normally navigate to the device? When I plug my drive in, it shows as /dev/sdc

[Locator]

I do it by using the "File Manager" program.

[bigpaws]

Open a console and as root type:

tail -f /var/log/messages

Now plug in your device. Then you can which device you
have.

Bigpaws