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Author Topic: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! VL7.0 doesn't scan hard drives.  (Read 1520 times)
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« on: March 21, 2013, 09:06:14 am »
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:
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retired1af
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2013, 11:45:14 am »
Is the drive mounted? I just plugged mine in, did not mount it, and it scanned fine.
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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2013, 06:10:15 pm »
The drive in question is a USB drive - and yes, it is mounted.
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« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2013, 03:56:14 am »
You can't check a drive that's mounted. Unmount it.
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2013, 04:42:22 pm »
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
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2013, 04:46:21 pm »
And I should point out that Iam STILL having problems reading files off of that hard drive.
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bigpaws
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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2013, 07:34:36 pm »
This is a FAT File system?

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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2013, 09:51:42 pm »
Yes.
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retired1af
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2013, 04:39:15 am »
You'll want to use fsck.vfat to check the drive.
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2013, 07:47:33 am »
How do I go about using it?
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retired1af
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2013, 08:03:08 am »
man fsck.vfat
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« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2013, 09:17:57 am »
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(Cool                                    check and repair MS-DOS filesystems                                    DOSFSCK(Cool

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"?
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retired1af
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« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2013, 09:58:39 am »
How would you normally navigate to the device? When I plug my drive in, it shows as /dev/sdc
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« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2013, 10:13:44 am »
I do it by using the "File Manager" program.
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bigpaws
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« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2013, 10:50:21 am »
Open a console and as root type:

tail -f /var/log/messages

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

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