I have an external drive used by Windows and Linux. It suddenly stopped working, suggesting that I should format it before use. I lost all of the data, name of the drive, and it doesn't even display the size.
Fortunately, Ubuntu sees everything. I looked for a Windows fix, but chkdsk can't access the drive.
I'm a new Linux user, is there an Ubuntu alternative? If so, how do I execute it?
Follow-up question:
In case I fail, how can I quickly create a live USB? My Ubuntu is installed on VirtualBox, and it doesn't accept any USB 3.0 ports. So in case I can't fix it, I'll need to back up my data with a live USB.
1 Answer
The linux command to check disks is fsck. See here for a rather complete reference list on what you need. My guess you will have to look for the ntfs section.
You also have to figure out which drive is which, see this post, basically fsck -l. You will feed the right drive name/number to the fsck utility.
If you have a working windows machine to install from, see this help entry.
Good luck, let us know how you fare!
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