comet424 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 i was doing some work on my unraid and i use a usb ntfs drive to do things that way i can have the array spun down and i can use this drive in windows but now after doing cable management pluged the usb back in.. shes unmountable... i rmemeber doing the mount for btrfs to get it back up and running restore files off it but i tried for ntfs but i get error Linux 4.19.107-Unraid. root@Tower:~# mount -r -t ntfs-3g -o umask=111,dmask=000 /dev/sdk1 /mnt/user/data/usb/ NTFS signature is missing. Failed to mount '/dev/sdk1': Invalid argument The device '/dev/sdk1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS. Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around? root@Tower:~# what do i need to restore ntfs.. and should i really convert it to btrfs and forget about using with windows.. it was conventent.. copy and use it as a mobile hd with windows then i can plug into unraid with no issues.. windows wants to format the drive Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Why are you using the command line to mount it instead of Unassigned Devices? 1 hour ago, comet424 said: windows wants to format the drive Will windows do checkdisk on it? Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 I not sure I don't get a drive letter so I dunno if you can run chkdisk without a drive letter I currently running in windows aomi partion assistant demo to scan the drive and I forgot to mention I changed usb drive enclosure from WD to a Startech problem something happened in the transition I guess I figured maybe unraid had a quick mount like for the btrfs and I was able to copy back out in read only but the one I did above failed as you seen Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, comet424 said: I not sure I don't get a drive letter so I dunno if you can run chkdisk without a drive letter If Windows won't mount it, the UD won't either. Your best bet to recover the data from it is via UFS Explorer running on Windows. Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 ok ill try that too then.. ya sucks it cant recovery easily and say this hd is ntfs.. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 If the ntfs partition was damaged/deleted use testdisk, free and very good to recover damaged partitions. Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 ok ill try that too.. ya i unmounted ntfs drive in unraid unplugged power i was redoing cable management and i switch usb enclosures and when i re added... the ntfs partion was unmountable... ill look up testdisk too thanks Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 8 hours ago, comet424 said: I changed usb drive enclosure from WD to a Startech Some enclosures mess with the drive geometry. Before doing anything destructive I'd put it back in the original enclosure and try to read it there. 1 Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 @jonathanm ya so the testdisk didnt work.. so i re put hte WD Mybook enclosure card back on the hard hard drive plugged it in.. and the drive is back.. like what the heck.. so if it messes the drives geometry.. can i still use my other enclosure if i back up the files format the drive again.. or is it stuck to wd enclosure... it does detect in windows etc i did not know it mess's it up i just tried it now to go back to the orginal enclosure board and its working Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 im also guessing i cant just shove that drive in a windows computer to a sata port as the geometry is messed up have to copy the files off and then do a new format right Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, comet424 said: have to copy the files off and then do a new format right Yep. It will have to be repartitioned in the new environment. Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 thats messed up... and the testdisk wouldnt work... so if a WD enclosure fails then basiclly the hard drive is lost.. as the AOEMI couldnt find the partition or would u need another MY Book from WD to use its enclosure to save it... frig eh learn something new everyday... as i wanna get away from the WD my book.. the Startech is nicer and i can swap from Sata drive and shove in enclosure and it works fine.. what BS eh damn hard drive geometry lol Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 oh and is there a way to get krusader to see the files of the usb drive when it just got remounted without having to stop and start the service as i dont see a fresh... as i going to copy the files onto the array and then format the drive with the new enclosure Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 8 minutes ago, comet424 said: oh and is there a way to get krusader to see the files of the usb drive when it just got remounted without having to stop and start the service Make sure the container mount point has RW /slave specified. Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 oh its set to just rw not slave.. does it make a difference? Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 oh i see i added a rw slave folder.. and i just tried.... a folder with just rw doesnt see the files but the rw slave does see them is RW for Array and RW Slave for all drives outside of the array Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 6 hours ago, comet424 said: WD Mybook enclosure I missed it was in an enclosure, most WD USB enclosures encrypt the contents, no way to read the device outside it (or without using another similar WD enclosure). Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 oh ok go figure must be a safety thing.. i dont care for them as they heat up and no fan.. so i swapped it to my other enclosure and thats when whole issue started lol... go figure learn something new everyday.. if i buy a wd my book pull it out and take it apart before use less issues later on lol you been very helpful Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, comet424 said: i dont care for them as they heat up and no fan.. so i swapped it to my other enclosure and thats when whole issue started lol... go figure learn something new everyday.. if i buy a wd my book pull it out and take it apart before use less issues later on lol Before you remove the disk from the enclosure, use the WD tools and do a long SMART test on the disk and make sure that it does not have any issues. That will make returns/exchanges much easier... Quote Link to comment
comet424 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 @Frank1940 ok sounds good didnt know that.. but for now what i was doing was since WD gets 47-56c degrees i didnt like the the enclosure no air flow.. really they only ment for short time not constant running i guess. so thats when i was doing my cable management i swapped out my wd to a star tech where i built a fan for that enclosure and keeps things cool and thats when it went down hill.. but then i learned that wd encrypts the partition so it makes it useless.. from another user... so i currently shoved the wd board back on and in front of a fan to keep it cool no case.. and then still transfering files to the array.. and then ill reformat my drive in the startech since no encryption there... i working on building my own Hotswap like 45drives then i wont need to worry about usb drives i can just pull in nad out the drive out of the hot swaps in the case Quote Link to comment
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