terminal drive check

dunnery · 04-15-2015, 09:37 AM

hi guys, whats the best way to diagnose and repair an external drive on the linux terminal

suicidaleggroll · 04-15-2015, 09:55 AM

It depends on what's wrong with it.

smartctl can help diagnose hardware failure, fsck can help detect/correct corruption, etc.

dunnery · 04-15-2015, 10:32 AM

sometimes the drive just doesnt mount and sometimes it does so im trying to run a diagnose and repair on it from the terminal.... because im trying to learn the terminal

suicidaleggroll · 04-15-2015, 10:47 AM

What do you mean it doesn't mount. Does it just not automount, or does it throw an error when you try to mount it? If it throws an error, then what error?

veerain · 04-15-2015, 11:08 AM

You can use smartctl to diagnose SMART enabled drives.

For recovering data from drives use system rescue cd.

JeremyBoden · 04-15-2015, 04:18 PM

1. Does it spin up when power is applied?