[SOLVED] how to fix : Buffer I/O error on dev sdc, logical block 122096624, async page read
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how to fix : Buffer I/O error on dev sdc, logical block 122096624, async page read
WD 500 GB blue HDD find. I'm trying to get it to work as it is a 98% chance it took a beating. I found it still attached to a destroyed laptop in the trash bin at a bus stop. they ripped it in half and such.
I've got it to finally see it beyond just dmesg then wiped it, screwed it up and now am trying to fix it.
I used fdisk to give it a new partition table, then at this posting I've used cfdisk and gave it the entire HDD for a partition not formatting it after I ran fsck on it.
as the last time I ran formatting on it it was sitting for over an hour saying writing to the HDD whatever I do not remember, I've never really use the cli for formatting, I use gparted, but gparted is hanging, prob due to the bad block thing, so I went CLI on it.
anyways this is where it is sitting at the time of this posting.
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fsck on a raw non formatted hdd , couldn't remember if I format it or not, I've been messing with this HDD for a few hours now.
Quote:
$ sudo fsck.ext4 /dev/sdc
e2fsck 1.44.3 (10-July-2018)
ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block
fsck.ext4: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
fsck.ext4: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdc
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
or
e2fsck -b 32768 <device>
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