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and i try to mount it and errors occur.i change it back to defaults and nothing.i can't mount.
wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda5,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
pleeeeeeeeseeeeee help...........
i have everything in this disc
note: i have windows xp too and i start computer with windows and they see the disc as unformated
no i did not format or anything else.i just edit fstab->unmount hda5->mount hda5(errors occur-fail mount)->edit fstab(restore as first)->mount hda5 and nothing.
dmesg | tail gives me:
NTFS-fs error (device hda5): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Primary boot sector is invalid.
[4295227.580000] NTFS-fs error (device hda5): read_ntfs_boot_sector(): Mount option errors=recover not used. Aborting without trying to recover.
[4295227.580000] NTFS-fs error (device hda5): ntfs_fill_super(): Not an NTFS volume.
Well, if windows doesn't detect it properly, then you probably aren't going to be able to save your data, as the partition is probably already corrupt. What did you do before this all happened? Has this partition mounted properly before? What changed between then and now?
Originally posted by john_active the disc was all right before my edit fstab.I want my data, i don't (N O W A Y)want to format.at least before take my data.
Might not be an option, that's why it's important to backup data and be careful when messing around with partitions, like mentioned ,if windows can't detect its own filesystem format properly, it's unlikely Linux can
before that the disc was mounted properly,everything ok,i 'd been used it a long time with linux.I don't want what changed between then and now.i just edit fstab, unmount and remount the disc and...all that crap
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