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I have an SSD (call it sdb) that I used to backup files. I backed up by using Dolphin to just copy folders over that I needed, Documents, Videos, etc. After installing Debian to the original SSD (call it sda), I connected sdb to my machine to restore the data but it did not show up in Dolphin. So I ran fdisk and got this:
Code:
root@server:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 452F960F-6B37-420C-9B0F-53650A3565D5
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/sda2 1050624 466704383 465653760 222G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3 466704384 500117503 33413120 16G Linux swap
Disk /dev/sdb: 119.2 GiB, 128035676160 bytes, 250069680 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x29689d0f
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 250069675 250067628 119.2G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
I tried mounting sdb1 but get the error below, as you can see I tried different ways:
Code:
root@server:~# mount /dev/sdb1 /media/newhd
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so.
root@server:/dev# mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /media/newhd
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb1' 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@server:/dev# mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb /media/newhd
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb' 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@server:/dev# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/newhd
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb1' 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@server:/dev# mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb /media/newhd
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb' 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?
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