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Recover impossible to mount drive
Posted: 16 Jun 2024, 20:09
by UCYT5040
So I have a drive that is impossible to mount. When Ubuntu tries to auto-mount it, there is no stopping. The cancel option doesn't work either, and testdisk won't even load. Disable the service that auto-mounts and I can open testdisk and see my files. But how can I recover these files without copying? The copy feature of test disk fails on some files so I have to keep starting it again
Thank you
Re: Recover impossible to mount drive
Posted: 17 Jun 2024, 07:06
by recuperation
UCYT5040 wrote: 16 Jun 2024, 20:09
So I have a drive that is impossible to mount. When Ubuntu tries to auto-mount it
"Auto-mount" is a detrimental feature for data recovery.
, there is no stopping. The cancel option doesn't work either, and testdisk won't even load. Disable the service that auto-mounts and I can open testdisk and see my files. But how can I recover these files without copying? The copy feature of test disk fails on some files so I have to keep starting it again
Thank you
Use smartmontools to gather health data to decide to use a data recovery lab:
viewtopic.php?p=33390#p33390
Use ddrescue as described in the manual before using TestDisk.