[ubuntu-in] External USB hard disk not recognised after a power failure during operation

[Narendra Diwate]

If Ubuntu is unable to detect it then something seriously bad should have
happened. I too have a Portable HD that went kaput in a similar fashion in
Windows and I have been unable to recover the data from it.

Though i have no solution to this issue i would be keenly watching this to
see how it pans out.
Just an after thought. Would it be possible to recover data using some data
recovery software on SystemRescueCD.
Regards

Narendra Diwate




On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 22:37, Alok Singh Mahor <alokmahor at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and win XP.
>
> While I was playing some songs from my HD on windows  suddent power
> got disconnected from my HD. When I plug it again it was not
> recognised(on windows). Actually windows even doesn't boot while HD is
> plugged in.
>
> Then I came to Ubuntu(usb still plugged in) but again Ubuntu was
> taking a lot of time for booting, then I unplugged HD and system
> booted normally. Then I plugged HD again but it was not recognized.
>
> After that I tried few commands:
>
> lsusb:
> It doesn't give any output when HD is plugged in.
>
> When plugged out lsusb gives normal output.
>
> If somebody has any idea where to go from here, please send your
> suggestions.
>
>  <http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm>
>
>
>
> --
> Alok Singh Mahor
> CSE, IIT Delhi
> www.alokmahor.tk
>
>
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