rescue disk program with a gui

[darkfena313]

Tim Tebbit wrote:
> darkfena313 wrote:
>   
>> Tim Tebbit wrote:
>>     
>>>> Steve Reilly wrote:
>>>>   
>>>> i have a usb drive that wont open. i want to get my files off of there.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> gui won't help you there.
>>> Mount it from the command line.
>>>
>>> $ mkdir /tmp/disk
>>> $ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/disk
>>> $ nautilus /tmp/disk
>>>
>>> Do what you need.
>>>
>>> If /dev/sdb1 is not your usb drive or you don't know what it is...
>>> Reconnect the device and run
>>>
>>> $ dmesg |tail and note the device location. substitute /dev/sdb1
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Tim, here is what happen. i did what you said and the drive opened up 
>> showing nothing inside. the funny thing about that is the dive indicates 
>> that  space has been used but no files are shown when nautilus opens the 
>> drive.
>>
>>     
>
> Possibly hidden files or files that begin with a period. <ctrl> + <h> in
> nautilus should display them if any are present.
>
> It is possible the drive is empty. Or you have mounted the incorrect
> partition of the device.
>
> the output of..
>
> $ df -hT
>
> and..
>
> $ sudo fdisk -l
>
> with your drive connected and mounted would be helpful.
>
>
>   
i forgot this part
Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 1998 MB, 1998585344 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 242 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000de6ef

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1         242     1943833+  83  Linux