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[Colin Law]

On 15 July 2012 06:29, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a external hard drive which I can no longer open.  This is the
> error message I get.
>
>
> Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
>        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>        (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
>        ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so
>
> Gparted does not see the device at all.

I think that if gparted does not see it then either it is broken or
the cabling or interface on the motherboard is faulty.  check all the
cabling is plugged in properly.  If possible try it in another PC.

Colin

>
>
> From what I could find it sounds like a problem with an install of
> ubuntu but unless I completely fell asleep at the wheel this is not
> what happened and even if it did gparted should be able to detect the
> device and allow me to reformat the device.
>
> I appreciate your thoughts.
>
>
> garyk
>
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