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On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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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Thanks Collin.  Tried it on another PC and windows as well.  Not
working in any of these.  Must be damaged somehow.


garyk