Saturday, July 25, 2015

linux - Corrupt disk after fsck for ntfs

A while ago, I found out that I could not use my 2TB type 07 (NTFS) USB disk when connected to a computer with a Windows boot.


Disk had only one partition.


However, I could mount and use it under Ubuntu. So, I went on to do a fsck for NTFS under Ubuntu. It said that there were errors on the disk and that the MBR was written. It advised me to run CHKDSK /F under Windows. This operation made the disk unusable under Ubuntu, too.


When I went on to go and run Gnome Disk Utility to find out what's going on with the disk, I've seen that it listed 5 volumes, Free - Unknown - Unknown - Free - Free, respectively.


I'd like to note that Windows reports these "Unknown" partitions as "healthy."

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