Input/Output error on external hard drive and bad sectors
While accessing my exFAT external hard from the TV to watch some videos, I noticed that there was a particular folder on it that would make everything crash if I'd try to open it.
So, I plugged the hard drive into my computer (I run the latest Linux Mint) and I tried to access said folder; I would be able to open it but it was now empty: I decided to delete it and I did so successfully, or at least I was able to send this empty folder to .Trash-1000.
Now, when I try to delete .Trash-1000, it gives me an Input/Output error and the folder is not deleted, while everything else seems to work and be accesible as it should.
I decided to run fsck.exfat on my hard drive and this is what I got in return:
exfatfsck 1.2.8
Checking file system on /dev/sda1.
File system version 1.0
Sector size 512 bytes
Cluster size 256 KB
Volume size 932 GB
Used space 841 GB
Available space 91 GB
ERROR: failed to read cluster 0x321c01.
Totally 797 directories and 37933 files.
File system checking finished. ERRORS FOUND: 1.
So there is an error on the filesystem and I guess that's causing the Input/Output error. I tried repairing the filesystem on a Windows OS but, while saying that there is an error, it also says that it's not able to solve the problem.
How can I fix this? Thank you!
linux external-hard-drive bad-sectors
asked Feb 28 at 15:01
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While accessing my exFAT external hard from the TV to watch some videos, I noticed that there was a particular folder on it that would make everything crash if I'd try to open it.
So, I plugged the hard drive into my computer (I run the latest Linux Mint) and I tried to access said folder; I would be able to open it but it was now empty: I decided to delete it and I did so successfully, or at least I was able to send this empty folder to .Trash-1000.
Now, when I try to delete .Trash-1000, it gives me an Input/Output error and the folder is not deleted, while everything else seems to work and be accesible as it should.
I decided to run fsck.exfat on my hard drive and this is what I got in return:
exfatfsck 1.2.8
Checking file system on /dev/sda1.
File system version 1.0
Sector size 512 bytes
Cluster size 256 KB
Volume size 932 GB
Used space 841 GB
Available space 91 GB
ERROR: failed to read cluster 0x321c01.
Totally 797 directories and 37933 files.
File system checking finished. ERRORS FOUND: 1.
So there is an error on the filesystem and I guess that's causing the Input/Output error. I tried repairing the filesystem on a Windows OS but, while saying that there is an error, it also says that it's not able to solve the problem.
How can I fix this? Thank you!
linux external-hard-drive bad-sectors
asked Feb 28 at 15:01
lucia de finettilucia de finetti
83
add a comment |
While accessing my exFAT external hard from the TV to watch some videos, I noticed that there was a particular folder on it that would make everything crash if I'd try to open it.
So, I plugged the hard drive into my computer (I run the latest Linux Mint) and I tried to access said folder; I would be able to open it but it was now empty: I decided to delete it and I did so successfully, or at least I was able to send this empty folder to .Trash-1000.
Now, when I try to delete .Trash-1000, it gives me an Input/Output error and the folder is not deleted, while everything else seems to work and be accesible as it should.
I decided to run fsck.exfat on my hard drive and this is what I got in return:
exfatfsck 1.2.8
Checking file system on /dev/sda1.
File system version 1.0
Sector size 512 bytes
Cluster size 256 KB
Volume size 932 GB
Used space 841 GB
Available space 91 GB
ERROR: failed to read cluster 0x321c01.
Totally 797 directories and 37933 files.
File system checking finished. ERRORS FOUND: 1.
So there is an error on the filesystem and I guess that's causing the Input/Output error. I tried repairing the filesystem on a Windows OS but, while saying that there is an error, it also says that it's not able to solve the problem.
How can I fix this? Thank you!
linux external-hard-drive bad-sectors
asked Feb 28 at 15:01
lucia de finettilucia de finetti
83
While accessing my exFAT external hard from the TV to watch some videos, I noticed that there was a particular folder on it that would make everything crash if I'd try to open it.
So, I plugged the hard drive into my computer (I run the latest Linux Mint) and I tried to access said folder; I would be able to open it but it was now empty: I decided to delete it and I did so successfully, or at least I was able to send this empty folder to .Trash-1000.
Now, when I try to delete .Trash-1000, it gives me an Input/Output error and the folder is not deleted, while everything else seems to work and be accesible as it should.
I decided to run fsck.exfat on my hard drive and this is what I got in return:
exfatfsck 1.2.8
Checking file system on /dev/sda1.
File system version 1.0
Sector size 512 bytes
Cluster size 256 KB
Volume size 932 GB
Used space 841 GB
Available space 91 GB
ERROR: failed to read cluster 0x321c01.
Totally 797 directories and 37933 files.
File system checking finished. ERRORS FOUND: 1.
So there is an error on the filesystem and I guess that's causing the Input/Output error. I tried repairing the filesystem on a Windows OS but, while saying that there is an error, it also says that it's not able to solve the problem.
How can I fix this? Thank you!
linux external-hard-drive bad-sectors
linux external-hard-drive bad-sectors
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You have a bad sector on the disk (or stick). Your options are:
- Accept the situation and let the sector stay in
.Trash-1000
- Reformat the disk using deep format (although this might also fail).
I would advise to choose the first option, but prepare yourself for the
possibility that the disk may need replacement some time in the future.
answered Feb 28 at 15:26
harrymcharrymc
264k14273582
Thanks very much! How would I do such a deep format on Linux Mint? And if I decide not to, "let the sector stay in .Trash-1000" means that the bad sector will remain somehow confined and no more new files could end up being inside it? (pardon the n00bness)
– lucia de finetti
Feb 28 at 15:31
The file will not be used and can be ignored if not very large. No new files will use the sectors that are part of it.
– harrymc
Feb 28 at 15:44
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You have a bad sector on the disk (or stick). Your options are:
- Accept the situation and let the sector stay in
.Trash-1000
- Reformat the disk using deep format (although this might also fail).
I would advise to choose the first option, but prepare yourself for the
possibility that the disk may need replacement some time in the future.
answered Feb 28 at 15:26
harrymcharrymc
264k14273582
Thanks very much! How would I do such a deep format on Linux Mint? And if I decide not to, "let the sector stay in .Trash-1000" means that the bad sector will remain somehow confined and no more new files could end up being inside it? (pardon the n00bness)
– lucia de finetti
Feb 28 at 15:31
The file will not be used and can be ignored if not very large. No new files will use the sectors that are part of it.
– harrymc
Feb 28 at 15:44
add a comment |
You have a bad sector on the disk (or stick). Your options are:
- Accept the situation and let the sector stay in
.Trash-1000
- Reformat the disk using deep format (although this might also fail).
I would advise to choose the first option, but prepare yourself for the
possibility that the disk may need replacement some time in the future.
answered Feb 28 at 15:26
harrymcharrymc
264k14273582
Thanks very much! How would I do such a deep format on Linux Mint? And if I decide not to, "let the sector stay in .Trash-1000" means that the bad sector will remain somehow confined and no more new files could end up being inside it? (pardon the n00bness)
– lucia de finetti
Feb 28 at 15:31
The file will not be used and can be ignored if not very large. No new files will use the sectors that are part of it.
– harrymc
Feb 28 at 15:44
add a comment |
You have a bad sector on the disk (or stick). Your options are:
- Accept the situation and let the sector stay in
.Trash-1000
- Reformat the disk using deep format (although this might also fail).
I would advise to choose the first option, but prepare yourself for the
possibility that the disk may need replacement some time in the future.
answered Feb 28 at 15:26
harrymcharrymc
264k14273582
You have a bad sector on the disk (or stick). Your options are:
- Accept the situation and let the sector stay in
.Trash-1000
- Reformat the disk using deep format (although this might also fail).
I would advise to choose the first option, but prepare yourself for the
possibility that the disk may need replacement some time in the future.
answered Feb 28 at 15:26
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264k14273582
answered Feb 28 at 15:26
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answered Feb 28 at 15:26
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answered Feb 28 at 15:26
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Thanks very much! How would I do such a deep format on Linux Mint? And if I decide not to, "let the sector stay in .Trash-1000" means that the bad sector will remain somehow confined and no more new files could end up being inside it? (pardon the n00bness)
– lucia de finetti
Feb 28 at 15:31
The file will not be used and can be ignored if not very large. No new files will use the sectors that are part of it.
– harrymc
Feb 28 at 15:44
add a comment |
Thanks very much! How would I do such a deep format on Linux Mint? And if I decide not to, "let the sector stay in .Trash-1000" means that the bad sector will remain somehow confined and no more new files could end up being inside it? (pardon the n00bness)
– lucia de finetti
Feb 28 at 15:31
The file will not be used and can be ignored if not very large. No new files will use the sectors that are part of it.
– harrymc
Feb 28 at 15:44
Thanks very much! How would I do such a deep format on Linux Mint? And if I decide not to, "let the sector stay in .Trash-1000" means that the bad sector will remain somehow confined and no more new files could end up being inside it? (pardon the n00bness)
– lucia de finetti
Feb 28 at 15:31
Thanks very much! How would I do such a deep format on Linux Mint? And if I decide not to, "let the sector stay in .Trash-1000" means that the bad sector will remain somehow confined and no more new files could end up being inside it? (pardon the n00bness)
– lucia de finetti
Feb 28 at 15:31
The file will not be used and can be ignored if not very large. No new files will use the sectors that are part of it.
– harrymc
Feb 28 at 15:44
The file will not be used and can be ignored if not very large. No new files will use the sectors that are part of it.
– harrymc
Feb 28 at 15:44
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