Hard drive ignoring files!

[whytheam]

This maybe a software/hardware problem. I was moving cables around in my computer. Once I rebooted as I expected something was inevitably wrong. My "storage" drive is 80GB. I am using 15GB of that, but the next sub-folder down says I'm only using 7GB. That's 8GB of "ignored" data. The weird thing is about 20% of my files still are visible. All the folders, sub-folders, and sub-sub-folders still exist. I've tried changing the permissions, viewing hidden files, and changing the configuration. Nothing is working.

Please help!

[whytheam]

Re: Hard drive ignoring files!

It's ext3. I don't understand how forcing an fsck would do anything.

[Rog131]

Re: Hard drive ignoring files!

If i suspect harware problems in the HD:

I would check cables and then:

Start with live CD
Run in the konsole ( unmounted partition):

sudo fsck -v -f /dev/sda1    (2,3... sdb1,2...)

or hda (hardware !).

e2fsck - check a Linux ext2/ext3 file system
-v Verbose mode
-f Force checking even if the file system seems clean.

man fsck

FSCK(8) FSCK(8)

NAME
fsck - check and repair a Linux file system

SYNOPSIS
fsck [ -sAVRTNP ] [ -C [ fd ] ] [ -t fstype ] [filesys ... ] [--] [ fs-
specific-options ]

DESCRIPTION
fsck is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux file sys‐
tems. filesys can be a device name (e.g. /dev/hdc1, /dev/sdb2), a
mount point (e.g. /, /usr, /home), or an ext2 label or UUID specifier
(e.g. UUID=8868abf6-88c5-4a83-98b8-bfc24057f7bd or LABEL=root). Nor‐
mally, the fsck program will try to handle filesystems on different
physical disk drives in parallel to reduce the total amount of time
needed to check all of the filesystems.

If i get errors with fcsk:
I would install smartmontools ("virtual" installation with live CD):

sudo apt-get install smartmontools

smartmontools - control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.

The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd)
to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI
hard disks. It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes support
for ATA/ATAPI-5 disks. It should run on any modern Linux system.

Run in the konsole:
(hdx)

sudo smartctl -a /dev/hda

or
(sdx)

sudo smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sda

man smartctl

SMARTCTL(8) 2006/12/20 SMARTCTL(8)

NAME
smartctl - Control and Monitor Utility for SMART Disks

SYNOPSIS
smartctl [options] device

FULL PATH
/usr/sbin/smartctl

PACKAGE VERSION
smartmontools-5.37 released 2006/12/20 at 20:37:59 UTC

DESCRIPTION
smartctl controls the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technol‐
ogy (SMART) system built into many ATA-3 and later ATA, IDE and SCSI-3
hard drives. The purpose of SMART is to monitor the reliability of the
hard drive and predict drive failures, and to carry out different types
of drive self-tests. This version of smartctl is compatible with
ATA/ATAPI-7 and earlier standards (see REFERENCES below)

smartctl is a command line utility designed to perform SMART tasks such...

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If there are no errors (fsck/smart), i would mount harddrive (or start normal session) and check disk space and logs:

FAQ: Free Disk Space
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3086353.0

LinuxLogFiles
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxLogFiles

[whytheam]

Re: Hard drive ignoring files!

I don't think it's hardwear. All this seems to be for a HD with an OS on it. This disk has no file system. It is strictly a storage drive.

[whytheam]

Re: Hard drive ignoring files!

OK, I ran fsck. I got this.

fsck 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007)
e2fsck 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information

25063 inodes used (0.26%)
466 non-contiguous inodes (1.9%)
# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 20120/171/0
3454931 blocks used (17.68%)
0 bad blocks
1 large file

24101 regular files
611 directories
0 character device files
0 block device files
0 fifos
0 links
342 symbolic links (342 fast symbolic links)
0 sockets
--------
25054 files

[whytheam]

Re: Hard drive ignoring files!

I found all the files. This is very bizarre. If I show the hidden files: /media/storage/.Trash-1000/files/<mount point>/ is where all my files are at, but the documents that are not "missing" are missing from this. That's why none of my files were actually gone, they just moved! I am assuming it's safe to move these file out of this spot?

[Rog131]

Re: Hard drive ignoring files!

/.Trash-1000 is part of Trash system:

Trash is hiding in:
/home/USER/.local/share/Trash/files/
/home/USER/.local/share/Trash/info/

USER is your log in name. You can remove file and info folders.

If you have more than one linux partition:
Look (if you have sda2 -> /media/sda2/.Trash-1000/)
/.Trash-1000/files/
/.Trash-1000/info/


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[whytheam]

Re: Hard drive ignoring files!

So, it magically moved all the files into the trash. They never showed up in the "trash can". Well, thanks!