Re: [ilugc] how to do with the this error

Gora Mohanty <gora-ZIIawUy8V/u1Z/[email protected]> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 22:07:40 +0530
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On 17 February 2014 20:58, AMIT SHARMA <[email protected]> wrote:
>  dear  friends ,
> i have an two month fresh  external HDD OF SEGATE OF 1tb i got an strange
> error on windows
>
> Format this drive  before using it
>
>  i have plugged it  fedora trying to mount it manuly  but it fails  by
> saying that super block is corrupt .........
> i also run fsck but of no use
> plz tell me some thing  .i have critical  data(some word documents)
> in it

What filesystem was on the disk? Which fsck were you using?

You would be best of asking for help locally. You might also want to
immediately make a binary copy of the data on the disk with dd if
it shows up as a device file, /dev/sdX

Regards,
Gora