Can this disk be repaired? Does it need to be?

[Bruce Labitt]

Yes, I'll get another disk to check this one😡. I just bought this SSD a few weeks ago.

Can FAT32 support "weird" aka Linux file names?  If not, which is most likely true, I'll have to pull the blade server nfs "image" off this disk.  I have directories with MAC ID's as directory names.  I'm sure that is messing up windows.

At this time I can't dump Win7 as that is my work issued machine.  Later, I'd like to change that...  One battle at a time...

-Bruce


> On Dec 4, 2014, at 16:35, r270 at mrt4.com wrote:
> 
> Suggestions:
> 
> 1. Dump Win7 and use ext4.
> 
> 2. If that's impossible, use FAT32 (if the file size limit is not an issue) -- it's been around forever and is widely compatible and reliable. If you're only using it to warehouse backup data, you really don't need the features of contemporary file systems. 
> 
> 3. If neither of those work for you, use separate drives for each OS.
> 
> You should get another drive anyway because the issue may be H/W related and you can use the second drive to isolate the problem. Using USB3 it should only take a couple of hours to transfer the data.
> 
> Ronald Smith
> r270 at mrt4.com
> 
> ================
> 
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:24:13 -0500
> Bruce Labitt <bdlabitt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Have an SSD formatted to NTFS.  I had intended to use it between linux and
>> Win7 as a backup.  It worked for a while in both OS.  Yesterday Win7 asked
>> if I wanted to repair the disk.  Since there are directories and file names
>> that are not windows safe, I declined.
>> 
>> Later in the day, I reconnected the disk to my win7 machine, and the
>> computer could not recognize the drive.
>> 
>> *Location is not available*
>> E:\ is not accessible
>> The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable
>> 
>> It asked if I wanted to format the disk.  Umm, no.
>> 
>> Later in the evening, I connected my SSD to my linux laptop.  It opened the
>> SSD and files within it without problem.
>> 
>> I looked at the disk in gparted, and it showed a non-descriptive !, and
>> something about not being able to read it, suggesting I install ntfsprogs
>> and ntfs-3g.  However, ntfs-3g is already on my laptop (and clearly
>> running, along with fuse).  *The "!" is just that the disk is unmounted.*
>> gparted also showed a green box, and a key icon next to the SDD name
>> /dev/sdc1.
>> 
>> Is this fixable?  Am I headed to uncertain doom?  Seriously, is there a way
>> to get back to having win7 recognize the disk again?  Or should I get yet
>> another disk, transfer the cross-platform compatible files and directories
>> and start all over again?  Should I use a different file format?
>> 
>> Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>> 
>> Ubuntu 14.10.  i7, 32GB Ram, 240GB SSD main drive, Crucial 1TB SSD in
>> Inatech USB3 housing.
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