[02:55] <philipballew> would someone recommend a way to fix a hd partition that wont mount?
[02:56] <philipballew> ther are several ways and figured one might be better then another
[03:00] <akk> I usually do fsck before panicking.
[03:00] <philipballew> akk how would i do that :)
[03:02] <akk> fsck /dev/sd0b or whatever the partition is
[03:02] <philipballew> ok. lets try it. thanks!
[03:02] <akk> though man fsck says you can also specify it by uuid or mount point
[03:02] <akk> What filesystem type is it?
[03:02] <philipballew> ntfs i think
[03:03] <akk> Oh, that's different
[03:03] <akk> you might need special fsck arguments
[03:03] <philipballew> its an externinal
[03:03] <philipballew> i see
[03:03] <akk> at least, fsck for vfat won't do anything unless you specify several "I really mean it, yes, really make changes to the filesystem" options
[03:04] <akk> It doesn't hurt to run it, but if it looks like it made changes, be sure to run it again after it's finished
[03:04] <philipballew> i looked at testdisk
[03:04] <philipballew> that seemes possible
[03:04] <akk> and if it asks the same questions all over again, then read man fsck for the "really write, don't just pretend" option.
[03:05] <philipballew> how do i find the mount point
[03:05] <akk> Where do you normally mount it?
[03:05] <akk> If it's usually automounted and shows up in random places in /media or wherever, then specifying mount point probably isn't the way to go.
[03:05] <philipballew> well i usually just stick it in my usb port and it does the rest... haha
[03:06] <philipballew> yeah, i know thats what you wernt asking
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