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Backup drive no longer fully accessible

Asked by bccynic

I have a 1TB disk which I was using to manually backup data. On my new re-installation of UBUNTU I opted to do auto backup on the 1 TB drive. The whole look of the drive has changed, and I can no longer find the data I had put on manually. I have searched for specific known files but can't locate.

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#1

Can you plug the device in and give the output of the following terminal commands? (To open a terminal, press Ctrl+Alt+T)

sudo fdisk -l

mount

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bccynic (bccynic) said : 		#2

The computer identifies the backup drive, but backup says it is waiting for the drive to be connected before it can backup.
The information from terminal follows:

doug@doug-Dimension-E521:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for doug:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe686f016

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9753 78340941 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 9754 19452 77907217+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdd: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0005ca95

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 37384 300281856 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 37384 38914 12286977 5 Extended
/dev/sdd5 37384 38914 12286976 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sde: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0531a1dc

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 * 1 1019 8185086 83 Linux
/dev/sde2 1020 60801 480198915 5 Extended
/dev/sde5 1020 2038 8185086 83 Linux
/dev/sde6 2039 2547 4088511 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sde7 2548 60801 467925223+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 4022 MB, 4022337024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 489 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 488 3919841 b W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe8900690

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 120623 968904216 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdb2 120624 121601 7855785 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 121276 121579 2441848+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 121580 121601 176683+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7 120950 121253 2441817 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 121254 121275 176683+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb9 120624 120927 2441817 83 Linux
/dev/sdb10 120928 120949 176683+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order
doug@doug-Dimension-E521:~$

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bccynic (bccynic) said : 		#3

I solved the problem at least partially. The 1 TB disk was still identified in the Places / computer but not in Deja Dup backup. I had tried to do tis while the computer was running then reattaching, but that did not work. I disconnected the disk turned off the computer over night, and in the morning turned it on, and once running I attached the USB 1Tb drive and it was shown as before with access to all files. I am not sure that I can still use Deja Dup without losing access to the rest of that disk.
I have noticed two other hitches subject of separate submissions. All in all V10.1 is great.