r/Ubuntu • u/xlKirax • 15h ago

Failed to Mount Drive

Edit:

Its actually the other way around. My 20TB drive is mounted but my 8TB drive (which should be perfectly healthy) isnt mounting and is now also not showing up anymore D: help

Hey guys,

as the Title says.

It doesnt want to Mount my drive for some reason.

Now what I do know:

Its a 20TB HDD thats a bit fucked (read and write speeds are hella low, im unsure why but i think the header is a bit funky)

But it did get recognized on windows. Im not sure how it works on Linux as i am a first time user as of today. Can i force a mount somehow?

This is the error im getting

Edit:

also i have a second drive connected, 8TB, which got mounted automatically and is working fine

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u/candy49997 15h ago

I'm assuming this is an NTFS drive. Do chkdsk on Windows to look for any filesystem errors since you said you had access to a Windows install.

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u/Nearby-Material-4276 15h ago

If the drive's header is already suspect and write speeds are tanking, forcing a mount in linux is basically asking for data loss. The kernel is refusing for a reason

You can try a read-only mount to grab what you can off it before it fully dies. mkdir a temp folder and do a mount -o ro, but honestly i'd be copying that 8TB drive's data somewhere else first just in case the bus freaks out when the 20TB one finally croaks

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u/xlKirax 15h ago

aight thank you