[SOLVED] Cannot mount HD. Probably corrupted filesystem

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[SOLVED] Cannot mount HD. Probably corrupted filesystem

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My LM 19.2 cinn pc has 3 hd's. One is giving errors: unable to mount location. can't mount file.
I connected the cable from an working hd to this hd. Now getting the message: cannot mount. probably corrupted filesystem.
I've run Gparted: check and repair file system. That gets stuck at 95% while 1 cpu is on 100%
Tried also:

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sudo fdisk –l
[sudo] password for mint:      
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.31.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
fdisk: cannot open –l: No such file or directory
What can i do?
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Re: Cannot mount HD. Probably corrupted filesystem

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If it is formatted in a format that Windows can see, you can see if chkdsk can do anything with it.
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Re: Cannot mount HD. Probably corrupted filesystem

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ITS ext4 format.
Booted live LM20. Run Gparted, After some minutes it reached 95%, after 2 hrs it was still at 95%... :?
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I have made a screenshot of Gparted. And i have copied the first and the last part of a WARNING txt in Gparted
I hope somebody is willing to shine his light on this matter.

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e2label: Superblock checksum does not match superblock while trying to open /dev/sdc1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.

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dumpe2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
dumpe2fs: Superblock checksum does not match superblock while trying to open /dev/sdc1

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Unable to read the contents of this file system!
Because of this some operations may be unavailable.
The cause might be a missing software package.
The following list of software packages is required for ext4 file system support:  e2fsprogs v1.41+.
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Re: Cannot mount HD. Probably corrupted filesystem

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Did you create a partition table on that drive before creating the partition? You can check by opening GParted, click on View, Device Information and checking the 5th line down. It should say either msdos or gpt.
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Re: Cannot mount HD. Probably corrupted filesystem

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Hi Larry, it says msdos. The 3 hd are same build and size, all msdos partition table. The others all work. btw this is no dual boot, only LM 19.2 os
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OK Patty, is there any data on that drive? If not, try this: Open GParted, click on Device then Create Partition Table. Select msdos then apply.
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As a matter of fact it has data i'd like to keep...
It was working allright.
So formatting is not what i'd prefer. :(
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Can anybody give a suggestion how to get the hd running again including keeping the existing files that are on it? :?
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Checked the file system by Disk = disk -ok
SMART data & self-test = disk is OK

yet it can't be mounted again... probably corrupted filesystem...

BUT after repair filesystem by Disks all worked fine again
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