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Mohamed hany12354

Linux mint Can't detect my Hard disks What should I do ?

Post by Mohamed hany12354 »

Hello ! I am new to Linux mint I recently installed LM 18.3 on my main computer in the setup installer it said ' this machine has currently Windows XP installed on it what would You like to do ? " I selected the " erase disk and install Linux mint " Option the installation was all fine after that I restarted the machine and everything was working fine the hard disks were detected and there was nothing wrong. However after a little bit of time all the hard disks disappeared including the disk of my personal data I tried restarting my computer and I couldn't find my other hard disks the only disk showing up is the disk were the system is installed what should I do ? please help me !
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Post by Sir Charles »

Hi Mohamed hany12354,

Could you provide some information for those members of the forums who are able to assist you to have something to work on?
Please open a terminal and run the following commands one by one. Copy the output of each in the terminal and paste it here using
the code tags </>from above the edit-box to enclose them.

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inxi -Fxz

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sudo blkid -o list

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cat /etc/fstab
Mohamed hany12354

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inxi -Fxz 
System:    Host: mohamedhany-Invalid-entry-length-0-DMI-table-is-broken-Stop Kernel: 4.10.0-38-generic i686 (32 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.6 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3)
           Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine:   Mobo: N/A model: N/A Bios: Phoenix v: 6.00 PG date: 10/09/2006
CPU:       Single core AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (-UP-) cache: 512 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm) bmips: 1999 speed/max: 1000/1800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RS482/RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100/1150]
           bus-ID: 01:05.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS480
           GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 17.0.7 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_atiixp bus-ID: 00:14.5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-38-generic
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
           driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: de00 bus-ID: 02:05.0
           IF: enp2s5 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (5.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1600AABS size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 146G used: 7.2G (6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.04GB used: 0.01GB (1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 171 Uptime: 6 min Memory: 616.8/965.6MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.481) inxi: 2.2.35
Mohamed hany12354

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blkid -o list
device                        fs_type     label        mount point                       UUID
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/dev/sda1                     ext4                     /                                 44c5d343-4647-44f7-a074-22f3eb9c774e
/dev/sda5                     swap                     [SWAP]                            4f22eccf-13bf-4aac-bb44-5584dca21a57
Mohamed hany12354

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cat /etc/fstab
device                        fs_type     label        mount point                       UUID
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/dev/sda1                     ext4                     /                                 44c5d343-4647-44f7-a074-22f3eb9c774e
/dev/sda5                     swap                     [SWAP]                            4f22eccf-13bf-4aac-bb44-5584dca21a57

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mohamedhany@mohamedhany-Invalid-entry-length-0-DMI-table-is-broken-Stop ~ $ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=44c5d343-4647-44f7-a074-22f3eb9c774e /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=4f22eccf-13bf-4aac-bb44-5584dca21a57 none            swap    sw              0       0
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Re: Linux mint Can't detect my Hard disks What should I do ?

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Mohamed hany12354 wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:26 pm ... everything was working fine the hard disks were detected and there was nothing wrong. However after a little bit of time all the hard disks disappeared including the disk of my personal data...
Couple of questions:
1) Is the machine a desktop or a laptop?
2) How many physical hard disks do you have in the computer?
3) What is the approximate size of your personal data set?

On the outside chance you are referring to "disks" from your Windows installation like C:, D:, E;, etc... those were likely Windows names for different partitions on the (likely) 1 (physical) disk that is in the machine... those are gone (erased, wiped, overwritten). They were torched by the install routine when you chose the option to "erase disk and install Linux mint".
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Re: Linux mint Can't detect my Hard disks What should I do ?

Post by gm10 »

In addition, I think the output from

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sudo fdisk -l
would be more useful than the blkid one, to see if partitions are missing between sda1 and sda5 (unallocated space)
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Re: Linux mint Can't detect my Hard disks What should I do ?

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Just as an aside, I wonder if a different distro might be a better idea, or a least a different DE. OP has less than 1 GB of RAM available and is running cinnamon.
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Re: Linux mint Can't detect my Hard disks What should I do ?

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MrEen wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 2:16 pm Just as an aside, I wonder if a different distro might be a better idea, or a least a different DE. OP has less than 1 GB of RAM available and is running cinnamon.
THere's that... and a 10 to 12 year old system... and a 160 GB HD - probably the only physical HD in the machine... :mrgreen:
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Re: Linux mint Can't detect my Hard disks What should I do ?

Post by Mohamed hany12354 »

1. The machine is a desktop computer
2.i am not sure about if I have 2 physical disks on my machine. Because I think that you're right when you said that they are just partitions in the windows install
3.i don't really remember the size of the personal usage but ithink it was about 100GB
But luckily I had a small backup which only contains my personal photos and videos
And thank you all so much for your help !
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