How to backup data?

[Dark Star]

Is there any s/w on any platform which can retrieve data from USB that is corrupted.. I mean its not permanently corrupted but due to improper removal I cannot mount it :huh: So plz suggest me a s/w which can help me

Regards

Also how can I get temp. ADmin power from which I can del. files created by WIndows like desktop.ini and few more

[Anindya]

Hey buddy dont u think that the title is misleading?

[NucleusKore]

Yes the title is misleading
Now to answer your question, try this
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/smartrecovery.html

[Dark Star]

Any s/w for Linux to backup/retrieve data from fat32

[NucleusKore]

Any s/w for Linux to backup/retrieve data from fat32

Not that I know of

[praka123]

maybe...search in synaptic manager

[NucleusKore]

Any s/w for Linux to backup/retrieve data from fat32

I found one Test Disk using the following search string in Google

data recovery software open source

Its from the software list in the second result
Lots of nice software there

[QwertyManiac]

Hey, use your Drive manufacturer's own recovery tools, they'd work! But they're for Windows alone. Check the respective websites.

[gary4gar]

this a grey area where linux needs more development
the software for data recovery of deleted data

[praka123]

^afaik it is near to impossible to recover deleted data as in windows.

[Dark Star]

Also how can I get temp. ADmin power from which I can del. files created by WIndows like desktop.ini and few more and like folder.htt these files lock the folder and hinder copy of files in them What can I do ?

[praka123]

@shashwath:did u right click on the folder/file and tried "open as administrator"
with nautilus or in Desktop.btwn i am on debian.must be there in ubuntu too.

[mediator]

Well I just googled and found Linux Data Recovery softwares for Linux filesystems.

http://www.datarecoverylinux.com/
http://www.stellarinfo.com/linux-data-recovery.htm
http://www.diskdoctors.net/linux-dat.../software.html

I think the last one deals with fat32, not sure though.

[Dark Star]

@shashwath:did u right click on the folder/file and tried "open as administrator"
with nautilus or in Desktop.btwn i am on debian.must be there in ubuntu too.

There is no option Open as Admin ! Btw how can I del. those I know rmdir <filename> <path> but thats hectic for each and every file how can I do massive del

Also how can I get temp. ADmin power from which I can del. files created by WIndows like desktop.ini and few more and like folder.htt these files lock the folder and hinder copy of files in them What can I do ?

Bumpity bump

[QwertyManiac]

Open nautilus in root mode:

gksudo nautilus

I hope you can proceed after that, all mounted stuff will be under /media ..

Offtopic:

btwn i am on debian

Its btw (by the way) and not between :-\ or are you saying 'btw' n times?

[Dark Star]

Hey that did not worked I still cannot del. desktop.ini and others

Also which is the latest repo. of Compiz Fuison... Amarnath seems not to work here

[infra_red_dude]

i really dunno how the root nautilus didn't allow you to delete file. jus right click on it and check the permissions tab in properties as root. change if required.

regarding compiz, trevino's has the most up to date packages (currently 0.5.5). i guess amarnath's repos haf 0.5.2. dunno why but amarnath's repos never worked for me.

[gary4gar]

Hey that did not worked I still cannot del. desktop.ini and others

Also which is the latest repo. of Compiz Fuison... Amarnath seems not to work here

Try

sudo nautilus

else

chown <your user name> <folder path>

[praka123]

sudo apt-get install nautilus-gksu

^hope this is in ubuntu.
I dont understand why u cant delete .ini files!are u mounted ur ntfs partn as readonly?use ntfs-3g!

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ yes praka i think thats the case.

[Dark Star]

Mounting /media/sda1 failed.

$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 1)
Failed to mount '/dev/disk/by-uuid/C4445B1A445B0F14': Operation not supported
Mount is denied because NTFS logfile is unclean. Choose one action:
   Boot Windows and shutdown it cleanly, or if you have a removable
   device then click the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows
   taskbar notification area before disconnecting it.
Or
   Run ntfsfix version 1.13.1 on Linux unless you have Vista.
Or
   Mount the NTFS volume with the 'ro' option in read-only mode.

Got this error ,,, with NTFS config.. even replace ntfs with ntfs-3g in fstab doesn't work My hadd are not mounted but yes this do job in Fat32

[praka123]

@shashwat:first find ur ntfs partition via "sudo fdisk -l".then if u have ntfsprogs ,try "ntfsfix /dev/xxx" and boot to windows and windows will fix via chkdisk ur ntfs errors.(seems u have)
reg /etc/fstab,use /dev/sdax for ur ntfs partition instead of UUID.or if u want UUID to be entered,use "sudo blkid" or "vol_id" command to get uuid's corresponding to the partition and edit /etc/fstab accordingly.

[Dark Star]

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1275    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            1276        6949    45576405    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3            6953        9729    22306252+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5            1276        3825    20482843+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6            6758        6949     1542208+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7            3826        6757    23551258+  83  Linux

I do not have windows but some traces are there in sda1

[praka123]

u do have windows xp right?try below commands and boot to windows twice and wait for windows CHKDSK to fix the errors.

ntfsfix  /dev/sda1

ntfsfix  /dev/sda3

and reboot into windows.then try ubuntu able to mount ur ntfs partitions.

[Dark Star]

Also meathods and repo. of latest Cf links would do fine

shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ ntfsfix  /dev/sda1
Mounting volume... Error opening partition device : Permission denied
Failed to startup volume : Permission denied
FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... Error opening partition device : Permission denied
FAILED
Failed to startup volume : Permission denied
Volume is corrupt. You should run chkdsk.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ ntfsfix  /dev/sda3
Refusing to operate on read-write mounted device /dev/sda3.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$

shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ ntfsfix  /dev/sda1
Refusing to operate on read-write mounted device /dev/sda1.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ ntfsfix  /dev/sda3
Refusing to operate on read-write mounted device /dev/sda3.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$

I did install NTFS fix by

sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs

[praka123]

haan!"sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1"

[Dark Star]

Main pagal ho jaunga .. It seems I had to format sda1 and sda3 has been formatted the problem.. is due to sda 1

shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1
Password:
Mounting volume... FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... 
Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr...
Reading $MFT... OK
Reading $MFTMirr... OK
Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully.
Setting required flags on partition... OK
Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK
Remount failed : No such file or directory
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda3
Refusing to operate on read-write mounted device /dev/sda3.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$

and plz Cf Travino latest link to guide ot it the same that I/vish posted

[praka123]

unmount /dev/sda3 dude! and again run ntfsfix
then run ur windows twice to fix any write/corrupt errors.
then check ur ubuntu for ntfs partns mounted.
btw i am not aware of CF repos for ubuntu much.but sure ubuntuforums.org does have

http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=1012

[Dark Star]

Cannot unmount /dev/sda3

Cannot unmount the volume. 
unmount:/medai/sda3 disagree with fstab

[praka123]

post the o/p of "mount -l"