external hard drive it is Unable to mount ???

[smandrup]

hi !

I have the same problem .
when I connect the external hard drive I comes out this message .
can do you help me please? i really have no idea what to do.
thanks a lot
smandrup

here the message:

Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 13: $MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details.

[Rubberman]

You need to provide much more information about your system, disc configuration, the RAID controllers you are using, etc. The more information you provide, the more likely that we can help you. What you have provided is pretty much useless...

[LinuxSecurity]

It sounds like you had file system on your drive, and since it is NTFS, you may have the greatest luck using CHKDSK from a Windows installation. This is often caused by not un-mounting the drive before unplugging it from another system. If you use in a Windows system, click the green safely remove hardware icon to eject the drive to make sure that the file system is closed before unplugging the drive.

--Eric

[devils casper]

As LinuxSecurity suggested already, execute CHKDSK command in Windows OS to check that disk. It sorts out problem in most cases.
In case, you don't have access to Windows OS, you can use mount command with force option in Linux. Most of Linux Gurus don't suggest using force option, but I haven't faced any problem data loss with it yet.

[Rubberman]

As LinuxSecurity suggested already, execute CHKDSK command in Windows OS to check that disk. It sorts out problem in most cases.
In case, you don't have access to Windows OS, you can use mount command with force option in Linux. Most of Linux Gurus don't suggest using force option, but I haven't faced any problem data loss with it yet.

Agree, but I would still do (if possible) a bit copy of the disc before forcing the mount, just so you can still restore it to current (if broken) condition should something go wonky with the mount.