On 05/23/2017 08:14 AM, wwp wrote: > Hello M., > > > On Mon, 22 May 2017 13:51:48 +0200 "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 2017-05-22 06:51, Chris Murphy wrote: >> >>> I'm going to guess underpowered drive, if this is a port powered drive >>> without an external power supply. This can cause corruption. >>>> Pretty much only chkdsk can reliably repair NTFS. >> >> I confirm this. I plugged the drive into a Windows 8 computer, let its GUI >> frontend to chkdsk find and fix errors as it pleased, and when re-plugged >> the drive into my fedora box, everything went fine. >> >> Answering the other subscriber who recommends using networked instead of >> USB, port-powered drives like this one: I agree with you, but there are >> cases where they simply are not an option, I guess. For me, this is one >> of them: this disk is shared with relatives without broadband, only feasible >> option to exchange/keep in sync when we meet/ huge collections like these is usb port powered drives. > > This happened to me once or twice. I had to take care of what USB ports > on my laptop are safe or not, with regards to either the delivered > power or to reliability in general towards some hardware. I think someone else mentioned powered USB hubs and I highly recommend those. For anything requiring significant power (hard drives, external CD/DVD drives, etc.) I always use a powered hub. The only things that get plugged in directly are things like network dongles and what essentially amount to thumb drives (e.g. cell phones where I'm just moving data to/from them and not recharging). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - A day for firm decisions!!! Well, then again, maybe not! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
