cannot access external harddisk after dd command
by validator456 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5CMFQ)
I have one external hard disk and I bought another one to make a backup of the first one.
I thought that the dd command would do the trick to make a copy of the first external harddisk. That didn't turn out that well. Now I cannot access the second harddisk.
This is the output of lsblk:
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The output of sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc gives:
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So, the disk is recognized but I cannot access it. What to do?
I thought that the dd command would do the trick to make a copy of the first external harddisk. That didn't turn out that well. Now I cannot access the second harddisk.
This is the output of lsblk:
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| NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi sda2 8:2 0 923.3G 0 part / sda3 8:3 0 7.7G 0 part [SWAP] sdc 8:32 0 1.8T 0 disk sdc1 8:33 0 931.5G 0 part sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom |
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| isk /dev/sdc: 1.8 TiB, 2000398933504 bytes, 3907029167 sectors Disk model: Expansion+ Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x429ce347 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdc1 2048 1953458175 1953456128 931.5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT |