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Fair enough. I'll consider this hard drive officially dead (maybe I'll even try screwing it open anyway, just for fun). Thanks for providing me with your knowledge and time!

The badblocks command got stuck so that's why I just gave you that output. Sorry I forgot about the ntfs-3g package. I installed it and the mount command gives the error Error reading bootsector: Input/output error Failed to mount '/dev/sdc': Input/output error NTFS is either inconsistent, or...

fsck /dev/sdc gives: fsck from util-linux 2.32.1 e2fsck 1.44.4 (18-Aug-2018) fsck.ext2: Input/output error while trying to open /dev/sdc The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4...

And the command "mount /dev/sdc" gives the error "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc, missing codepage or helper program, or other error." Also, lsblk -fs detects no file system on the drive.

I can't mount the drive on linux or windows. I think the reason the drive doesn't show up in windows is because it can't mount it. It does show up in the unmount tab in windows. I'm not sure what file system it is a samsung S2 portable which is to my knowledge never reformatted. This is the...

I have an external hard drive that suddenly stopped appearing in windows explorer. I tried plugging it into other usb ports or other pc's but it wont show up. When plugging it into a linux pc it seems like the problem is that the drive won't properly respond to reads. The computer isn't even...

Hi Ana It's normal that computers need to mount hard drives, but it often happens behind the scenes. Normally computers also automatically unmount the drive upon unplugging or shutting down. If you write to a drive and immediately unplug it it can cause problems, because your computer might be...