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We went out for a walk and came back to getting told the breaker blew, the computer was on and running fine, it was downloading a game, and when we booted the computer up 99% of the files that were on the 4tb external hard drive were missing.

I’ve tried restarting, and also hooking it up to another computer and it says the same, I’m trying a repair now to see if that’ll fix it but wanted to see if I could get any opinions

Btw we are running Garuda xfce

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.39-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
    root=UUID=f93be189-c3f1-4cf1-b7a4-b97e4319f301 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver avail: xautolock vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: A320M/ac serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P4.00
    date: 07/16/2020
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
    level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701034
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
    desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3600 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3600 2: 3600 3: 3600
    4: 3600 5: 3600 6: 3600 7: 3600 8: 3600 9: 3600 10: 3600 11: 3600 12: 3600
    bogomips: 86270
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
    active: none off: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 07:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation FHD Camera Microphone
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 1bcf:28c4 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
    X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1017x286mm (40.04x11.26")
    s-diag: 1056mm (41.59")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled pos: left
    model: Asus VG248 serial: <filter> built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77")
    diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-1 note: disabled pos: primary,right
    model: Lenovo Q24i-10 serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: mode: 1920x1080
    hz: 75 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65")
    diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.03
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 11.72 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 13 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03
    device-ID: 10de:2504 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.6-arch1.1 (LLVM
    20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
    vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: GEMBIRD Honk HK-5002 USB Speaker
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 1908:2070 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Fifine Microphone driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1:2
    chip-ID: 3142:5060 class-ID: 0300
  Device-5: Sunplus Innovation FHD Camera Microphone
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-4:4 chip-ID: 1bcf:28c4 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.39-1-lts status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 224.34 GiB (10.7%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 620361WD temp: 36.9 C scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: A-Data model: SU650 size: 238.47 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 00Z2 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 224.34 GiB (12.0%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 224.34 GiB (12.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 224.34 GiB (12.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 224.34 GiB (12.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.55 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 65.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 48 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.55 GiB used: 1.39 GiB (9.0%)
  Processes: 324 Power: uptime: 26m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.13 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1546 pm: pacman pkgs: 1526 libs: 473 tools: paru pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 20 Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
    default: Bash v: 5.3.0 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.3-2):
  System install date:     2025-07-19
  Last full system update: 2025-07-24
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units:
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Yes a data rescue is what I’m looking to do, if needed I can grab the info from Garuda-inxi if needed, just not near the computer atm on a different one trying a scan and repair

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For more info, search the web and forum, please.

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I pulled it up in the partition manager and it said files were corrupted, is there anyway to recover them?

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A partition manager can´t help here.

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If it’s important stuff, use ddrescue to make an image (you’ll need anther 4TB+ drive of some kinds handy). Is the external drive in ExFAT or NTFS? I’ve used Necleus’ Kernel for Windows Data Recovery at work, in the past, and while it can take a very long time (like start on Friday and maybe it’ll be done scanning by Monday), it has worked magic. R-tools as free versions, too.

Linux native FSes seem to be better about not getting massively corrupted in the first place, but harder to recover, IME. If you can, try cloining, and fscking the clone, then go from there. BTRFS has some tricks you can try (check out the docs), but you will want to have it work on a clone, each time. For Ext4, there’s ext4magic, and R-Linux.

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