Yesterday we lost power, today my driver is not detected

Hey guys. Yesterday i was making copies of my files and i was downloading them to my hard drive. Then because there was a major storm we lost power. Today i woke up and i have 3 drives, but i cannot open one of them. It says mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock. Now i don’t wan’t to format this disk, because i have very important work files, old family pictures etc. But i tried to open that format option to see what would happen and it won’t let me do that either. What can i do to fix this. Also i should mention my drives are not that old, less than a year and i did try to open up my computer and un/plug everything in and out. Root and basic partition are detected but local disk cannot be mounted. I assume this is because everything shut down due to power outage and now some faulty files are messing with my computer. What can we do here to salvage this bad boy ?

System:
  Kernel: 6.9.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=b58c058b-2bff-4086-96d2-a19d53deca95 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.3.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
    dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.10 date: 08/22/2018
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9700KF bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 9 level: v3
    note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xC (12)
    microcode: 0xF6
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 4600 high: 4601 min/max: 800/4900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 4600 2: 4600 3: 4601 4: 4601 5: 4600 6: 4600 7: 4600 8: 4600
    bogomips: 57600
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2070] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current (as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1f02 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 707x393mm (27.83x15.47") s-diag: 809mm (31.85")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled model: AOC Q32G2WG3 serial: <filter> built: 2023
    res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 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: 555.58.02 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 7.81 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 14 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
    driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02 device-ID: 10de:1f02 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu
    name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.1.3-arch1.1 (LLVM 18.1.8)
    device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.9.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.1 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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
    bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 10.96 TiB used: 1.91 TiB (17.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston mode
l: SNV2S2000G 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: SBM02103 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SKC6002048G size: 1.86 TiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0113
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST8000NT001-3LZ101 size: 7.28 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: EN01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.21 TiB (66.5%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.21 TiB (66.5%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.21 TiB (66.5%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.21 TiB (66.5%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.28 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 8 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C pch: 46.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 17%
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.28 GiB used: 4.15 GiB (13.3%)
  Processes: 301 Power: uptime: 8m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.47 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2081 libs: 557 tools: octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Compilers:
    clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.1.1 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.26-release inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
  System install date:     2024-04-25
  Last full system update: 2024-07-14
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            

Could you please provide the output of

lsblk -f

?

3 Likes

NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda
├─sda1
└─sda2 ntfs C2B062FCB062F5F7 1,2T 38% /run/media/plemenitab/C2B062FCB062F5F7
sdb
├─sdb1
└─sdb2 ntfs Lokalni disk 1C201EC5201EA634
zram0 [SWAP]
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat FAT32 59B4-3332 298,8M 0% /boot/efi
└─nvme0n1p2 btrfs b58c058b-2bff-4086-96d2-a19d53deca95 616,9G 67% /var/tmp
/var/log
/var/cache
/home
/root
/srv
/
You mean this ?

Try

sudo ntfsfix -d /dev/sdb2 

If it is the one with troubles.

5 Likes

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! Dude you saved me a lot of troubles. Thank you again.

1 Like

No prob. But two things:

  1. Not a good idea to use NTFS in Linux
  2. Backup, backup, backup. Today, not tomorrow.
    :wink:
5 Likes

Do you have any backup tool suggestions ?

Give a look here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Synchronization_and_backup_programs
Maybe backintime.
Many people prefer simple scripts.
I remember there are several threads about backups (tools and scripts) in the forum.
Let’s stay on topic.
If necessary, after the search, open a new one.

2 Likes

Okay sorry. I will look it up.

1 Like

@MRVanish

  • Don’t do major computer operations during “a major storm!
3 Likes

Unless you own a UPS to provide backup power. Even then the backup power only lasts so long, but at least you shouldn’t suffer hardware damage using a UPS.

I live in a bad area for electrical brown outs/outages, so it’s pretty much a must have for me. Either you pay upfront with the UPS purchase, or you pay later replacing expensive hardware components. Best to shut your computer off and unplug it during a bad storm or you risk hardware damage. If absolutely must be connected, you can always use your cell phone until bed time.

3 Likes

This topic was automatically closed 2 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.