02/28/2025
I just fixed something on my Linux box. This was very simple. I have a 2 TB external drive and was using it with no trouble for a couple years, i think. The other day, I was getting an error message on my Linux Mint 22 box that it could not be mounted and gave an error. I then tried it on my Fedora 41 computer and got the same error. The fix was to open the Disks app on my computer and go into the settings of that disk and select "Filesystem Repair". It is now mounted on my Linux Mint computer again and I am able to use it as normal again. The 2 TB external drive is NTFS and it was initially formatted using a Windows computer. Let this be a lesson to everyone. Errors on the computer WILL happen. If you do not know what to do, someone else will. Make a simple call or email to someone and get your computer fixed. The fix for this drive took me less than 5 minutes from start to finish.