On Saturday 16 Mar 2013 19:18:07 Roger Munford wrote:
> I suspect that the he didn't eject before removing (he is away so I
> cannot ask).
A mid-write removal can do wierd things. It's quite possible that either the
file system or partition table is trashed.
> I cannot format the disk and am trying testdisk but so far it seems that
> little can be done. Is it worth persevering? The data isn't important,
> perhaps the experience will be.
Have you tried rebuilding the partition table with fdisk and then rebuilding
the FS with mkfs?
I suspect this is a case of lack of familiarity with the OS, rather than a
problem with the OS itself.
Cheers,
Tim B.
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