input output error

[hui xu]

Hi JoeHill,

My comuputer contains windows XP and readhat 7.3, So
the harddisk may accidentally connect to windows xp
when I use windows ops. I have tried -t command, but
it still doesn't work. The following is the error
message:

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  mount -t vfat  /dev/sda /bigfeet

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
/dev/sda, or too many mounted file systems



mount -t ext3  /dev/sda /bigfeet

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
/dev/sda, or too many mounted file systems

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Thanks!
Louie







--- JoeHill <joehill-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> hui xu left a post-it on the fridge:
> 
> > Could anybody tell me how to recover the data from
> my
> > harddisk? My problem is:
> > 
> > I have stored all my photoes and software in an
> > harddi sk connected by USB to my linux box. I have
> not
> > used it for half year. recently I try to mount (
> mount
> > -a /dev/sda /bigfoot) it to my linux box to get
> the
> > data, I got the errors "/dev/sda: Input/output
> error 
> > mount: you must specify the filesystem type"
> 
> Was the drive connected to a Windows box during the
> half year of misuse? What
> happens if you try to specify the filesystem type
> with 'mount -t'?
> 
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