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Hello,

I still have the same problem. I tried to "safely remove" another hard drive, and that seems to be working.

Any ideas how I can properly reformat the problematic hard drives?

Thanks!

Issue solved!

I found a thread with a solution: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11461408#post11461408

Idem dito!
Thanks for this info! The audio on my Mini 9 is working again!

Hello,

After installing the entire list of updates suggested by the "Update Manager" the audio doesn't work anymore. Both, speakers and output line.

From my understanding the audio card and...

Since most of the files were recovered and the original problem was (partly) solved, the above mentioned new problem is posted in a new thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1849361

Currently my screen freezes (or becomes black) when I "safely remove" my formatted external hard drives (one older, one new).

This problem only started after I formatted the hard drives in...

Hi,

I'm back.
It took some time but I was able to recover some of the files (about 1/3). I had backup of most of the data, but did not yet have the time to backup some important pictures. I'm...

That is not the news I was hoping for...

I will give it a try. I'll first need to find a new storage place...

The command: "sudo fsck /dev/sdb1" seemed to work. Now I have a list with tthe folders followed by "Start does point to root directory. Deleting dir."

It finishes by saying:
Reclaimed 87655457...

The code "sudo blkid" shows me 3 lines: /dev/sda1, /dev/sda5, and /dev/sdb1. The latter one: "/dev/sdb1: LABEL="USB-HDD" UUID="281A-0DE9" TYPE="vfat"" So I thought this is the one.

The command...

Ok, that is clear. I properly disconnected the HDD several times, but no change. I also tried to do this on another computer with windows xp: same issue.

Hi, I tried to use the listed commands. In-between a list of files (or folders) appeared in my terminal but after closing the terminal the problem does not seem to be solved. Still only folders, no...

Maybe I do not understand your suggestion.

From my understanding the hard drive cannot be powered down. It is only connected with a USB slot and can merely be "ejected" or "savely removed". Just...

While window with list of folders from external hard drive was open on my desktop, the cable of external hard drive was disconnected.

After that, all files (different types) disappeared from my...

Hello again,

I managed to solve the problem!

Today I was able to get a wired internet connection. In package manager I tried to start checking the available not installed "bcmwl" packages....

Thanks again!

I will need to try and find a wired connection this weekend.

It said

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning: Network is down

In case someone can do something with this info:

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.


eth0 no wireless extensions.

rfkill list:

1: compal-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: compal-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
...

Following your link (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide/Commands#lshw) the interface shows the following information:



*-network DISABLED
...

Unfortunately I don't know how I can find this information.

Thank you for the quick reaction!

Since it won't be that easy for me to find a wired connection soon, I would be happy to hear if you or someone else knows another solution by downloading a...

Hello,

I just installed ubuntu 10.04 on my dell mini 9 and now my computer doesn`t detect wireless networks.

It is like a vague dejavu: the same happened when I installed an earlier ubuntu...

Hello,

Recently I had a similar problem with the mic after I shifted from windows to ubuntu 9.1 (netbook remix). After reading various contributions on various fora I tried one of the most simple...