unable to mount .img file

[squeak24]

I have created a .mg file using DD of a failed hard drive. I have tried usng scalpel and foremost to extract the data, scalpel crashed the computer, and foremost isn't happy as I have files over 2GB. foremost did extract some of the files. Since then I have tried to mount the .img file so I can extract the data that way, but it just isn't working.

The original Hard Drive was formatted as FAT32, in terminal I have inputted

sudo mount -t vfat -o loop /media/Elements/passport2.img /mnt/temp

but it comes up with the following error

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

any ideas what I am doing wrong? I have searched, other people seem to have the same issues, but there is nothing to explain how this has been fixed.

Many thanks in advance.

[mirearts KING SUNNY]

If its a Windows failed drive, then you need windows to securely remove the drive before it can be mounted on Ubuntu. Attach your drive to a windows OS and shutdown the PC. If you have deleted the damaged drive partition, then dont worry... Download the application File Inspector Recovery and run it on windows.

[Van Fanel]

I have a somewhat similar problem:

My hard drive just died on me, but before its death I was able to create an image of the \home partition where my important files are.
Now I wanted to mount this image, but I keep getting the same error message as mentioned above:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

Any ideas how I can mount this image properly? I tried searching Google, but what I've found so far didn't help.

I am also trying to use foremost and scalpel to recover my files from this image. So far I successfully extracted some files, but there are still many that I would like to get my hands on. For example, I have Matlab and Python scripts as well as some binary files that I need to recover. I've been trying some trial and error attempts to recover these files, but so far to no avail.
Does someone have any intel on how to use the config file of scalpel in order to search for these specific file types?

[psusi]

Try as it suggests and look at the output of dmesg | tail.

Also are you sure it is fat32 and not ntfs?

[gmargo]

You can mount using an offset into the image file. Details in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=711773

[linux18]

just try

 sudo mount -o loop /path/to/.img /mount/location

[squeak24]

just try

 sudo mount -o loop /path/to/.img /mount/location

I Tried that and it comes up with

sudo mount -o loop /media/Elements/passport.img /mnt/temp
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

The origional hard drive was FAT32, I have this on a new external hard drive that is NTFS, this is where the image is stored.

You can mount using an offset into the image file. Details in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=711773

I have tried what is in this thread, it comes up with the following:

@bob-ubuntu:~$ fdisk /media/Elements/passport.img
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.

WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
         switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
         sectors (command 'u').

Command (m for help):

[gmargo]

You missed the "-l" option on fdisk. Or you could type a "p" at the command prompt.

[squeak24]

You missed the "-l" option on fdisk. Or you could type a "p" at the command prompt.

When I try that I get

partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help):

I have no idea what is going wrong here, any help is greatly appreciated.

When I try what fdisk suggests it comes up with the following

Command (m for help): c
DOS Compatibility flag is not set

Command (m for help): u
Changing display/entry units to sectors

[psusi]

You missed the "-l" option on fdisk. Or you could type a "p" at the command prompt.

Read this again.