Can't log into Ubuntu in dual boot with Windows

[tacolandia]

The SSD is attached that had Ubuntu, it is seen in windows, but files can't be read there. I can't access Ubuntu anymore. I was wondering if I should trust the SSD still or replace it and reinstall Ubuntu.

[tacolandia]

mint@mint:~$ lsblk -e 7 -o name,fstype,size,fsused,label,partlabel,mountpoint ,uuid,partuuid
NAME FSTYPE SIZE FSUSED LABEL PARTLABEL MOUNTPOINT UUID PARTUUID
sda 0B
sdb 14.9G
└─sdb1 vfat 14.9G 2.6G /cdrom C270-0D97 aeba4e92-01
nvme0n1 953.9G
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat 100M EFI system partition 5478-1FD7 d764402b-115d-4e11-b06d-28f43361dbd7
├─nvme0n1p2 16M Microsoft reserved partition 9b45626c-8371-48d0-b40b-e368350c5606
├─nvme0n1p3 ntfs 953.2G 640.2G Basic data partition /media/mint/6C587B7E587B463C 6C587B7E587B463C 3a663434-a8c3-4450-9773-9e5b214eb791
├─nvme0n1p4 ntfs 569M 1CFA7CDDFA7CB51C c61ac5e4-71ec-4752-b8a2-bb92f2ade510
└─nvme0n1p5 1M e21a4ce4-ba59-47af-be57-727a5f8682bd

[oldfred]

It sees an empty drive.
sda 0B

You can see if smartstatus says anything about drive.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools
In Disks alias gnome-disks you can click on icon in upper right corner and see Smart Status
https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/H...orts_ATA_542.1
Smart Data
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....4#post13965854

[tacolandia]

Ok I'll check that out thanks. When I initially installed dual boot I did it twice so there may be leftover partitions or something

[tacolandia]

does this mean there is likely an issue with the drive hardware?

mint@mint:~$ sudo smartctl -s on /dev/sda
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.0-76-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Short INQUIRY response, skip product id
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
mint@mint:~$ sudo smartctl -s on -T permissive /dev/sda
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.0-76-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Short INQUIRY response, skip product id
=== START OF ENABLE/DISABLE COMMANDS SECTION ===
unable to fetch IEC (SMART) mode page [scsi response fails sanity test]
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.

[oldfred]

sudo smartctl -s on /dev/sda

I do not think command includes "on" as key word?

I have seen & used:
sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sda

Or this which I just ran and shows passed.

fred@z170-noble:~$ sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda 
[sudo] password for fred:  
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.8.0-31-generic] (local build) 
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org 

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === 
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

[tacolandia]

I get this

```
mint@mint:~$ sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sda
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.0-76-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Short INQUIRY response, skip product id
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
```

or this

```
mint@mint:~$ sudo smartctl -T permissive -t short /dev/sda
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.0-76-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Short INQUIRY response, skip product id
Short Background Self Test has begun
Use smartctl -X to abort test
mint@mint:~$
```

[tacolandia]

or this

mint@mint:~$ sudo smartctl -H /dev/sda
smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.0-76-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Short INQUIRY response, skip product id
A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.

[tacolandia]

I don't see the 2 TB drive here, maybe I should just replace it

mint@mint:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 2.3G 1 loop /rofs
sda 8:0 0 0B 0 disk
sdb 8:16 1 14.9G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 14.9G 0 part /cdrom
nvme0n1 259:0 0 953.9G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 100M 0 part
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 16M 0 part
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 953.2G 0 part /media/mint/6C587B7E587B463C
├─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 569M 0 part
└─nvme0n1p5 259:5 0 1M 0 part

mint@mint:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 2.3 GiB, 2473005056 bytes, 4830088 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 953.87 GiB, 1024209543168 bytes, 2000409264 sectors
Disk model: INTEL SSDPEKNW010T8
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 5BB98305-EBEC-4329-BDA9-FA7657CA7E65

Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 206847 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 206848 239615 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/nvme0n1p3 239616 1999239109 1998999494 953.2G Microsoft basic data
/dev/nvme0n1p4 1999239168 2000404479 1165312 569M Windows recovery environment
/dev/nvme0n1p5 2000406528 2000408575 2048 1M Linux filesystem


Disk /dev/sdb: 14.91 GiB, 16008609792 bytes, 31266816 sectors
Disk model: Cruzer Glide
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xaeba4e92

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 32 31266815 31266784 14.9G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

[tacolandia]

But then I'm not sure why Windows detects it, though it can't read from it.