Fix FAT32 flash drive reading errors
When you connect the flash drive to Ubuntu, a window is displayed:
Не удалось показать всё содержимое объекта «Transcend»:
Ошибка при получении информации о файле «/media/hostel/Transcend/T┬¿▌▐|.k¡»: Ошибка ввода/вывода
ls -la outputs this:
ls: невозможно получить доступ к '½è'$'\032''v]^1µ.nzg': Ошибка ввода/вывода
ls: невозможно получить доступ к 'T┬¿'$'\035''▌'$'\f''▐|.k'$'\016''¡': Ошибка ввода/вывода
ls: невозможно получить доступ к ' '$'\034''efτ'$'\017''µé.ñ┤%': Ошибка ввода/вывода
ls: невозможно получить доступ к '┴╞í.}btá.ëuü': Ошибка ввода/вывода
ls: невозможно получить доступ к ''$'\b''ƒ$v'$'\034''⌡É▌.╢B│': Ошибка ввода/вывода
The FAT32 file system. In Windows, it generally says "format the disk".
What happened? Did the FAT table fly? A cryptographic virus? How to understand and fix it?
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This is a Chinese flash drive. The declared size is significantly larger than the real one (4 times or more).
How to check the actual size of the flash drive:
- Format the flash drive to fat32 or any other file system. View the size - it will be slightly less than the stated size (sometimes more, or about the same)
- Write some files to it for the entire size of the flash drive (audio books, mp3 collection, etc.)
- After the memory on the flash drive runs out, it is safe (!!) remove from the usb and pull out physically.
- Plug it back in (you can use another USB), mount it to the OS and copy the entire contents of the flash drive back to the hard drive, then try to read any files from the hard drive.
If at any of the stages we get the error described in the question (i.e. krakozyabry in the names of files/dirrectorias and the inability to read information from a flash drive/disk), we repeat all the operations, but the total size of the files is 2 times smaller - so we find out the real size of the flash drive..
P.S. such a flash drive can become a pleasant gift to a friend or a secret flash drive. (!!)
P. P. S. I had a couple of these-I threw them in a hurry..