Okay, so let me tell you about this little headache I had with my external drive the other day. I was trying to use it with my Linux machine, and it kept giving me this annoying “not unmounted cleanly” message. It’s not a big deal, but it’s just one of those things that bugs you, you know?
So, I plugged in my external SSD, which is formatted with exFAT, because I use it across different operating systems. Every time I mounted it, I saw this message in my system logs:
FUSE exfat 1.3.0WARN: volume was not unmounted cleanly.
It basically means that the last time the drive was used, it wasn’t properly ejected or unmounted. Maybe the computer was shut down abruptly, or maybe I just yanked it out without thinking.
At first, I ignored it. I mean, the drive still worked, right? I could still access my files. But then, I started worrying about potential data corruption. Better safe than sorry, as they say. So, I decided to do something about it.
First thing I did was check the /etc/fstab file to see if my drive was listed there with some weird settings. But nope, it wasn’t there at all. It just was auto-mounted on plug-in.
I remembered reading somewhere that fsck could help with this, it’s like a disk check utility. So I fired up the terminal and tried running * /dev/sdX1, but I replaced sdX1 with my drive’s actual identifier, which was sdb1 in my case. You can usually find that out using lsblk or dmesg. However, I ran into a small hiccup when I tried to use sudo for elevated privileges.
After making the necessary adjustments, I reran the command. And guess what? It started fixing things! I just let it do its thing, and after a few minutes, it was done.
Now, when I mount the drive, no more warnings! It’s clean and happy. I felt pretty good about myself, not gonna lie. Just a small victory, but it’s satisfying to fix these little tech annoyances.
My Simple Summary
If you ever see that “not unmounted cleanly” message for your exFAT drive, don’t panic. Just run on it, and it should clear things up. Remember to replace the device identifier with your actual one. Oh, and don’t forget to use sudo. It’s always a good idea to properly unmount your drives, but hey, we all make mistakes sometimes. Just a little something I learned, and I thought I’d share it with you all.
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