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I installed a game on my PS3 which is formatted for FAT32 and it corrupted the drive. (The same game did the same thing on another PS3. Rats.) I need to recover the drive but am a Mac user. Can I install Ubuntu on my (older) (Intel 2.8 Ghz dual from 2007) Mac and use a disk utility in Ubuntu to attempt to recover the drive? Does Ubuntu work with FAT32 drives? I don't have access to a Windows machine, so that's out.

Thanks for the info.

Binky

Binky Melnilk
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Install the package dosfstools

sudo apt-get install dosfstools

and run the command (change to suite your partition number and device letter)

sudo dosfsck -r /dev/sdb1

repeatedly until there are no more errors.

ubfan1
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  • Thanks, ubfan1; this is zactly what I needed! I feel hopeful that this is gonna bring my drive back, assuming it's not totally hosed! I appreciate your help a lot! – Binky Melnilk Jan 18 '15 at 15:44
  • Well, nuts; I'm too new to upvote you yet. Moreover, I don't know anything about Ubuntu yet, so it'd be a strain to post enough to earn myself enough rep to be able to upvote you. Argh. Please let's pretend I upvoted you. (banging head on desk) – Binky Melnilk Jan 19 '15 at 13:02
  • Don't worry about the upvote, but you should be able to mark the answer as accepted. – ubfan1 Jan 19 '15 at 18:16
  • I'm not seeing an "accepted" button anywhere. Would love to be able to close the question. I'm running Safari on an iPad. If a friendly admin is able to do it for me, I'd be grateful. I swear I've scrolled all over the page, and don't see it anywhere. – Binky Melnilk Jan 20 '15 at 01:25
  • I clicked a star, and it turned into a check mark. Perhaps that did the trick? – Binky Melnilk Jan 20 '15 at 01:27
  • The accept button is a circled checkmark below the number and below the down-vote tick, next to the answer. See http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1137/how-do-i-accept-an-answer – ubfan1 Jan 20 '15 at 07:42
  • It's actually a circled star; it turns into a check mark after it's clicked. It's not intuitive, but it did the job! – Binky Melnilk Jan 20 '15 at 16:07
  • I hope this means the question is now closed so that people won't feel the need to read the question in an attempt to help out? – Binky Melnilk Jan 20 '15 at 16:07
  • The circled star is just a "favorites" button on the question. The acceptance circled checkmark is on the answer, and when selected, turns green. So no, the question is still "open" = "no ans accepted yet". – ubfan1 Jan 20 '15 at 19:58
  • Alright. I selected the check mark I received when I tapped the star. It's now green. That wasn't so very convoluted! – Binky Melnilk Jan 20 '15 at 20:42