Topic: The Check Option - Caused an issue....
Since check warns that you could loose your data I'm not sure that what I'm reporting is a bug or not. Ever since I have been trying to make a switch from windows to linux, there is one option that has been holding me back. In linux there is no simple check disk. I thought I found one in gparted. It made sense to me because it looks like it is a graphical interface for a simple fsck command. I decided to give it a try on one of my USB drives. The USB drive was formated to FAT32. I used gparted to unmount the drive and then I ran check. It gave me the warning and I said ok to that. It ran the command and everything checked out fine. And yet something about the drive changed. While Linux has no problems seeing and using the drive, Windows gives me an error message telling me that it does not recognize the format and asks me to format. Windows is not the only OS that wouldn't recognize it anymore. I also have a TV with a USB port that is able to playback mp4 videos. It also could no longer see the drive. When I ran gparted again, I checked to see what file system was on the drive. It said fat 32. I moved the data off the drive and now I have it connected to a windows computer reformatting it. I'm curious if any of you can replicate this issue.
It is probably this one: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ … 0_USB.html