Sandisk cruizer blade 8GB

[#1]

The Desktop icon for my Sandisk Cruizer blade 8GB has disappeared (Mint 11)
Using DMESG I can see it in the following line
3028.554538] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access    SanDisk  Cruzer Blade    1.00 PQ
Any easy way I can restore the icon ?

[#2]

Is that all you see in dmesg when its plugged in?
You should see something like

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[ 2786.440020] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 [ 2786.574144] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 2786.870929] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 2786.871067] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 2786.871224] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 2786.871227] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 2786.873668] usb-storage: device found at 3 [ 2786.873672] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 2791.872719] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 2791.873312] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access    Multi    Flash Reader    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 2791.873923] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [ 2792.417048] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 1999872 512-byte logical blocks: (1.02 GB/976 MiB) [ 2792.417783] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 2792.417786] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [ 2792.417789] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2792.420665] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2792.420671]  sdb: sdb1 [ 2792.424903] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2792.424908] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

[#3]

You haven't used "Ubuntu Tweak" and turned off the "show mounted volumes on desktop" or used something similar have you?
This will stop the icon being displayed on the desktop.

[#4]

Quote from: MisterW

Is that all you see in dmesg when its plugged in? You should see something like Quote [ 2786.440020] usb 1-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 [ 2786.574144] usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 2786.870929] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 2786.871067] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 2786.871224] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 2786.871227] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 2786.873668] usb-storage: device found at 3 [ 2786.873672] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 2791.872719] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 2791.873312] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Multi    Flash Reader     1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 2791.873923] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [ 2792.417048] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 1999872 512-byte logical blocks: (1.02 GB/976 MiB) [ 2792.417783] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 2792.417786] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [ 2792.417789] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2792.420665] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2792.420671]  sdb: sdb1 [ 2792.424903] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 2792.424908] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

No. There is pages of the stuff.

Quote from: Hairy

You haven't used "Ubuntu Tweak" and turned off the "show mounted volumes on desktop" or used something similar have you? This will stop the icon being displayed on the desktop.

No not used Ubuntu tweak, all other desktop icons are displayed.

[#5]

Is it mounted? Does it show in Nautilus just not on the desktop or is it not mounting?

[#6]

It shows up in disk utility.
Can't see it in Nautilus

[#7]

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No. There is pages of the stuff.

Yes I appreciate that, but what we are interested in is the last few lines generated by inserting the USB key. They are at the end of the list and  start with the

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...new high speed USB device...

[#8]

using lsusb I get,
lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0781:5567 SanDisk Corp. Cruszer Blade
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 11b0:6148 ATECH FLASH TECHNOLOGY
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 050d:935a Belkin Components
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bc2:3300 Seagate RSS LLC
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[#9]

and this is the last section using dmesg,
  377.250532] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access    SanDisk  Cruzer Blade    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[  377.251136] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0
[  377.255015] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] 15625216 512-byte logical blocks: (8.00 GB/7.45 GiB)
[  377.257384] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off
[  377.257387] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[  377.258133] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] No Caching mode page present
[  377.258136] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  377.262131] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] No Caching mode page present
[  377.262134] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  377.272524]  sdh: unknown partition table
[  377.277124] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] No Caching mode page present
[  377.277128] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Assuming drive cache: write through
[  377.277131] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk
[  410.006748] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data->length = 571
[  530.007435] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 4(4) BSS returned, data->length = 571
[  650.008080] ===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. 5(5) BSS returned, data->length = 707

[#10]

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sdh: unknown partition table

There's the problem. Looks like the drive is corrupt and therefore is not being mounted.
I was going to suggest using the disc check in the disc utility but I doubt that will work if as from the above it looks like the partition table is corrupt. Does it work in a Windows box ?. What does GParted think of it ?

[#11]

Using gparted is beyond my skill at present... have downloaded it but will need to read through the documentation to see how it works,
Will get back to you if I get any further.
Tried the cruzer blade on a second machine running windows but nothing shows up (even in disk management) ((Windows 7))

[#12]

You can just install gparted from synaptic ( package manager ). Then just run it and select the drive from the drop down list then just print the screen and post it. Should look something like the one attached
 

[#13]

Thanks for that. Gparted  shows the cruzer blade as both partition and filesystem unallocated    size 7.45 GiB
Further info shows  Warning /dev/sdh: unrecognised disk label
\where do I go from here ?

[#14]

I assume there was nothing you wanted on the drive!, it doesn't look like its readable anyway.
Here's a guide on how to partition a USB drive with gparted. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17001/how-to-format-a-usb-drive-in-ubuntu-using-gparted/
Make ABSOLUTELY sure you select the correct drive ( and then double check! ) before you create the partition and format it.
You want the File System as FAT32 then it will be compatible with Windows.

[#15]

OK created it and partitioned it but when I try to mount it using    sudo mount /dev/sdh  I get  can't find /dev/sdh in etc/fstab or etc/mtab.
Am I using the wrong command or do I need to do something else to mount it ?