Next time this happens, please check "dmesg", and record it. You could e. g. put it onto an USB stick, or copy it to a remote host with something like
$ dmesg | sudo tee /run/dmesg.txt $ scp /run/dmesg.txt user@some.server: It for sure sounds like what Philip said, the disk getting mounted read- only due to file system corruption. ** Package changed: udisks2 (Ubuntu) => ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1424062 Title: Disk suddenly became unaccesible (all of it) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1424062/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs