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Old 06-01-2017, 05:08 PM   #1
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Getting an external used Hard Drive to work?


I formatted a used WD 500 GB hard drive... That I intend to use as an external drive for Storage... I formatted it with the Linux Mint 18 1 64-bit distro... Cinnamon Version = 3.2.7... That came with the 4.4.-53-generic Linux Kernel...
I can not access it because it does not show up via the places button that is located in the menu...
Can anyone please tell me what it is that I am missing?
 
Old 06-01-2017, 06:15 PM   #2
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How many partitions did you create on the drive? Or did you just format the drive as one big partition? What file system did you create on the drive? Have you tried to mount the partition(s) on the external HDD with the mount command?

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Old 06-01-2017, 06:38 PM   #3
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Open a terminal, post the results from thi.
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sudo lsblk -f
 
Old 06-01-2017, 07:28 PM   #4
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How many partitions did you create on the drive? Or did you just format the drive as one big partition? What file system did you create on the drive? Have you tried to mount the partition(s) on the external HDD with the mount command?

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I formatted the drive as one big partition...
Partitioning is compatible with all systems and devices (MBR / DOS)

I think the file system is NTFS But not sure and don't know how to find out...

I have never had any experience mounting a partition on a hard drive...And don't have the slightest clue how to go about doing that...
 
Old 06-01-2017, 08:44 PM   #5
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With the drive plugged, what is the output of

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sudo fdisk -l
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Old 06-01-2017, 10:55 PM   #6
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Running the command: sudo parted -l (Lower Case Letter L in the command) will tell you the filesystem type. If you are using Linux Mint, why would you format ntfs which is a proprietary microsoft windows filesystem?
 
Old 06-02-2017, 12:45 AM   #7
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I have been unable to find out how to post a Screen Shot on this forum... So here you are...

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Running the command: sudo parted -l (Lower Case Letter L in the command) will tell you the filesystem type. If you are using Linux Mint, why would you format ntfs which is a proprietary microsoft windows filesystem?
Disk /dev/sda: 90.0GB
Sector size (logical/physcal): 512/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Dish Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kkB 86.8GB 86.8GB primary ext4 boot
2 86.8GB 90.0GB 3218MB extended
3 86.8GB 90.0GB 3218MB logical linux-swap(v1)

Error: /dev/sdb: unreconized disk label
Model: WDC WD50 00AADS-00S9B0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB
Sector size logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partion Table: unknown
Disk Flags:

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Old 06-02-2017, 01:05 AM   #8
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Open a terminal, post the results from thi.
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sudo lsblk -f
Than you for responding... I have spent hours attempting to find out how to post a Screen Shot on this forum... to reply... With no joy...

This also applies to frankbell...

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Old 06-02-2017, 01:58 AM   #9
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Most terminal emulators should support copy-and-paste; certainly on Mint. Or take a photo and attach it here. For Mate desktop looks like Alt-PrntScr for a screenshot (just tested).

I don't know what you did, but the disk ain't usable like that - hence your not seeing it. Easiest would be to install gparted and write a partition table to the disk, then create partition(s). It's a GUI, pretty self-explanatory.
 
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Most terminal emulators should support copy-and-paste; certainly on Mint. Or take a photo and attach it here. For Mate desktop looks like Alt-PrntScr for a screenshot (just tested).

I don't know what you did, but the disk ain't usable like that - hence your not seeing it. Easiest would be to install gparted and write a partition table to the disk, then create partition(s). It's a GUI, pretty self-explanatory.
Thank you... It looks like the copy-and-paste will work... I will likely not be able to get back to you until later today or tomorrow... Got other things to do that need my attention right now...
 
Old 06-02-2017, 08:54 PM   #11
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Error: /dev/sdb: unreconized disk label
Model: WDC WD50 00AADS-00S9B0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB
Sector size logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partion Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
It's fairly obvious what the problem is. You formatted a raw disk and never created a partition on the drive. Partition and format the drive using gparted.
If you're not familiar with how to do that, post back and I'll attempt to walk you through it. It's really not that hard but may be a little confusing if you've never done it before.

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Old 06-02-2017, 09:06 PM   #12
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Old 06-03-2017, 05:02 PM   #13
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It's fairly obvious what the problem is. You formatted a raw disk and never created a partition on the drive. Partition and format the drive using gparted.
If you're not familiar with how to do that, post back and I'll attempt to walk you through it. It's really not that hard but may be a little confusing if you've never done it before.
The disk that I formatted had windows 7 on it... So I don't think it was raw... It shows up when I click on the Disks button in the menu.. G-Parted does not list this disk...
 
Old 06-03-2017, 05:16 PM   #14
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GParted does not recognize the 500 GB disk...

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Old 06-03-2017, 05:46 PM   #15
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with the drive plugged, what is the output of

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