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My external hard drive via usb is not recognized at all, no mount options. NTFS format

Asked by Justin Albney

I updated to 10.04 from 9.04 (i did not test the hdd on 9.04 so I don't know if it worked on that version). My Hitachi 40GB laptop hdd that I have an IDE/SATA to USB 2.0 adapter connecting it to my laptop does not get recognized. Device manager does not pop up, and sudo fdisk -l only shows my 250GB internal hdd. I have not tried any other USB devices so I dont know if this is the only thing it wont read. The hdd is in NTFS format

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Mario Tomljenović (tomljenovicmario) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

lsusb

with HDD plugged in.

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Justin Albney (just89daddy) said : 		#2

justin@justin:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:8140 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 360 Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#3

It seems your disk is seen on USB bus.
Can you post result of command:
   sudo parted -l
where "-l" is lower case "-L".

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Justin Albney (just89daddy) said : 		#4

justin@justin:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA ST9250320AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
 1 32.3kB 244GB 244GB primary ext4 boot
 2 244GB 250GB 6161MB extended
 5 244GB 250GB 6161MB logical linux-swap(v1)

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#5

sudo apt-get gparted
then System->Administration->Gparted
but I'm not very optimistic.

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Best delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#6

Can you post also /etc/fstab.

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#7

Hello,
If your issue is solved, could you mark "Solved" in Launchap.
If an answer helped you to fix issue, use it to mark solved, else could you provide your solution.
If you still have problem, I will have some time this week to follow your issue.

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Justin Albney (just89daddy) said : 		#8

I installed windows 7 and the hdd is still not recognized. guess there must be a problem with the hdd itself. time to buy a new one!

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Justin Albney (just89daddy) said : 		#9

Thanks delance, that solved my question.