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HDD not detected

Asked by zid1988

Hey friends!
       I am Om. I have downloaded the Ubuntu 10.4.1 LTS and installed it via a pendrive (flash drive). It installed successfully. But the problem is that, now I want to connect another hard drive in my PC. Despite it has been detected in the BIOS menu, but when I am booting with Ubuntu, the new HDD which I have attached is not showing in the My Computer section.
I hope you guys have understood what I am trying to say. Please help.
                                                                                                       ~Thanks!
                                                                                                            Om

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#1

there no MY COMPUTER in ubuntu. that's a windoze reference.
look under PLACES and it should show up there.
if it doesn't, you'll have to manually mount it. it's not necessary if you have one of the common off-the-shelf drives that are available at retail outlets.

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zid1988 (zid1988) said : 		#2

Ok. Yeah right PLACES.. But i am very sorry to say that the 2nd HDD is not showing in the PLACES too :(
I dont know how to manually mount it cos I am new to the Ubuntu world.. So please tell me, how am I suppose to access the second HDD which I have attached recently?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.. :)
~Thanks.
     Om.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Please open a terminal and type:

sudo fdisk -l

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

copy and paste result here...

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zid1988 (zid1988) said : 		#4

@marcobra:
Hi friend, I have done exactly what u have told me.. and here is the result.. :)

[sudo] password for abhay:

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x50d550d4

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 121600 976751968+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e298f

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 18707 150256640 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 18707 19458 6031361 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 18707 19458 6031360 82 Linux swap / Solaris

PLEASE ADVICE...
~Thanks
      Om

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Best Theodotos Andreou (theodotos) said : 		#5

Try to access the drive from Terminal. Use this command:

  sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt

See if that works. If there are eny errors paste the output here.

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zid1988 (zid1988) said : 		#6

Thanks Theodotos Andreou, that solved my question.