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goodfella

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Registered: 2010-09-13

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[solved] alpha 2 does not see hdd with ntfs partitions

i pop in a hdd on which i have a windows partition storage and backup partition and non of them appear in file manager or we it is(im on my windows box so i cant check)
anyway to fix that?

and if theres no way
is there anyway to partition the linux partition so it could be opened in windows?

thanks.

Last edited by goodfella (2010-10-13 16:39:43)

Unia

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Re: [solved] alpha 2 does not see hdd with ntfs partitions

You can't open Linux partitions (ext2/3/4 formatted) in Windows. There are several programs claiming to do this, but I have yet to find one that actually works. As for your Windows partition in Linux, did you try to mount in manually?

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goodfella

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Re: [solved] alpha 2 does not see hdd with ntfs partitions

You can't open Linux partitions (ext2/3/4 formatted) in Windows. There are several programs claiming to do this, but I have yet to find one that actually works. As for your Windows partition in Linux, did you try to mount in manually?

what do you mean manually?

edit; oh i figured it out now but what is the command to mount the partition/hdd i can only find for floppy and cdrom

Last edited by goodfella (2010-10-13 15:07:10)

Unia

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Re: [solved] alpha 2 does not see hdd with ntfs partitions

Guess that's a no Alright, run these commands in a terminal to mount your drive manually:

First, make a mountpoint for your drive:

sudo mkdir /media/nameyouwanttogiveyourdevice

Then find the correct path to your drive. Again, run this command in a terminal:

sudo fdisk -l

Look for the device that is the one you want to mount; you want to remember the part under "Device" (/dev/sdx, where x is the letter found with your device). When you got that, run

sudo mount /dev/sd.. /media/nameyougaveyourdevice

and you're done! If it's not listed on the left of Thunar (your filemanager), you can browse to it. I assume you know how that works, if not, just ask

EDIT: For extra info, take a look here:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/mountlinux

Last edited by Unia (2010-10-13 15:10:05)

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goodfella

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Registered: 2010-09-13

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Re: [solved] alpha 2 does not see hdd with ntfs partitions

Guess that's a no Alright, run these commands in a terminal to mount your drive manually:

First, make a mountpoint for your drive:

sudo mkdir /media/nameyouwanttogiveyourdevice

Then find the correct path to your drive. Again, run this command in a terminal:

sudo fdisk -l

Look for the device that is the one you want to mount; you want to remember the part under "Device" (/dev/sdx, where x is the letter found with your device). When you got that, run

sudo mount /dev/sd.. /media/nameyougaveyourdevice

and you're done! If it's not listed on the left of Thunar (your filemanager), you can browse to it. I assume you know how that works, if not, just ask

EDIT: For extra info, take a look here:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/mountlinux

done that but it does not appear in thunar
can u tell me please how to browse to it
sorry im a noob ;s

Unia

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Re: [solved] alpha 2 does not see hdd with ntfs partitions

Open up Thunar, on the left you should see something like "File system". Click on that, it should open and you should see lots of folders. Open the one called Media and you should see a folder named exactly like you named your drive, with "sudo mkdir /media/nameyouwanttogiveyourdevice".

If it's not there, something's wrong.

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goodfella

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Registered: 2010-09-13

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Re: [solved] alpha 2 does not see hdd with ntfs partitions

Open up Thunar, on the left you should see something like "File system". Click on that, it should open and you should see lots of folders. Open the one called Media and you should see a folder named exactly like you named your drive, with "sudo mkdir /media/nameyouwanttogiveyourdevice".

If it's not there, something's wrong.

thanks so much Unia <3

you already helped me twice

Unia

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Re: [solved] alpha 2 does not see hdd with ntfs partitions

You're welcome

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