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I just installed Ubuntu, because Windows XP is no longer supported. I only use this old PC for internet and music.

Installation went OK. But now that I want to load everything I backed up, my 320gb HD isn't showing up in "Computer", but it does show up in BIOS, and Terminal, and Disk Utility!?

Can I do anything to make it show up in "Computer"? If so, how?

If not, then is there another way to load all my files?

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I assume that you have installed Ubuntu on 320GB HD which you have already used for WinXP.

The problem may occur if you have selected "Erase and Use the entire disk" option while installing Ubuntu which might have formatted your partition.

If not, please check whether you see any disk drives under "Devices" option to the left, while viewing the "Home" folder. By double clicking on the devices, it will mount automatically and you can see the files that are in Windows Xp.

Please provide some more details to give you the correct answer.

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  • After Clicking the "Home Folder", the only thing that shows up in "Devices" is "Floppy Drive".
    – user269760
    Apr 17, 2014 at 4:57
  • The HD does show up in Disk Utility, BIOS, and Terminal. I even ran that "Smart Data Test" on that, and it passed.Ubuntu is the only Operation System currently on this PC now, as I erased Windows XP from it.
    – user269760
    Apr 17, 2014 at 5:01
  • I've tried Disconnecting it, and reconnecting it, then restarting the PC to see if that would help any, but Nope. It still won't show up. I also connected an external HD to this PC to see if it wo9uld show up, and it did. Under "Devices" it shows it, but not the 320gb Internal HD.
    – user269760
    Apr 17, 2014 at 5:05
  • If Ubuntu is installed on the 320GB hard disk, then it will NOT shown under "Devices". Since you have erased XP, all the data might have been formatted. Just post me the output of df -lh
    – Naga2Raja
    Apr 17, 2014 at 7:47
  • Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 292G 3.6G 273G 2% / udev 991M 4.0K 991M 1% /dev tmpfs 200M 836K 200M 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 1000M 80K 1000M 1% /run/shm
    – user269760
    Apr 18, 2014 at 23:38

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