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I am relatively new to Ubuntu, and I'm having trouble with the computer not recognizing my USB hard drive. It is an 80GB (I can't remember the manufacturer). I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Inspiron 600m. I have been through every answer I could Google to no avail.

Please help!

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Can you see it in disk utility? If so, can you mount it from there? – Jobi Carter Jul 6 '12 at 20:57
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Add details from output of lsusb, with and without device attached. – david6 Jul 6 '12 at 22:33
Please also add (also by editing your question) the output of dmesg | tail -20. Run that about 10 seconds after plugging the device into your computer and (if it's not already on) turning it on. After running that, please run sudo fdisk -l and mount, and add the output of those commands too. – Eliah Kagan Jul 7 '12 at 12:12

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