Issues with external HDD including USB, Firewire (IEE1394) and e-sata connections as well as issues relating to mounting, formatting and partitioning.
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WD external HD no working
I have a password protection on my external HDD and in windows I'm always prompted to input the password when I connect my external HDD to it. But in Ubuntu it mounts fine but it does not request me ...
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Formatting External Hard Drives
Is there any way I can re-format my external hard drive to accept larger data files without erasing the current stored data on the drive??
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Is there a way to rename an external hard drive?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I have a couple of WD external drives. The problem is, they all show up in the file manager as "Elements" which can get confusing. Is there a way to rename one or both of ...
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Failed Install on external HDD (bootloader installed at wrong place)
I installed Ubuntu using "Erase and use the entire disk" on my external hard drive.
Now the problem is that the bootloader was installed on my internal hard drive from my PC
instead of installing it ...
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Damaged external NTFS hard disk
A few days ago, I used my external hard disk (a 2TB Seagate) in order to transfer some files on Windows Vista. During that, I noticed some malfunctions on my system (it was running too slow, Windows ...
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Safely Unmount External Drive on Lubuntu
I'm using Lubuntu and have an external hard drive.
I would like to safely unmount the external hard drive.
Clicking the eject button in the file manager unmounts the drive, but does not power it ...
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Copy file to External Hard Disk
My UBUNTU (desktop part) do not boot completely because of low disk;
When I log-in to terminal by username and password, try to copy some file from /home/UserName/Desktop to my external hard disk by ...
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Cannot boot to USB after I installed plugins and such
So I blew one of my HDs and decided to set up a Ubuntu 12.04 standalone system on my USB HD. Worked fine, but then I decided to create a startup CD that would incorporate my basic setup needs, so that ...
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Why does my external hard drive not boot
Since the C drive on my dell dimension 4600 has little space left on it, I decided to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a USB, load Ubuntu to my Iomega 250 GB external hard drive. I used 2gb for mount ...
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File operations not permitted on ntfs file system on Thoshiba 1TB external hard disk in Ubuntu 11.10
Recently I buy a Thoshiba external hard disk. And I make a NTFS partition. Now it is read only mode in Ubuntu 11.10. Now I can't able to copy from my system / create folder in HDD. But copying from ...
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External hard drive detects first and then gives an error in Ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 today. But the system is not seeing the external NTFS hard drive. It detects and then gives an error. dmesg shows the following....
[ 768.306061] usb 5-1: new high-speed USB ...
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Can and should UDF be used as a hard drive format?
Several time recently I've seen UDF suggested as the solution to a cross platform format for a drive used on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows XP and above.
I've searched here and not found the same ...
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Suspend or hibernate Ubuntu running from an external USB Hard drive (or flash drive)?
I have Ubuntu 13.04 installed on a external USB hard drive and I have been using it without any major issues in different computers. However, I recently was working on something important and decided ...
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Windows doesn't recognize external hard-drive after installing Ubuntu (on internal hard-drive)
I have installed ubuntu on my internal hard-drive using windows ubuntu installer and everything worked perfectly. I am able to run both windows7 and ubuntu.
I also have an external hard-drive which I ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a HDD
I recently purchased a 2TB WD MyBook external hard-drive with the intention of installing Ubuntu on it in a way that will allow me to simply plug it in to any computer and boot MY Ubuntu from ...
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Change Ownership of External Hard Drive?
I recently bought an external hard drive on Ebay, I received it and plugged it into my laptop and when I tried moving files onto it, it refused me to drag them on. I looked into the properties of the ...
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Unable to mount Iomega HDD
Need help to read files off of an external hard drive.
Unable to mount Iomega HDD
Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/justin/Iomega HDD:
Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o ...
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how to install ubuntu permanetly, while being already booted to ubuntu 12.04.2 trough a external HDD?
nothing to provide here..how to install ubuntu permanetly, while being already booted to ubuntu 12.04.2 trough a external HDD and not being able to go back to windows?
I tried the suggestion with ...
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Dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10
I can't boot into Windows 7 from GRUB, or can't boot into Linux from Windows 7
I have 2 HDD, on 1 I have Windows 7 and on other I have Linux. Both HDD are working properly.
Help me to correct dual ...
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USB External Hard drive unplugged but still shows up!
I am running on Ubuntu 12.04. I have physically unplugged an external hard drive from my laptop, but for some reason it is still shown as mounted in Nautilus. When trying to get rid of it by ...
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Convert 750GB NTFS USB drive to universally compatible file format from Lucid command line
So I have a 750GB USB drive (technically it's a housed 2.5inch drive but I have only laptops with no free bays, nor eSATA adaptors) which is currently formatted to NTFS. It's currently only using 23Gb ...
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My USB HDD won't turn off (Western Digital 1,5TB)
I can't turn off my external disk (western digital 1,5 TB).
Clicking on remove safely the HDD tries to turn off but it goes on a loop and after that it can't be mounted again without being unplugged.
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Transfer speeds - running Ubuntu from external HDD via eSATA
Would it be too slow to run Ubuntu from an external HDD via eSATA or would I not tell the difference?
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Installing Ubuntu 13.04 on external HDD safer than dual boot with windows 8 on samsung NP780z5e
With all the Samsung/Linux boot scares, I am wondering would it be safer to just install to an external HDD. I have a Samsung Chronos Series 7 touchsreen NP780Z5e. Please help I love my Linux been ...
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ubuntu external usb 2 hdd very slow
I got a external HDD with 2 partitions one NTFS ad one HFSPlus connected to PC via USB 2.0.
I can not copy from NTFS and the copy process from HFS runs at 1MB/s at most (average 500 kb/s).
The ...
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Slow transfer with WD 1TB on Compaq Presario
some time ago my external drive, a WD of 1 TB as started being very slow
I thought the problem was fixed when before i installed 13.04, the transfer rate went up to normal ~15MB/s while i was on the ...
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Set default folders to external HDD permanently
I use an external hard drive for my videos and pictures. I've used Ubuntu Tweak to change the path of those two default folders to the folders on my external HDD. Getting to this point is no problem ...
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Cannot access external usb HDD after DBus error
I have a interesting problem. When I plugged my external usb hdd into my desktop PC, Ubuntu showed me that:
DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending
A ...
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Can Ubuntu access files within an old operating system on an External Hard Drive?
My laptop is dying (motherboard issue) and I'm due to receive my new laptop tomorrow. I'm considering converting the current hard drive (SATA, 350GB) into an external hard drive using a SATA-to-USB ...
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Shotwell: Storing part of library on external HDD
I am trying to sort out my Ubuntu photo workflow, and I wondered if anyone could offer some advice.
I store my photo library on an external HDD, which is on my desk at home. I would like to be able ...
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USB 3.0 drive not working in Kubuntu 12.10
I have a laptop that has USB 3.0 ports only and my portable HD doesn't work on it.
I have a desktop that runs the same version of Kubuntu and same kernel version but has USB 2.0 ports, the portable ...
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One of my 3 USB ports can automount my portable HDD, not the other 2
I need help.
My portable hdd can be plugged into my new ASUS N43J laptop in WINDOWS 7 from any of the 3 USB ports.
In Ubuntu, it only works with 1 port.
using 10.04 64bit.
Please advise.
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I ...
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Installed kubuntu on a usb stick, want to go back to windows
I am running Windows 8, I installed kubuntu on a usb stick. Now when i remove usb stick i get an error "no such device exists", I want to get rid of kubuntu and this error. I am not linux user so ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 changing permissions External Hard Drive from Terminal
I am attempting to rescue files from a broken system via the root terminal of the recovery console.
I have a seagate 2TB external hard drive. Output of "sudo fdisk -l":
/dev/sdb1 is the device boot
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HDIO get identity failed for dev/sdb invalid argument
This failure is on an external hard drive connected by USB. However, it worked flawlessly for several days.
Then, one day when I tried to start Ubuntu there appeared a Debian splash screen with ...
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Can't mount external hard drive
i have a problem accessing the data on my external hard drive. I recently did a fresh install but mistakenly left my external hard drive plugged in.
When I tried to access the data on the external ...
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Booting problem from external hard drive
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on an external hard drive using an Acer One netbook (Windows XP) and used the same external disk with another desktop PC (Windows XP).
Now it does not load Ubuntu. Instead I ...
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External HD, and USB stick suddenly not mounting
They used to automatically mount. but now they don't.
I checked the org....media automounting is enabled.
Any suggestion will be appriciated, Thanks in advance.
Running Ubuntu 12.10 with basicly ...
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Why is my external USB hard drive sometimes completely inaccessible?
I have an external USB hard drive, consisting of an 1 TB SATA drive in a Rosewill RX35-AT-SU SLV Aluminum 3.5" Silver USB 2.0 External Enclosure, plugged into my SONY VAIO VGN-NS310F laptop. It is ...
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Password protecting a folder on 12.04 and make it in accessible in Windows
I have a need to password protect folders on my portable hard disk drive without moving the content anywhere and make the folder inaccessible in any version of windows. Please assist me with this. ...
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Install ubuntu on external drive to boot on iMac and PC's
I'd like to install ubuntu on an external HD I just bought. The downside of it is that one of the computers I might boot the external ubuntu HD is an iMac 21".
If I install ubuntu from a PC, will it ...
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Purple screen after installing to external hard drive
I have Windows 7 64 on my laptop (MSI GX660). I downloaded the 64 bit Ubuntu 12.10 install onto a 1GB USB drive, rebooted, and installed onto a 1TB USB external HDD. I followed this guide
I then ...
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Lock icon in external drive's folders
When I attach the external hard drive, the folders have a lock icon on them and i am unable to delete them.
I tried to use sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME but to no avail, this did not work.
Please ...
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Disabling or changing external eSATA HDD standby timeout
I have a Freecom Quattro 3.0 2 TB drive (a Seagate Barracuda ST2000DL003) connected via eSATA to my Lenovo L420 Laptop running kubuntu 13.04.
It is running very well but after about 2 minutes of ...
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Installing on an external hard drive using VirtualBox
I have used Ubuntu before using Wubi but, I found that I needed the extra space which I installed Ubuntu in. I have tried VirtualBox for Windows and Mac to try to full install Ubuntu, I even installed ...
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How do I find out if an external drive is in active use (being read/written to)?
I have some external drives connected to a power outlet. The outlet is USB switchable, i.e. I can run a program on my PC that physically disconnects the external drives from the power grid. I only use ...
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Installation to external hard drive - not booting
I have the same problem as Why does my external hard drive not boot
I tried all suggested solutions on the web even I removed the internal hard drive and I let the installation use all the external ...
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How do I access an external hard drive plugged into my router?
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 and I own a Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Router with a USB port built into it. Naturally, the router came with instructions on how to mount and view this drive with both ...
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Finding out the buffer size of external hdd connected via USB
I want to securely delete the hdd using dd because I intend to sell it. Using the buffer will speed up the process. I can't find out the size though:
arno@arno-X55A:~$ hdparm -i /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb: ...
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Drive Permissions Denied over SSH?
I am having issued with drive permissions on Ubuntu 12.10.
The server to which I'm connecting over ssh has two HDDs. Ubuntu runs off 'Drive 1', and the server app runs 'Drive 2'.
When I formatted ...
