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New to using Ubuntu for desktop - just made the switch Thursday evening in fact. Running an AMD system - Phenom II processor, standard 500gB HD, 8gB RAM.

I cannot access my Seagate external HD through Chromium at all. I can through Firefox, but as I do have a G+ account along with a private group I manage on there, I need to be able to access it with Chromium as well.

For example, through Facebook or G+ on Chromium, if I attempted to upload a photo to a post using the photo/video on FB or attach file on G+, my external hard drive was no where to be seen. It was like it wasn't even mounted. However, if I used Firefox as my browser, with Facebook, I could see my external HD listed right below 'computer' in the 'other places' tab in the folders dialog box. Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology, as I'm brand-new to using a Linux OS as I stated.

I have spent the last three days trying to find a solution, and nothing is matching my specific problem. The external shows on everything except Chromium.

Anyone out there know a fix for this?

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  • You're going to need to edit your question and be a bit more specific about what errors your getting, how exactly you're trying to access the disk, etc… What you've posted so far provides no information for anyone to be able to help you.
    – dobey
    Mar 18, 2018 at 20:49
  • I edited. Added all the details, as well as the solution I found. I find it a bit rude to downvote someone for asking for help when they state they're new, though. Mar 19, 2018 at 4:01
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    Please add solutions to the answers section below. Mar 19, 2018 at 5:22
  • I have removed the solution part from the question. But you can find it here. Please post the solution part in the "Your Answer" field below. It's completely okay to answer your own question and accept your answer.
    – pomsky
    Mar 19, 2018 at 9:27
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    With Chromium you should be able to navigate to /media/youruser/. Can you confirm? Mar 19, 2018 at 9:34

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A Linux user from another group suggested downloading Chrome and trying that. Through Chrome, I was able to navigate to my external HD and access all the files. With Chromium, the external HD never showed up in my navigation folder whatsoever.

So the solution is to just install Chrome.

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