Hi All,
Ive had this problem in Linux for ages. Every so often I keep going back to linux hoping to get my external HDD to work in linux, but it always fails. Ive tried in Ubuntu, and this time, I was trying from a Mint 9 live image.
This is my problem:
and this is the output from fdisk -l
A few things to note:
It sees all my internal NTFS partitions fine.
As per instructions on other topics, ive run chkdsk from windows on the drive twice, and always used the "safely remove this drive from windows" button, so its always been removed properly.
Really need to keep the drive as NTFS because A) it has a lot of stuff on it and B) the rest of my family have only just got the hang of windows, let alone Linux!
Ive had this problem in Linux for ages. Every so often I keep going back to linux hoping to get my external HDD to work in linux, but it always fails. Ive tried in Ubuntu, and this time, I was trying from a Mint 9 live image.
This is my problem:

and this is the output from fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0004548e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 13 6375 51097600 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 6375 12749 51200000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 12749 60802 385984512 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000202043392 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121600 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0002093a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 121602 976761560 7 HPFS/NTFS
mint@mint ~ $
A few things to note:
It sees all my internal NTFS partitions fine.
As per instructions on other topics, ive run chkdsk from windows on the drive twice, and always used the "safely remove this drive from windows" button, so its always been removed properly.
Really need to keep the drive as NTFS because A) it has a lot of stuff on it and B) the rest of my family have only just got the hang of windows, let alone Linux!