external HD

[Basil Chupin]

On 21/01/13 15:51, Errol Sapir wrote:
> I backup on a Toshiba external HD. Suddenly Kubuntu doesn't read or 
> recognize the fact that I place an external HD in the USB. I tried 
> even connecting it to the "direct" USB at the back of the computer 
> instead of to the front one which I always used. The HD is recognized 
> when I boot to windows. I am using Kubuntu 12.10.
> Any suggestions?
> TIA
> Errol

Did you "Safely Remove" it when you used it last in whatever OS you used 
it in?

And when you say that Windows "recognises" it, can Windows actually read 
the contents of the drive? (I am assuming here that the HDD is formatted 
in some weird Windows file system, right? :-) .)

BC

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