"Cannot mount volume"

[shadow84]

I plugin my ext. HDD and get this message..
Is there something wrong with my HDD?

[Fred]

shadow84 wrote:

I plugin my ext. HDD and get this message..
Is there something wrong with my HDD?

I know my eyes are getting bad, but I don't see a message. Sorry.

Fred

[shadow84]

Oh sorry..
The message is "Cannot mount volume"....

[jungar]

Oh sorry..
The message is "Cannot mount volume"....

same problem with me... my guess is the external HD comes with some installation software.. i had to install it on windows to be able to safely remove the USB .. otherwise my tip is: unmount volume.. and wait for 10-15 mins till the HDD stops .. then remove the USB.

[Acid_1]

Okay, I'm assuming that it's an internal hdd, and not an extended partition. First off, you need to properly shut down Windows if you're trying to mount an NTFS partition. Try then. Sometimes it still won't work, like if you've formatted a partition with Windows 2000 or ME. In which case, I am assuming you're using Mint as a second partition, but who knows. Type in:

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sudo fdisk -l

(that's an l, like the 12th letter in the alphabet, not an I.)


For me it is:

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 6062 48692983+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 6063 7296 9912105 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 7112 7296 1485981 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 6063 7111 8426029+ 83 Linux

I would want to mount the first one, cause that's where all my music and stuff is, so the code is:

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sudo mount /dev/sda1

and to unmount it it is (and there is no typo's):

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sudo umount /dev/sda1

Anyhow, hope you understood that. Good luck

[Fred]

To add to Acid_1's advice, make sure that you have a folder in /media for the NTFS partition. ie /media/sdxx . Also check in /etc/fstab and make sure there is an entry there for your NTFS partition. The folder name of the mount point should match with the one in /media.

Fred