Another xfce question re images [SOLVED] *thanks*

[daveinuk]

Just copied 16 jpegs from my xp machine to a usb stick, plugged it into my laptop with the newly installed xfce and it wouldn't open any of the images? unplugged/unmounted and re-inserted, the folder with the images disappears!
unplugs/ re-inserts, all the other files in the folder have a lock on them and won't open?

Took the stick upstairs, plugs into my xp machine, the folder won't open/read/delete with the warning that the file is corrupted. . . . . . . .. made a new folder, added all 16 images again and the exact same scenario above just happened all over again . . . . .
folders gone, files are locked with a padlock. . . . . I'm really lost with this now it makes no sense at all lol . . . . .

[oneeyed]

Just wondering... What's the format of the usb ? Is it exFat by chance ? AFAIK Linux doesn't support this format (yet) so this might explain your troubles. If it's fat32/ntfs then I'm not sure. Do you have another machine with windows on which you can test if it's readable ? Maybe try formatting it under linux ?

[Beardedragon]

More questions, did you dismount the USB before unplugging it, mount it when you plugged it in? What File Manager are you using in Linux?

[daveinuk]

Thanks for the replies, the stick's formatted to FAT32 and after reading both replies i realised i hadn't actually mounted the pendrive, or that I needed to . . . . . . Mint 10 & ubuntu's always auto mounted and I've just not realised. I guess what i want to achieve after sorting out my partitions in the other thread is being able to have them auto mount at startup or when plugged in, don't have a problem being logged in as root, coming from xp i'm used to it lol

thanks for the replies once again !