It's something I haven't tried yet, due to a job interview, etc. I have tried it in Linux Mint on two separate laptops, and in Windows 7. I cannot even see it in Gparted or the disk tools.
I haven't been to a CLUG meeting in ages, if then. Where are you meeting tonight? On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 1:00 PM, <clug-talk-requ...@clug.ca> wrote: > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > clug-talk@clug.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > clug-talk-requ...@clug.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > clug-talk-ow...@clug.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Unrecognised external backup drive problem (Mel Walters) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:13:04 -0700 > From: Mel Walters <melwalt...@telus.net> > To: clug-talk@clug.ca > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Unrecognised external backup drive problem > Message-ID: <1415207584.2062.1.ca...@telus.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Noah, > > I wonder if you have tried a good Linux live boot? I will be bringing > one to the meeting tonight, and I have found this a good way to mount > and see data (from Solyd Live). > Live boot can seem more straightforward than plugging USB into an > installed Operating System. > > Mel > > On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 13:38 -0600, Noah Tellin wrote: >> The day after I find out that Plume Creator cannot read the project >> files that I copied over to the backup drive before a fresh install of >> Linux Mint 17 (losing much of the draft of a novel), the drive itself >> seems to be toast. There were some file system errors that were >> corrected when I had it connected to a Windows 7 OS on my older >> laptop, but I was using it after that and got much data restored, >> though not all of it. Now, it seems stuck while trying to read, I get >> frequent beeping and it does not appear in the list of devices in >> Gparted. The disk manager built in to Mint used to show the partition >> and volume info, but now only shows some details of the hardware, with >> mount options. >> >> I have another external drive somewhere, but fear that it may not have >> all the content that I had put on the 'new' storage device. >> >> Other than waiting for a response from Verbatim and digging around for >> that other hard disk, any suggestions for getting the device to be >> recognized? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > ------------------------------ > > End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 120, Issue 2 > ***************************************** _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
