LINUX fails to install in my new external harddrive (error:"failed to create folders"). When I go back to Linux Ubuntu I can see the external harddrive but can't access nor modify it. Now WINDOWS/Start/My Computer can't locate the external HD (does not say (E:) or nothing at all). Its connected using USB. I already re-installed its driver in XP & rebooted and this does not help. *QUESTION: How do I get access again using XP WINDOWS? Thanks!
2007-04-12 13:31:09 · 4 answers · asked by Syd T 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
New harddrive= 80GB Seagate.
2007-04-12 13:34:05 · update #1
START --> Settings --> Control Panel
Administrative Tools --> Computer Management
Storage --> Disk Management
You will see your drive, but it'll be unavailable.
When Linux failed to install, I'll bet it changed the file system.
Use Disk Managment to 'reclaim' the disk. Then, Partition it as 1 big disk and format it ( NTFS preferred, but FAT32 will do ).
2007-04-12 13:41:42 · answer #1 · answered by Necros 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Windows cannot read the Linux native filesystem (EXT2 or EXT3), so cannot see anything on a Windows XP partition. Linux can read FAT32 but NTFS (native Windows XP filesystem) interaction requires some setting up.
Your set-up is not clear from your explanation.
If you are dual-booting you need to have both OS's on a bootable hard drive (external USB drives are generally not bootable). Personally I recommend having the master drive with Linux and the slave drive with Windows XP (Linux has a more friendly bootloader) and format the external hard drive as FAT32 so that both XP and Linux can read/write it.
2007-04-12 13:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The hard drive doesn't have a letter anymore because Linux deleted the partitioning information. You need to repartition and reformat the drive.
2007-04-12 13:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
contact the place where you bought it from.
2007-04-12 13:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋