Timeline for External HDD won't stay mounted
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| Mar 11, 2011 at 14:52 | vote | accept | Leda | ||
| Jan 3, 2011 at 16:28 | comment | added | Leda | It's a samsung spin point. SMART informations shows nothing unusual. I think it maybe a permissions issue. It works ok playing music tracks from it. But for example if I try and empty the trash folder it hangs then unmounts. | |
| Jan 3, 2011 at 16:03 | comment | added | user3463 | What external drive is it? Western Digital green drives (for example) turn off after a period of time to "save energy" and there's no way around it. | |
| Jan 3, 2011 at 15:24 | comment | added | Daniel Beck♦ | External drive enclosures often don't support providing SMART information about the drive. Can you take the drive and plug it into a desktop machine to check its smart settings? | |
| Jan 3, 2011 at 15:18 | answer | added | madmaze | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 3, 2011 at 14:59 | history | asked | Leda | CC BY-SA 2.5 |