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USB not mounting or drivers not present

Asked by Julian

I have an HP Presario, my windows crash so i replace the hard drive and decided to install Unbuntu 10.4 when I plug in USB devices they receive power for the USB port but they do not mount to my system. I believe my USB driver aren't present. how can I fix this problem?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you remove the hardware properly when you last used it (using safely remove / eject)?

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Julian (jmesa772) said : 		#2

only thing I removed was the hard drive. USB ports have not work from point of install so I didn't have a remove or eject option when I initially plugged my phone to the USB

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Yes but did you safetly remove it or did you just unplug it from the system?

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Julian (jmesa772) said : 		#4

I unplugged for the system didn't see any option to eject or unmount it never appeared on the system

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Then that's why. There is a proper way to remove devices from ALL OSes.

In Windows XP:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_68sk2PaFt3Q/TIEu5VeJx2I/AAAAAAAAFVQ/jFawaZ0oJiE/s1600/Safely+Remove+Hardware+In+Windows.png

In Windows 7:
http://www.kanasolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/safe-removal-icon.png

In Ubuntu:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRhrW0_dPtt57k75c6-rZxQQz1UmCOyrzihV8S4GnPBLz7153og&t=1

If you simply wrench the device from the system you risk data corruption as well as the device being marked as dirty. This causes devices to not automount in Ubuntu.

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