my external hard drive doesn't show up

[AbhimanyuAryan]

I was using the same ext. hard drive on my laptop running ubuntu 13.04 and it used to work fine but today after i updated ubuntu......the hard drive doesn't show up in the side bar nither in home/

for more details i am using this ext. hard drive:http://www.sony.co.in/product/hd-e1/sku/hd-e1_pc2+ww1

i have checked this hard drive on my pc running windows7 and it works fine...........plz help

[Boab1993]

HiAbhimanyuAryan,

Try finding out if your system detects your device, open a terminal session and type:

 lsusb

Post your results here.

[AbhimanyuAryan]

HiAbhimanyuAryan,

Try finding out if your system detects your device, open a terminal session and type:

 lsusb

Post your results here.

this is what i got

cooldudeabhi@cooldudeabhi-Studio-1450:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:6407 Microdia
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 054c:05bf Sony Corp.
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 1bbb:0017 T & A Mobile Phones
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 413c:8161 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 413c:8162 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad [Synaptics]
Bus 004 Device 005: ID 413c:8160 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 365 Bluetooth
cooldudeabhi@cooldudeabhi-Studio-1450:~$

[Boab1993]

Bus 002 Device 006: ID 054c:05bf Sony Corp.

That appears to be your external HDD, so it is being recongnised.

Try typing

gconftool --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/devices_option  --type=int 1

Into the terminal and see if it re-appears in the sidebar

[AbhimanyuAryan]

Try typing

gconftool --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/devices_option  --type=int 1

Into the terminal and see if it re-appears in the sidebar

nothing happens i got this in terminal

cooldudeabhi@cooldudeabhi-Studio-1450:~$ gconftool --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/devices_option --type=int 1
cooldudeabhi@cooldudeabhi-Studio-1450:~$

[AbhimanyuAryan]

That appears to be your external HDD, so it is being recongnised.

Try typing

gconftool --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/devices_option  --type=int 1

Into the terminal and see if it re-appears in the sidebar

mate i worked for me........but its too slow it showed up after 5 mins i connected it.......any solutions

[VMC]

Unplug USB device, then monitor syslog using this:

tail -f /var/log/syslog

After you start monitoring, re-insert the USB device, and wait for the 5-min time. Copy/Paste results back here.