Mount Western Digital 3TB Mybook Essential USB 3.0 External HDD - Acer Iconia A500
I have a
Western Digital 3TB Mybook Essential USB 3.0 External HDD
The problem is, that the A500 will not accept this drive connected via USB.
Do anyone have an ida with such a large HDD.
A 2TB HDD has no problem.
Is the drive formatted as fat32?
size is not the issue
Depends on format. If you do not have root access, the USB drive is only mountable if it is FAT/FAT32 file system. If it's NTFS you will need root and a external app (I use Drive Mount, free from market) to be able to use said external HDD
entropy.of.avarice said:
Depends on format. If you do not have root access, the USB drive is only mountable if it is FAT/FAT32 file system. If it's NTFS you will need root and a external app (I use Drive Mount, free from market) to be able to use said external HDD
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With Drive Mount the Drive is recognized but it will not mount the drive.
The drive is formatet with the tool from WesternDigital.
hochgattererjohann said:
With Drive Mount the Drive is recognized but it will not mount the drive.
The drive is formatet with the tool from WesternDigital.
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Hmmmm. Can you hook it up to your PC and check it's properties? What format is it even in?
The drive mount tool shows the drive, but "mount all" fails?
Does the drive actually work on a USB2 port?
over 2,19TB needs Advanced Format
Hi,
I read in one of the computer magazines that MBR (master boot record) only works for drives up to 2.19TB in size, bigger requires this new Advanced Format Support . Win7 SP1 includes this by defauilt I believe. Could be the case for the Iconia that the size is simply too big and that this AF is not (yet) supported ...
just my2 cents,
Marcher
entropy.of.avarice said:
Hmmmm. Can you hook it up to your PC and check it's properties? What format is it even in?
The drive mount tool shows the drive, but "mount all" fails?
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Windows report NTSF and drive mount shows the drive but "mount all" fails
FloatingFatMan said:
Does the drive actually work on a USB2 port?
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Yes it works without a problem on a USB2 port on my PC
When you connect to pc does it shows like 2 drivers letters or only 1, if shows 2 that's your problem there is utility on wd site how to reconfigure to show 1 drive.
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does it have a virtual drive. I am not familiar with wd drive but my iomega ego came with a virtual cd drive with the encryption program and drive mount won't work. But the version 1.2 works
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13337600&postcount=6
Just found out the name of the program wd its wd smartware. Below are link on how to disable them.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3835
hochgattererjohann said:
Windows report NTSF and drive mount shows the drive but "mount all" fails
Yes it works without a problem on a USB2 port on my PC
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If it is formatted NTFS and you have a stock A500 that is your problem. You need to format it as a FAT32 drive. You cannot do this through drive management in Windoze 7 (as far as I know) - you need to use a third party application or root your A500 and perform the necessary mods.
Once you root, you can use this.
I had success with the following utility and my 500GB NTFS-formatted external:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13337600&postcount=6
Hope this helps.
NTFS is the norm for External Hard Drives
External Hard Drives all come formatted NTSF. FAT32 is only used on thumb drives less than 16GB large. A file cannot be larger than 4GB on a FAT32 formatted drive and seeing how there are many files(VOB, ISO, MP4) that are larger than 4GB, most people don't think to format their drives to FAT32. If you have a Windows PC you can use an easy program you can find HERE to format your hard drive to FAT32
Ran into a similar problem with my new 1TB WD Passport.
Drive mount sees it and mounts it, but then I don't see the drive contents in root explorer.
strider_mt2k said:
Ran into a similar problem with my new 1TB WD Passport.
Drive mount sees it and mounts it, but then I don't see the drive contents in root explorer.
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Have you checked all the directories under /mnt? I haven't had an issue, just tested with a 1TB as well.
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I use WD 1TB HDD that's formated in NTFS and it does have the virtual drive as when mounted on PC there are two drives mounted.
However I have no problem to mount it on my A500 using the DriveMount. From memory it mounted as sd1(?) under /mnt/...
Just stick the cable to A500 USB port and click the mount all.
I tryed all what here was suggested.
I also splitted the drive in an 2 TB and a 1TB partition.
NTSF-Mount recognized this but didn't mount the two drives.
Has anybody other experiences?
hochgattererjohann said:
I tryed all what here was suggested.
I also splitted the drive in an 2 TB and a 1TB partition.
NTSF-Mount recognized this but didn't mount the two drives.
Has anybody other experiences?
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Are you rooted? Rom version? What third party tool are you using to mount the drive? Need more details to help you.
entropy.of.avarice said:
Are you rooted? Rom version? What third party tool are you using to mount the drive? Need more details to help you.
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I am rooted
I tried drive mount and ntsf mount. Drive mount recognize the drive but do not mount. ntsf mount sometimes mount the drives (I think when i start the pad the last 10 minutes) and do not mount when I plug in the drive.
I use the "[ROM] Honeycomb 3.1 - HoneyVillain 1.05 with 2.5 Kernel)
With 3 TB I had no chance to mount. With splitting it seems that ther are some possibilities but I didnt know at this time what really happens.
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External USB drives
I was able to partition an external usb drive to fat32 and create 4 logical drives out of a larger drive. all drives are seen and I can run movies and store files without any problem.
I believe that the key word is FAT32 ...if you use NTFS the drive will not be recognised... Regards
[Q] NTFS Formatted Storage
Hello all! Has anyone managed to get their Transformer to read NTFS formatted storage? I formatted a Micro SD card in NTFS and the device wouldn't read it, but in the back of the Transformer manual (page 35), it says "Tuxera software provides support for NTFS format". A quick look at the Tuxera website revelas that they make drivers for Andriod systems to read NTFS Thanks!
Oh, man, you just made me jumped! I have been searching and asking about NTFS support in the Transformer, as I would really need to be able to connect my external HDD (which is formatted with NTFS). Without that NTFS support, pretty much that USB port is not fully working for me. Now, with your info from the Transformer user manual, it gives a big hope that it does support NTFS. Anyone with a Transformer, can you guys confirm that it will read NTFS formatted HDD?
My Seagate Go Flex 2.5 inch 1 TB USB 3.0 drive works great on the dock. Also my Micro SD in an Sd Adapter. Both with NTFS
From what I've read only the USB ports and the card reader built into the dock will support NTFS-formatted drives.
I believe that when it comes to the internal MicroSD, it explicitly expects this to be in FAT32 format, but the device itself does support NTFS for other media - it certainly reads all my NTFS formatted hard drives. Regards, Dave
It won't mount microSD cards automatically if they're not FAT32, but you can mount them manually if you have root. To mount: mkdir /data/Removable/MicroSD mount /dev/block/vold/179\:9 /data/Removable/MicroSD To unmount: umount /dev/block/vold/179\:9 rm -r /data/Removable/MicroSD The other contents of the vold directory refer to the SD card slot and the 2 USB slots.
rdnetto said: It won't mount microSD cards automatically if they're not FAT32, but you can mount them manually if you have root. To mount: mkdir /data/Removable/MicroSD mount /dev/block/vold/179\:9 /data/Removable/MicroSD To unmount: umount /dev/block/vold/179\:9 rm -r /data/Removable/MicroSD The other contents of the vold directory refer to the SD card slot and the 2 USB slots. Click to expand... Click to collapse Hi, where should I enter the code you provided? I've tried entering the script in Terminal Emulator, but get "Usage: mount [-r] [-w].... etc.." This means there's something wrong with the code?
lie_ui said: Oh, man, you just made me jumped! I have been searching and asking about NTFS support in the Transformer, as I would really need to be able to connect my external HDD (which is formatted with NTFS). Without that NTFS support, pretty much that USB port is not fully working for me. Now, with your info from the Transformer user manual, it gives a big hope that it does support NTFS. Anyone with a Transformer, can you guys confirm that it will read NTFS formatted HDD? Click to expand... Click to collapse MicroSD = FAT32. USB Harddrive = NTSF (3 usb HDD's with NTSF formatted work fine with my TF101). Hope this may help.
rickyt63 said: MicroSD = FAT32. USB Harddrive = NTSF (3 usb HDD's with NTSF formatted work fine with my TF101). Hope this may help. Click to expand... Click to collapse Have you been reading? People are saying that it's possible to mount NTFS-formatted MICROSD cards WITHOUT the dock. I'm trying to find out how to do it..
hyperxi said: Have you been reading? People are saying that it's possible to mount NTFS-formatted MICROSD cards WITHOUT the dock. I'm trying to find out how to do it.. Click to expand... Click to collapse Everything I'm reading says you have to mount it manually through terminal. My question is: Do you have to do this every time you boot or once you mount it manually will it stay mounted through reboots? I would think the latter based on what I've seen of Linux but would like to know for certain. I have a 32GB micro SD being delivered in, oh, the next hour or so.
hyperxi said: Have you been reading? People are saying that it's possible to mount NTFS-formatted MICROSD cards WITHOUT the dock. I'm trying to find out how to do it.. Click to expand... Click to collapse Yes, I have read. My post is directed to this poster quoted below. lie_ui said: Anyone with a Transformer, can you guys confirm that it will read NTFS formatted HDD? Click to expand... Click to collapse
Can't Get NTFS External Hard Drive To Mount.
I have a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB USB 3.0 Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive I can't get it to mount with my A500. I'm running Taboonay Custom Rom (4.010_Com_Gen1) I am Rooted. I'm On 3.1 Kernel Version 2.6.36.3 I've tried apps like Drive Mount, NTFS Mount and none of them find my hard drive. How do i get it to mount.
When I had a similar problem this is the steps I went through to finally figure out what was going on: I checked the portables for what filing system it was using FAT32 or NTFS. One hdd was running FAT32 so it was automatically appearing under settings as the external usb device The NTFS would not always be found in Drive mount but I have found if I plug the hdd in before I turn on the Acer then be really really patient after it has booted up it would appear in Drive Mount. I have found if you go into Drive Mount too quickly after the tablet has fired up it won't be in Drive Mount. There seems to be a delay on reading the USB and I have found that it is nowhere near instantaneous once the tablet has fired up. Once mounted it appears as /mnt/sdb1 (from memory). Hope this helps, I find patience when using the tablet the best thing!
how to format hd for the iconia?
hello i installed tboony rom and when i connect my hdd i see only one partition of it 134 mb...how to formatt it so i can see all the hard drive ?it also comes with 1 partition of wd that is 690 mb and i can't format it thanks
I7210I said: hello i installed tboony rom and when i connect my hdd i see only one partition of it 134 mb...how to formatt it so i can see all the hard drive ?it also comes with 1 partition of wd that is 690 mb and i can't format it thanks Click to expand... Click to collapse The part of the hard drive that it is reading is the section that is formated fat. The whole drive needs to be format fat. Or go to the market and download drive mount and it will let your device read ntfs formated hard drives. So choice is format all in fat, and don't need drive mount to read drive or install drive mount to read ntfs formated drives.
I7210I said: hello i installed tboony rom and when i connect my hdd i see only one partition of it 134 mb...how to formatt it so i can see all the hard drive ?it also comes with 1 partition of wd that is 690 mb and i can't format it thanks Click to expand... Click to collapse If you installed a taboonay v2.0, it has a built in drive mount, try to mount your drive via drive mount...
Harddrives
Hi all I've got a mojo rooted running cm12 I've enabled r/w but can't get my harddrive to work I have a 3tb seagate powered drive and a 500gb in a cheap USB hub The drives don't show up in setting but I can see them in es file explorer When I try to copy anything to the drives it fails I've formatted the drives with partition magic 9 to ntfs And fat32 with same results unsure what to try next Any help please