I'm going to assume the answer to this is out there, but i haven't had any luck searching it out.
I really want to make the switch from Windoze and have installed and used Mint/Ubuntu along with other distros, but end up going back because of weird little niggles that I can't sort out.
So... Thinkpad with a 240GB SSD and a 2TB spinner. The 2TB drive is what I use as my 'data' drive...in Windows and when I have Mint installed. My OS is installed on the 240.

After installing Mint, the 2nd HDD (the 2TB) mounts, and I can use it just fine, but it doesn't seem to exist in applications. Ex: I need to use VirtualBox for some Garmin software that I use. When I go to set up an OS in VirtualBox, I get to the point where I try to either import an existing virtual machine , or create a new one..and when it opens the box where I can browse to the folder I want to create it in, or import it from, the only options I ever see in the 'Look In' area are "Computer" and /home/myusername.
Selecting Computer, I see / in the right pane....if I select that I get bin root cdrom, etc. selecting my username just shows me my home folder.
For whatever reason, I can't navigate to my 2TB drive. Now, I did create links in my Home to folders on the 2TB drive, and I can see all those.

The 2TB drive is NTFS...but I have it in my head that if I can mount it, read and write to it, then applications should also be able to use it....

I could format it, and copy everything over to it again from my backup drive, but I'd rather not, if this is an easy thing to fix.

if that drive was mounted you need to navigate to the mount point first (and then go inside).

Create a /data directory and an entry in your /etc/fstab to mount the drive partition to /data will make it easier to find the drive.

I mount mine in /media/data and it always shows up when ever I open a file manager (LINUX) in the side bar. It does not matter what format you're using.

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