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Old 09-17-2010, 01:18 AM   #1
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flash drive is not mounting


hi

i have a new flash drive (pen drive) .Last few days it work fine .But now when i plug it in usb port , then a error message appear
"unable to mount media.There is probably no media in the drive" . I am really confused about it .
anybody can help me please .


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Old 09-17-2010, 01:22 AM   #2
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try this

fdisk -l

it shld list the usb drive

let us know if it shows tat usb drive ;using fdisk
 
Old 09-17-2010, 01:28 AM   #3
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hi

the output of fdisk -l is

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 14793 118824741 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 14794 15558 6144862+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 15559 21932 51199155 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 21933 30401 68027242+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 21933 26394 35840983+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 26395 27669 10241406 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 27670 27733 514048+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 27734 30401 21430678+ 83 Linux

it does't show any usb .


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Old 09-17-2010, 01:53 AM   #4
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k fine now u try to detect tat usb on any other system (windows adn linux both ) ... if it doesnt detect there also then usb in no more ....
 
Old 09-17-2010, 02:14 AM   #5
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open up a command terminal and type the following *BEFORE* plugging your USB drive in it.


Code:
udevadm monitor --subsystem-match=usb
Then plug in your USB drive.

Do you get output?

You'll need to hit CTRL C to exit out of that command

Last edited by rgdacosta; 09-17-2010 at 02:37 AM.
 
  


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