how to mount wd my passport mac on linux

Since posting it I have sought help from a local computer shop who has run the disc error checker for me. I’ve just come across your reply to my question. You can use Disk Utility for that as well. This will write a clean file system to the drive. While this will let you read and write to the drive, I would recommend copying your files off of the drive, and then reformatting it.

You can get to the data then by going to Places > Computer, then double-clicking on “File System” and then “mnt”. sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdX1 /mnt/ -o force In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 10.10, you can find the device name by going to System > Administration > Disk Utility, clicking on your external drive, and noting the name under “Device”. Make sure to replace the “X” in “sdX1” with the appropriate device name. If you can’t do that, then you can force the drive to mount by typing the following.

You can borrow a friend’s computer and run the disk error checker to fix the problem too. The NTFS driver for Linux is complaining because the NTFS file system wasn’t unmounted cleanly, and the only safe way to repair any problems that might have arose is to use Microsoft’s tools to do so.

How to mount wd my passport mac on linux