08-02-2016, 10:30 AM
Thanks, Torreydale. Have tried both routes.
In Disks, the external drive simply does not appear at all. And when GParted scans the drives, it finds only the internal hard drive /dev/sda1. Under "Devices" in GParted, there are no 'other' devices shown: the only options listed are "Create Partition Table" and "Attempt Data Rescue". In GParted under View>Device Information, again only details of the internal drive are shown. The external drive is totally invisible.....
In Disks, the external drive simply does not appear at all. And when GParted scans the drives, it finds only the internal hard drive /dev/sda1. Under "Devices" in GParted, there are no 'other' devices shown: the only options listed are "Create Partition Table" and "Attempt Data Rescue". In GParted under View>Device Information, again only details of the internal drive are shown. The external drive is totally invisible.....