I have a really old Hard drive my grandpa put some movies and i some games on, after switching to Garuda Linux i tried to open it but it just says “cloud not mount this device” when i try “mount and open”
i’ve searched online but i couldn’t find anything helpful, does anyone know how to use it (if you can)
Hi there, welcome to the forum.
Please provide the output of your garuda-inxi, as required in the topic template.
Additionally, provide some more details on that HDD. E.g.
lsblk -f
It could be that it is an NTFS device that could be mounted from terminal with:
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdXn /mnt/
(where sdXn will be a partition in that device to be found as suggested above; install ntfs-3g if necessary)
It might be also necessary in that case to fix it with:
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXn
But first of all, we need your inxi and lsblk to see what you have 
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well, first thanks a lot for responding
this is the result i got from running garuda-inxi
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "it",
LC_ALL = (unset),
LC_ADDRESS = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LC_NAME = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LC_MONETARY = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LC_PAPER = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LC_IDENTIFICATION = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LC_TELEPHONE = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LC_MEASUREMENT = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LC_TIME = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LC_NUMERIC = "it_IT.UTF-8",
LANG = "it"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
System:
Kernel: 6.7.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d96b2da6-9ab3-4622-94bd-2b68e6531403 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X505BA v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X505BA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: X505BA.314
date: 05/30/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 13.3 Wh (47.2%) condition: 28.2/42.1 Wh (67.0%)
power: 8.8 W volts: 11.5 min: 11.5 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion
serial: N/A status: discharging cycles: 443
CPU:
Info: model: AMD A9-9420 RADEON R5 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Excavator level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: GF 28nm
family: 0x15 (21) model-id: 0x70 (112) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x6006705
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 192 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 2x1024 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1754 high: 1790 min/max: 1400/3000 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1718 2: 1790
bogomips: 11977
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-3 code: Volcanic Islands
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:98e4 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.3:4
chip-ID: 13d3:5a03 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: BOE Display 0x0704 built: 2016
res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1366x768 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.1-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon R5 Graphics (radeonsi stoney LLVM
16.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.7.6-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:98e4 memory: 500 MiB
unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.276 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon R5 Graphics (RADV STONEY) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.1-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:98e4 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.1-arch1.1 (LLVM
16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: AMD vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:15b3 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 15h Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:09.2 chip-ID: 1022:157a class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.7.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.2:3
chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 25.75 GiB (1.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Micron model: 1100 MTFDDAV256TBN
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: A020 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion Desk
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0604 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 238.17 GiB (100.00%)
used: 25.75 GiB (10.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 238.17 GiB (100.00%)
used: 25.75 GiB (10.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 238.17 GiB (100.00%)
used: 25.75 GiB (10.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 238.17 GiB size: 238.17 GiB (100.00%)
used: 25.75 GiB (10.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.22 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 2 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 54.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 54.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2400
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.22 GiB used: 2.01 GiB (27.9%)
Processes: 218 Power: uptime: 9m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 2.87 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1566 libs: 488 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
v: 3.7.0 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date: 2024-02-07
Last full system update: 2024-02-29
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
and this is the lsblk one
sdb
`-sdb1 ntfs VITO E610EB0810EADF15
zram0 [SWAP]
also, i tried to run “sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/zram0 /mnt/” and got this error
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/zram0': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/zram0' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
thanks again
No
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/
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Yoooo thanks dude my grandpa died some years ago and these files are some of the only things i had from him thanks a lot
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More than glad it helped, given this background!
Remember that, if you keep that drive connected and you want to mount it automatically at every boot, you could do it via the fstab. Like here for example:
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