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I cant acces the things in my external hardrive

Asked by Edourdo

I was going to change the icon for my external hardrive when I notice it changed back whenever I was done and it said I didnt have the permission to access it. on a side not I cant use my zip drive, when ever I click on it it says unable to mount and it says the zip drive doesnt exist but if it doesnt exist why can it detect it?

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

try changing the icon as sudo, it may be permission trouble

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Edourdo (pwm1989) said : 		#2

the icon comes up the way I want it to know but I cant access anything in it still how do I change that?

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

run...

gksudo nautilus

then navigate to the folder that contains the harddrive files, and simply change their permissions

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Edourdo (pwm1989) said : 		#4

I cant find were its located

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Edourdo (pwm1989) said : 		#5

ok I found it but what should I change?

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Edourdo (pwm1989) said : 		#6

(nautilus:5674): WARNING **: No description found for mime type "x-special/device-block" (file is "Terminator"), please tell the gnome-vfs mailing list. Terminator being my hardrive.

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Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#7

it should be under /media/#name/

sorry about the very late response

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