Not a USB drive. USB cable that you can plug into a Windows machine and the end of the cable fits the laptop drive so it's like an external drive connected to the comoputer. Also have a power unit and end for 3 1/2 " drives. Drive shows up as local drive on Windows system.
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Timothy Stahlhut <[email protected]>wrote: > Michael Peden wrote: > >> I have a Ubuntu laptop that will not boot. I installed Ubuntu 9.x on >> another drive and it is running fine. I have a USB cable that plugs into a >> laptop drive that I use at work on Windows machines to copy files. I plugged >> this into my new Ubuntu machine but "My Computer" does not seem to see the >> drive. Should this work or am I missing something? >> Thanks, >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> > FAT or NTFS formatted USB Drive? > If NTFS, you might need special drivers/software on the Linux System. > Most Linux systems can see most types of FAT formatted USB Drives. > > Note, I am a windows user planning to convert to Linux in near future. > > Tim S. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >
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