Windows recognizes harddrive, cannot read

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pizzalover101

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• Dec 30, 2011

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As I posted here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/installa...-kills-comp-grub-reset-screen-only-shows.html
I partitioned my external harddrive via ubuntu to run ubuntu. Back on windows, my harddrive isn't read in my computer but it shows in device manager. How can i access this?

Additional info: Seagate 500 gb harddrive

 

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I think the problem is the format. The partition/drive must be formatted in NTFS and have a drive letter. The Linux formats will not do.

 

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Im not sure i understand, the hard drive worked before and then the partition is in ext4 to run ubuntu, but nothing else is touched.

 

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ext4 is not a format that windows can deal with. If you want to use the drive in windows, you have to reformat it to NTFS which Linux can handle too.

 

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Oh ok. Thank you.

 

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No Problem, any time.

 

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