External hard drive and flash memories not recognized

[hell2000]

The SimpleDrive 96300-41001-172 USB external hard drive is not recognized by elementary at all (no new entries in dmesg after connecting). The drive needs to spin up for a second before it becomes available so that might be part of the problem. I have tried different USB ports on multiple PCs (all have elementary installed of course) without success. The drive is working on windows.

[hell2000 (hell2000)]

The drive started working the minute this was posted. Sorry!

[alvaro martinez (amartinezguzman)]

Hi there have the same problem; was using an external drive and usb flash memory for months since i installed elementary os in one of my laptops and suddenly none of them are detected/recognized by eos. Tried to run in another laptop also with eos and work all of them work fine. Its not a matter about the usb ports dont works as i have always connected an external keyboard and mouse which also work sharp. Any suggestions?
tks in advance

[alvaro martinez (amartinezguzman)]

Really apprecaite if anybody has the same issue and can assist.
tsk

Alvaro

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

OP, can you still reproduce?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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