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On 23/08/13 17:35, Neil wrote: > Thanks, here is what I think are the relevant lines. > > Neil Well, it seems to be recognising an 8Gb Kingston drive being initialized at /dev/sdb, and there aren't any error messages - it's not obvious why your laptop isn't automatically mounting it though, especially as your other two sticks show up fine. Let's see if you can mount it manually, just to check if everything is ok. With the stick inserted, run: sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb | tail -n2 And see what comes back. For me, with a similar USB drive plugged at /dev/sde in I get: ghost@failbot:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sde | tail -n2 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sde1 63 31117904 15558921 83 Linux You'll probably see something very similar, although your details will be different. The bit you're interested in is the first bit on the bottom line, which tells you your full device path - for you it will probably be /dev/sdb1. If your results are substantially different, just post them here again. Next, try manually mounting your stick. Presuming it did turn out to just have one partition at /dev/sdb1, create a temporary random folder in your home folder: cd ~ && mkdir TEMP-FOLDER And then try mounting the stick: sudo mount /dev/sdb1 TEMP-FOLDER Browse to TEMP-FOLDER with Thunar to check the results. Issue "mount" at the prompt to see more details, like filesystem type and whether it's been mounted rw or not. As always, ask if something goes weird... Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq