

Filesystem is NTFS, which I thought would work with Linux.Įdit 2: It couldn't mount because the file system got corrupted somehow probably didn't unplug it properly or smth. I ended up running the troubleshooter on a friend's computer through Windows10, which fixed the file system, and then it mounted in Linux no problem. The above tutorial is still helpful in figuring out how to get Linux to work with it properly in the first place. I posted the link in the OG post for the way I figured out how to mount it and make it work and all that.

#HOW TO PERMANENTLY UNLOCK WD MY PASSPORT HOW TO# For the password problem, that was more due to the fact that I had forgotten my password. #HOW TO PERMANENTLY UNLOCK WD MY PASSPORT PASSWORD#įor that, I ended up plugging it into a friend's computer that does run Windows 10 so I could see what I was doing better, figured out my password that way (cos like in Linux you can't see what you've entered so I wasn't sure if I was typing it in wrong or what) and then I got rid of the password entirely and used it in Linux. Follow the tutorial I posted in the OG post and you should be fine. They're great HDD's, I'm just new to LInux and couldn't figure out the damn thing.Įdit: Sorry forgot to add - mine wouldn't mount because the file system had gotten corrupted probably from some dumbfuck thing that I did.

There's a way to fix it on Windows 10 but not on Linux that I could find, so if you have a friend you can borrow their computer for a bit, run the troubleshooter on there and fix the files, then it should mount no problem.

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