Disk Caddy - odd behaviour
 

I had cause to use a USB hard disk caddy this morning. When plugged into the Linux Mint machine a HDD with files on was immediately detected and the files on it were accessible. When the same caddy and HDD was plugged into a Win10 laptop the laptop acknowledged the connection but opened a box saying to insert a disk or cancel.

The caddy is an "All in one HDD Docking model 875"

We needed to backup 96GB from the laptop and a spare HDD was the only place to hand with enough spare capacity to take it.

Help, anyone?

Thanks.

Rans6.....................................

Is the drive formatted as Ext3 or Ext4 - these are Linux disk formats, normally unreadable by Windows.

On which computer type did you first use the drive?

Try Paragon Software if you need to read Ext types on Windows. They have some free trials. I've used them for years on Mac & Windows. Sorry, no discount code!

I was led to believe that Win10 would cope with all of the common disk formats, perhaps some extra SW is needed for this? The gent who suggested Win10 would cope didn't say he has added anything to his OS.

Thanks,

Rans6............................

Win 10 (iirc) only reads FAT, FAT32, ExFAT and NTFS.

At least the “Insert a disk or Cancel” prompt is better than a Mac.

One could easily be prompted to wipe everything with “Initialise or Eject”.

Since you have access to a Mint OS, why not check what format the disk is?

This is the software I suggested: https://www.paragon-software.com/home/linuxfs-windows/

You could also try GParted to establish file types. It can be run off a USB drive so no installation necessary - and it's free!
https://gparted.org/liveusb.php