Finding the HD24 device name (Linux)

To find the device name under Linux, start up a terminal, then type

ls /dev/sd* /dev/hd*

then press Enter.

This should give you a list of drives, such as:

/dev/sda
/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda5
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdb1
/dev/sdc

You may also get an error, as it is likely that either one of the the /dev/sd.. or /dev/hd.. device groups do not exist. You can ignore this error.

How do you know which device is the HD24 drive? A few hints:

• It is usually not /dev/sda or /dev/hda because the first drive is usually your system drive.
• It is not any of the drives where the device name ends in a number; this is because the numbers indicate various partitions on the drive. The HD24 does not support partitions, so any disk which is also followed by a number is not an HD24 drive. In the example above, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb are not HD24 drives because /dev/sda has partitions numbered 1, 2 and 5 and /dev/sdb has a partition numbered 1.
• Finally, it is most likely to be the drive name that was not listed before connecting the HD24 drive, but that suddenly shows up when you do connect the HD24 drive to your computer.

In the above case, /dev/sdc is the most likely candidate.

Under File->Recovery->Select device... you should now specify this device. In the dropdown box Choose device, either select the device name, or select --Use other device-- and manually enter the device name of the HD24 drive.