# How to detect and mount an external USB (NTFS) drive?

**URL:** <https://dietpi.com/forum/t/how-to-detect-and-mount-an-external-usb-ntfs-drive/19591>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [11 March 2024 03:37 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/how-to-detect-and-mount-an-external-usb-ntfs-drive/19591 "2024-03-11T03:37:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![scarecrow2k6](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/scarecrow2k6/32/6048_2.png) [@scarecrow2k6](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/scarecrow2k6)\
**Post date:** [11 March 2024 03:37 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/how-to-detect-and-mount-an-external-usb-ntfs-drive/19591/1 "2024-03-11T03:37:28Z")

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I got one of those Orico 3.5" HDD enclosure and used a Hitachi 500GB HDD. Win11 easily detects it, probably because it is in NTFS format. I used it with DietPi and it seems the HDD was not even detected. I used “lsblk” and it shows only the Pi’s (RPi 3) drive. The external drive is driven by an external power adapter.

My question is, how can I make the Pi detect the NTFS drive? Eventually I am trying to use Syncthing to sync stuff from my Win11 pc but that is another story. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/jappe/32/1788_2.png) [@Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Jappe)\
**Post date:** [11 March 2024 06:57 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/how-to-detect-and-mount-an-external-usb-ntfs-drive/19591/2 "2024-03-11T06:57:49Z")

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You would need to mount it with `dietpi-drive_manager`, auto-mount is disabled by default on dietpi.

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**Author:** ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)\
**Post date:** [11 March 2024 09:39 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/how-to-detect-and-mount-an-external-usb-ntfs-drive/19591/3 "2024-03-11T09:39:53Z")

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> [@scarecrow2k6](#):
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> I used “lsblk” and it shows only the Pi’s (RPi 3) drive

Means even following doesn’t show anything from your HDD?

```auto
lsblk -o name,fstype,label,size,ro,type,mountpoint,partuuid,uuid

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://dietpi.com/forum/uploads/default/original/1X/7e1021de2213860bce185915ce2c1786e56490ec.png) [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)\
**Post date:** [7 September 2024 09:40 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/how-to-detect-and-mount-an-external-usb-ntfs-drive/19591/4 "2024-09-07T09:40:34Z")

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