Hi there,

I am new to openelec but been a xbmc windows user for a few years now.
I really like openelec after trying it but for some reason I can map to my nas and view USB pen drives I plug in but I just can't seem to find my external wd elements USB drive. It works fine in windows and I can see it if I browse to add new files in windows version but in openelec I just can't find it, also unplugging and rep lugging it in doesn't show any on screen messages at all.
I am using beta 4 version and this is only annoyance with openelec I have found.
I have searched and can't see anyone else who has had same problem.
I am using a revo 3610 with 64 bit version for ion, I have also tried 32 bit version and no different
Does anyone have any ideas I could try as its only this that's stopping me continuing with it.
Have tried xbmc live before but this is far better and due to easy nature of its booting I can honestly see this being the ideal solution to make my htpc usable by everyone.
Thanks for any help in advance
And sorry for such a long post as my first one

SSH into your box and see if the drive is being recognized at allif you see it is mounted, probably as /dev/sdbx you can try and manually mount itor something along those lines.

also, make sure you safetly eject the drive from windows.
I assume the drive is formated NTFS?

Thanks will have to look into that as only used xbmc live and windows before and never had this problem so have never had to ssh into the pc at all. Hopefully I can sort this as openelec works very well except can't find my wd elements external drive, my nas it finds no problem, and any pen drives added are identified upon insertion.

I have installed putty and connected to my openelec, but it is way over my head I am unsure how to check if my drive is mounted or not, anyone have any guides on how it works and what commands are needed

Thanks

as above, the command "mount" will show you what is mounted, usually external drives will be /dev/sdb*