External HDD not reading

Looking at your error I'd guess you have fast startup enabled. Your drive hasn't been ejected cleanly in windows.

Eject from windows or libreelec?

Assuming it's windows 10 I would:

- run chkdsk (I assume you've done that?)

- turn off fast restart

- power down the pc

- unplug the drive

All the above might not be necessary, but none of it is time-consuming.

If it were me I'd invest a few quid / dollars / euros in a usb hdd docking station; that way you can hotplug the drive and use safe-eject in windows (that may be possible anyway from sata, but if it were me I'd prefer not to be poking about inside a pc while it's running).

Edit:

'The message contains censored words: p0unds'

wtf?

It's still the same answer for 8.1

-chkdsk

-turn off fast startup (it's on by default)

-power off

-unplug

-try in LE

Brill.

In LibreElec does the lightning symbol in the top right corner not mean that their is not enough power available?

Quote from chewitt

The lightning bolt is an overlay from the RPi firmware to indicate inadequate power supply.

So a massive thumbs-up to crazyblocks for getting the external drive recognised but this then indicates he still has a power supply issue.

I'm having a similar issue with an M.2 card 1TB in a case that is not recognised. I think we may have a bad format, but it's been useful following this thread. It would be interesting to hear if anyone else has a LibreElec system that is working with a M.2 card in a case running as the main storage for the RPi and what components they used.

Does anyone know of a power supply that is rated more than 3amps?