I'm having trouble accessing my external SSD that's connected via USB on my Debian system. It works fine on Windows and even on another Linux PC. On KDE, I see the "Mount and Open" option, but it just hangs while trying to mount. A few months back, I received an error indicating that I didn't have sufficient rights to mount or browse the drive. I made sure the device is recognized — when I run `lsusb`, it shows the correct Realtek RTL9210 M.2 NVME Adapter. How can I get this SSD to mount properly?
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To troubleshoot, try running `lsblk` to check if the SSD is recognized properly. You can get additional details with `lsblk -f`. Then, attempt to manually mount it using `udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdX#`, replacing X# with the correct letters/numbers corresponding to your SSD. This should help capture any error messages you encounter during the mounting process.
It sounds like a possible cable issue if it used to work and now doesn't consistently. Try using a different USB cable and port, as intermittent connection problems can often cause these symptoms. Also, check if the SSD works on another computer to rule out any hardware problems.
From your description, it looks like the SSD is formatted as NTFS. Make sure that your Linux kernel has support for NTFS filesystems; otherwise, you might see errors about it not being configured in the kernel. You can check and install the required packages for NTFS support, like `ntfs-3g`, to resolve mounting issues.
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