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  • With regard to Elementary OS (Freya) the File Manager doesn't have any option (at least no GUI access to such options). So an alternative would b welcome. Thanks. Commented Apr 19, 2015 at 18:38
  • Then mount your external filesystem and use (as root) the "blkid" command to get the UUID of your external disk. Then you can edit the /etc/fstab file and add an entry like "UUID=the-uuid-of-your-fs /your/mount/point ntfs auto,defaults,user 0 0" Commented Apr 19, 2015 at 18:59
  • Added to /etc/fstab entry: UUID=4E1AEA7B1AEA6007 /dev/sdb1 ntfs auto,defaults,user 0 0 but then the drive isn't detected at all. Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 16:58
  • Hi. The second parameter in your line is wrong, instead of /dev/sdb1 you have to put there the mount point (example: /mnt/mydrive). Create the directory first with mkdir -p /mnt/mydrive. Your drive is already identified by the UUID string, you don't need to identify it with the device filename /dev/sdX (and that device name will change to sdc if you plug another usb device first)... This fstab line is used when the system boots to automount the drive. If you want to automount it when you plug in while the system is started, then check "udev" / "automount". Commented Apr 22, 2015 at 21:25
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    If your Window manager does not provide the facility to automount any new drive present in the system (as does GNOME, KDE, MATE, XFCE, etc), you can use systems like udev and automount (they are not Xorg apps, they are "system services") to automatically mount drives. With udev, you edit a file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and place there "rules" that define which kind of drives should be mounted and how. Check axllent.org/docs/view/auto-mounting-usb-storage for mor information. Commented Apr 23, 2015 at 13:47