# NexcloudPi crashes a couple of times week, Your data directory is invalid

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nexcloudpi-crashes-a-couple-of-times-week-your-data-directory-is-invalid/161631>\
**Category:** 📦 Appliances (Docker, Snappy, VM, NCP, AIO)\
**Tags:** nc25, ncp\
**Created:** [May 7, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nexcloudpi-crashes-a-couple-of-times-week-your-data-directory-is-invalid/161631 "2023-05-07T15:09:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![OliverV](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/oliverv/32/5741_2.png) [@OliverV](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/OliverV)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nexcloudpi-crashes-a-couple-of-times-week-your-data-directory-is-invalid/161631/13 "2023-05-15T14:40:44Z")

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> [@Jonas\_Edin](#):
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> I tried to unplug and replug the drive last time but nextcloud didnt find the files.

Not a good idea, rather use [this howto] to mount a drive permanently ([Mounting an external drive using UUID and fstab | Linux admin junior](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/mounting-an-external-drive-using-uuid-and-fstab-linux-admin-junior/97757))

Power save, could slow things down, but should just power back on when uploading files.

To check if and where drives are mounted I use:

> sudo df -hT

In Linux to mount a drive one uses

> sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/drivename

But you enabled automount so should not need to manually mount unless you add more drives to your system.

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