Questions tagged [ntfs-3g]
ntfs-3g is a tool to configure NTFS file system.
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Unable to mount NTFS external hard drive
I am having trouble mounting my external hard drive, every time I try and do so I get the following message:
"Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/fuzzy27/My Book: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "...
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What causes high CPU usage by mount.ntfs?
I'm in Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit. mount.ntfs use high CPU--40%. I have Intel Core i5-3210M. Why is this happening?
lsblk:
NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sda 465.8G ...
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How to Mount NTFS partition in Ubuntu 16.04
I'm new to Ubuntu. Installed ubuntu by formatting my existing C Drive in Windows 10 OS. So I have only Ubuntu in my laptop. My D drive is left untouched which is a NTFS file system. Please guide me ...
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How do I install ntfs-3g (ntfsprogs) manually on Ubuntu?
To fix a SATA hard disk with a damaged NTFS file system, I tried to follow the process documented at Ubuntu 13.04 is unable to mount a disk drive from ex-windows system which entails the use of the ...
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Remove RECYCLER directory from virus infected flash drive
Before you advise me on the option of saving my files and formatting the drive using gparted, please understand that I could have done that hours back and that would have taken only a few minutes. ...
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Can't mount NTFS partition with write permissions [duplicate]
I am running Ubuntu 16.10 and during setup I added my data drive which is ntfs, to automount in /etc/fstab file. The entry looks like this -
UUID=EA469A60469A2D77 /alpha ntfs-3g rw,permissions,...
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NTFS disk is read-only and I can't change to read & write
I have used Windows 7 for a long time and thought to give Linux (Ubuntu) a try. I have two hard drives, one 120GB, other 1TB. First one is for OS and software, while the 1TB disk is for data and games....
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Mount FAT32: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Xubuntu 14.04. nfts-3g is installed.
/dev/sdc is the Flash drive. I have created new partition with fdisk (tried with cfdisk too). Tried with W95 FAT32 code and W95 FAT32 (LBA) code. ("b" and "c" in ...
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apache forbidden to acces `index` file on ntfs partition
After Installing my apache, i edited the /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file, and added in the bottom-line, the following code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /media/username/DATA/docs/...
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Is there a way to know what really caused a specific segfault?
I recently bought a new motherboard/cpu (Asus Rog Strix z690-a gaming wifi D4/Intel i7 12700K) and initially used my existing ubuntu 20.04 installation which I had installed when I had my previous ...
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No permission to automount external HDD using ntfs-3g
I wanted to modify my mount options for my NTFS external HDD so that I can execute programs on it. I added the following line to my fstab accordingly:
UUID=CE665A3F665A290B /media/Josh ntfs-3g ...
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FUSE options on 18.04 vs 14.04
I have two Ubuntu installations:
14.04 LST (3.13.0-160-generic #210-Ubuntu)
18.04 LST (4.15.0-36-generic #39-Ubuntu)
On system #1 (14.04), when a NTFS partition is (auto?)mounted, then the ...
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ntfsfix shows no error but frequent IO errors on drive
I have a NTFS disk mounted as a data drive to a Ubuntu system (19.10).
In the last couple days, the drive has become very slow and unreliable.
The journal (journalctl -r) shows this :
Nov 20 15:...
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Why can't I resize NTFS partition?
I'm trying to resize my ntfs partition but can't do it in GParted... tried from HD and from LiveUSB... couldn't find a solution on the web, partition isn't mounted; I'm trying to divide it in two to ...
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Files from Windows with 'unsupported reparse point' on ubuntu
I'm trying to pass some files that I have on Windows to a HD. As I lost my Windows user password I'm recovering those files through an Ubuntu usb (20.04 focal). However, some files and folders were ...
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Cannot mount external hard disk, MFT records error
I am trying to mount a Western Digital "My Book" drive, which I used to share between Linux and Windows. It is formatted in NTFS.
When I connect it on Windows, I get the message that the disk is ...
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There were no valid user or no valid group when I try to mount NTFS partition with ntfs-3g usermap
I want to mount a NTFS external drive that must have read and write access for my user profile. So following the NTFS-3G guide, to generate the mapping file, I have tried this:
sudo ntfsusermap /dev/...
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All created files on a NTFS partition with User Mapping defaults to root owner
I've just migrated to Ubuntu from another distribution, and where previously my NTFS partitions worked with the addition of a User Mapping file, now all the newly created files will have the owner set ...
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Mounting Additional Harddrive using ntfs-3g
I have desktop with 80gb HDD with ubuntu then i added a 2TB but failed to get it mounted tried all links from mounting ntfs on ubuntu search
This is my current config :
Dell:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: ...
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Cannot mount NTFS external drive
New Ubuntu Server install 20.04, for Plex Media Server (not yet installed). Popped in a USB NTFS drive which works on other machines. It has media on it which I need Plex to server. #
Attempts to ...
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Does the ntfs-3g driver still corrupt disks/files/folders?
As I said in the title, does the ntfs-3g driver still corrupt disks/files/folders on ntfs disks? I have heard a lot of people having problems with the driver. Is that still the case, or have the ...
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Issues with Shared NTFS HD | Ubuntu 20.04 x Windows 10
Dual boot machine with Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10 on seperate m.2 nvme storage devices. I have an external hard drive (14TB) set up as NTFS. On either operating system I can write to the disc. ...
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How can I analize why rsync copies very slow after copying very fast a few files on ntfs drives?
I'm backing around 2Tb of data from a ntfs disk to another ntfs disk with rsync ( I tried also with midnight commander ) and the copy starts with a "good" 25Mb/s speed, but after copying a ...
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Fix Corrupted NTFS Partition from Ubuntu
I try to fix my Windows(NTFS) Drive from Ubuntu.
The error messages I got from GParted and other software was
Input/Output Error during read on /dev/sda.
Or Failed to read SYSTEM.SAV
Another ...
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ntfs-3g-mount: mount failed: Permission denied
When trying to mount a Bitlocker USB drive in Raspbian it throws this error:
ntfs-3g-mount: mount failed: Permission denied
This command works:
sudo mount -o ro,loop /mnt/tmp/dislocker-file /media/...
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Dual-boot system and NTFS access
I have a dual-boot system - Ubuntu 18.04.3 + Windows XP. My Windows XP installation has been set up long time ago with Administrator user and a number of non-privileged users - and it's good because ...
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"No such file or directory" trying to write NTFS
I have booted from an LUbuntu 18.04 Live USB. I am trying to access the files on my hard drive (Windows 10, NTFS). By default they are mounted read only, so I remounted it read-write with no errors. ...
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Ubuntu doesn't set Permissions(chmod) on NTFS files even after Setting Udev Rule
I know the fact that chmod does not work with NTFS. However, I'm trying to set a permission (say 0755) when I mount an NTFS drive using Nautilus. I've already configured a udev rule for that; I have ...
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How to allow other users to access a mounted NTFS partition with a UserMapping file?
I can't get users other than me or root to access the files on a mounted NTFS partition. The answers I've found to similar questions usually mention to set the uid and gid options. In my situation I ...
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Mounting NTFS with NTFS-3G while using nautilus
I am using nautilus on Ubuntu 23.10. Whenever I plug in an external drive, it shows up in the sidebar. When I click the name, if the drive is formatted as NTFS, it throws an error with the following ...
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Programs from snap do not work with ntfs-3g [duplicate]
I have programs from snap - Telegram, Skype and some others.
And I have secondary ntfs hdd drive shared with Windows.
All programs from snap can not read files from ntfs - Telegram, Skype.
I know ...
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How to properly share a partition between Windows Server R2 and Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS?
I'm facing the following problem: As the title already says, I want to share a partition between a Windows Server 2012 R2 and an Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS machine.
Some more background information ...
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Ubuntu 16.10. external ntfs-3g harddrive gets ejected randomly during the night
⇒ uname -a
Linux nortrom 4.8.0-41-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 3 15:27:17 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Today I woke up to my external harddrive of my ubuntu homeserver being turned ...
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Can't do anything on HD NTFS partition, my user is the owner
Here's the thing. I used to have an Asus computer with Ubuntu and Windows 7 on dual boot since 2014. I used to update Ubuntu everytime a new version was released, and I updated to Windows 10 too. Both ...
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3TB usb drive for ubuntu and windows
I have a 3TB usb harddisk that I wish to switch between windows, but most of the time Ubuntu 12.04 server. But whatever I try, it can't be correctly recognized by both systems.
The last closest try I ...
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Problem accessing Windows 8.1 drive from Ubuntu 15.04 [duplicate]
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro C50 laptop which came with Windows 8.1 pre-installed. I have installed Ubuntu 15.04 (64 bit) alongside Windows as a dual boot system. However, I can't access any of my ...
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ntfs-3g Failed to decompress file
For years the logs of my Ubuntu systems sharing drives with a Windows installation have been routinely flooding logs with:
Mar 17 11:00:50 kemosabi ntfs-3g[483]: ntfs_attr_pread error reading '/pub/...
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Automount NTFS HDDs in specific locations and share them in LAN
O.S: Raspbmc
I need to share 4 HDDs over my LAN, but the fstab I wrote does't work as I aspect.
Edit1~
Here's the part of fstab made for those HDDs:
#External HHDs
LABEL=Incompleted\040Seasons ...
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unable to run executable on mounted partition
I have an image mounted in the following way in fstab:
/home/fbence/ee_modbox.img /home/fbence/mounted/modbox lowntfs-3g windows_names,ignore_case,umask=007,uid=fbence 0 0
In a specific folder on ...
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Can't get my ntfs partitions UUID in 15.10
I installed Ubuntu 15.10, and I can't mount my NTFS partitions I searched a lot and found few solutions and tried them but the funny thing is that everytime I get the UUID's that the partitions had ...
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'.lnk' shown in a mounted folder
I'm trying to mount a Windows partition in my Ubuntu system so I edited fstab with this:
/dev/sda4 /mnt/windows ntfs rw,auto 0 0
This mounts without any problem my Windows partition ...
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mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/mnt/ntfs’: Input/output error
I have an ntfs disk and am trying to mount it.
I have installed the ntfs-3g and while trying to mkdir ntfs in /mnt
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/ntfs
I get the error
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/mnt/ntfs’: ...
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Nautilus file explorer to allow for NTFS parition mount
In older version of Ubuntu 18.04 if I recall you could see unmounted drive in nautilus side bar.
But now since I only see my home folder and other locations which is empty.
Is there a way to restore ...
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How to fix NTFS formatted hardware
I just recovered from an issue here: 22.04 not mounting NTFS flash drive (not "Fast Boot" issue)
Many of the answers/comments on this website related to the issue I experienced, had to some ...
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Undo effects of running ntfsfix (ntfs-3g) on a Windows NTFS partition
Using Ubuntu I was trying to access an NTFS partition that was created using the partition tool in Windows.
Then I took the decision of running ntfsfix on it.
I got access to another exfat partition(...
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cannot paste external files into a ntfs file system in Ubuntu 20.04.4
on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS I have an NTFS data partition. This is a dual boot system with Windows 10. The option "paste" is grayed out when I try to copy-paste into the NTFS partition any file ...
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How do I limit upgrading to kernel 5.15, while staying on 5.13 HWE kernel stack with 20.04 LTS?
5.15 kernel does come with bunch of cool new features, but I am not getting the confidence to upgrade given the bunch of bugs here & on other distro forums. Slower development & bug-patching ...
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ntfsusermap for triple boot
I have a triple boot system: macOS, Windows (Fast Boot disabled), and Xubuntu. Beside the OS drive, there's a data drive formatted in NTFS.
I use ntfsusermap as mentioned in osxfuse's NTFS-3G guide to ...
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How to make pmount using big_writes option for ntfs-3g mouting?
using pmount to conveniently mount usb disks, some are ntfs.
by default pmount do ntfs-3g mounting without big_writes option.
how to config pmount so it use big_writes option for ntfs-3g?
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Advice: External Drive FileSystem for Video files attached to Ubuntu Server, but compatible with Windows?
I want to run a Plex server that will serve video files off an external hard drive. The Plex server will run on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. However, because I primarily work on Windows, I feel the external ...
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