Questions tagged [ntfs]
A Microsoft file system, used in Windows NT (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
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Unable to mount Windows (NTFS) filesystem due to hibernation
Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount.
When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I ...
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How do I use 'chmod' on an NTFS (or FAT32) partition?
I have a script that I need to execute on an NTFS partition. The script's permission is set to 600.
I attempted to modify the permissions by running chmod 755 script.sh, which doesn't report a ...
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Can't Mount NTFS drive "The disk contains an unclean file system" [duplicate]
I am getting an error when I try to access my NTFS drive from ubuntu.
Unable to access “My Drive”
Error mounting /dev/sda6 at /media/ubuntu/Media Center: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=...
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How to automount NTFS partitions?
I have two NTFS partitions, and I don't want to mount them manually every-time I start Ubuntu.
How can I do this?
Is there a tool or a code to use?
If so, is it safe to automount? specially when ...
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Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows
MY NTFS Partition has gotten corrupt somehow (it's a relic from the days when I had Windows installed).
I'm putting the debug output of fdisk and blkid here.
At the same time, any OS is unable to ...
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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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Why does my NTFS partition mount as read only?
Until recently both my Windows Partition (C:) and my Data Partition (E:) would mount as read/write. Now both seem to only mount as read-only.
GParted Resize (Error)
ntfsresize v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:...
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Terminal method of formatting storage drive
I want to know how to format a storage drive from the terminal. Helpful things to provide in the answer would be often used options for commands and base knowledge that one can use to extrapolate ...
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Does Ubuntu damage USB drives?
Whenever I unmount a USB drive with Nautilus and plug it to a Windows machine, I receive a warning that the drive needs to be repaired.
(the same message like in this screenshot)
For 10+ years ...
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How do I recover my accidentally lost Windows partitions after installing Ubuntu?
I have a Toshiba satellite A-200 laptop with a Vista OS on it with 4 NTFS partitions
(C:) Vista
(D:) Entertainment
(E:) Work
(F:) Sources
and I wanted to start using Ubuntu instead. So I tried it ...
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How to correctly fix a "dirty" NTFS partition without using chkdsk
When I try to do a ntfsck to a NTFS partition I get this:
sudo ntfsck /dev/sdb1
Unsupported: replay_log()
Volume is dirty.
Unsupported: check_volume()
Checking 161792 MFT records.
Unsupported cases ...
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Should I choose exFat or NTFS for a "shared" partition in a dual-boot system?
I have a new laptop which I am setting up as dual boot Windows/Linux.
I would like to access files from both Ubuntu and Windows 7.
Should I create a separate NTFS partition?
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How to hide a(n) (NTFS) partition from ubuntu
I need to hide an NTFS partition from listing in the nautilus. How can I achieve that?
Is there any tool to do that?
And how can I hide files in ubuntu (except . operator)
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How do I mount a hibernated NTFS partition? [duplicate]
I have a Windows HDD attached to an external docking bay on my Ubuntu System, but the HDD brings up an error message:
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 14: Windows is hibernated, refused ...
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How do you repair an "input/output error" in an NTFS partition?
I replaced a buggy Windows Vista installation with Ubuntu. All works fine except that the main HD where I had all my files are now inaccessible. Here is the error message I get:
Error mounting: ...
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Convert filesystem NTFS -> EXT4?
I have 2 TB of data on an NTFS drive which I would like to convert to EXT4 filesystem. My OS runs on a (comparatively) small 60GB SSD. Is there any way to convert the filesystem, apart from backing ...
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Mount NTFS partition at startup, with non-root user as owner
I'm currently mounting an NTFS partition at startup using the following line in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda3 /media/data ntfs nls=iso8859-1,umask=000
To my Ubuntu 11.10 installation, ...
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fsck can't find fsck.ntfs
On several machines that I've upgraded from Natty to Oneiric, I get an error every boot (one for every NTFS partition):
Serious errors were found while checking the disk drive for /windows/c.
Press ...
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Defragging NTFS Partitions from Linux
Are there any tools that I can use to defrag my Windows partition from Linux?
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Ubuntu doesn't detect or display or so on, external USB Hard Disk
It's NTFS. It's USB2. I'm using Ubuntu 13.04. It works perfectly fine on Windows (which excludes cable and hardware problems). I have two Ubuntu computers and it's not detected on either. It's about ...
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Format USB drive to NTFS so it is usable under Windows
When I format a drive to NTFS under Windows and plug it into the Ubuntu machine, it is perfectly usable. But when I format it under Ubuntu using Disks (delete all partitions and create one single ...
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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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Mount exited with exit code 13
I have a 1TB external hard drive that I recently formatted to NTFS. It was mounting on my Ubuntu 11.10 fine until just now. I didn't make any changes to affect my OS or my exhdd.
The error that I get ...
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Cannot remove hiberfile on NTFS partition
I've been looking at questions like Unable to mount Windows (NTFS) filesystem due to hibernation and How do I mount a hibernated NTFS partition? and they all say "Boot into windows" which I am unable ...
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Is NTFS-3G safe for writing?
These days, I have to use the NTFS-3G driver to write to an NTFS drive (which will later be used in Windows). But I still remember the olde times of Linux ntfs driver which clearly said in the docs: '...
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Mounting a Windows folder with writing permissions in Ubuntu
Apparently the answer is here: https://superuser.com/questions/251537/mount-specific-ntfs-directory-on-linux however it is not working as expected.
I have a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu ...
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How do I share a folder on a NTFS partition over the network?
I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, and I want to share a folder on an automounted NTFS partition (/dev/sda4) over the network. The purpose of this network is to share files between computers, it contains mostly ...
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WoeUSB Error Code 256 with NTFS formatted USB
I tried to create a Windows 10 USB boot medium with WoeUSB. I formatted a USB drive with an NTFS partition, but WoeUSB complains with:
Installation failed!
Exit code: 256
Log:
WoeUSB v@@...
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Can't write to NTFS formatted drives
I'm not sure what has happened, but I've all of a sudden lost write access to any of my NTFS external drives.
I installed a few games and apps from the software center, and now I can't make new ...
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Install Ubuntu on a NTFS partition
The Ubuntu installer does not allow me to install on NTFS partitions, but certain circumstances requires me to do so. Is it possible?
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Is it safe to shutdown computer without unmounting NTFS partitions?
Sometimes I mount my NTFS drives in Ubuntu but forget to unmount them before shutdown.
So does Ubuntu unmount them before shutdown or do I have to unmount them manually before shutdown?
I am asking ...
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rsync not working between NTFS/FAT and EXT
I have music that I play in my car, from an FAT32 USB stick. The folder which I use to put songs on is stored on my EXT4 hard drive. I add/remove/retag songs regularly and occasionally want to rsync ...
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unable to mount ntfs partition created inside widows 10 [duplicate]
If i try to open any of partition, I get error message in a box.
Error mounting /dev/sda8 at /media/viratraaz/Documents: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=...
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Is there a better option other than NTFS for a shared HD between Ubuntu and Windows 7?
I have a PC with dual-boot, and I have installed Xubuntu (always newest version) and Windows 7. I have a new HD and I would like to be able to access it from both OS. I suppose NTFS would work since ...
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Howto auto-mount windows-partitions using /etc/fstab
Hello what do I have to write in the file "/etc/fstab" to get my windows-partition (/dev/sda3) automatically mounted on startup ?
I get this error-message (clicking on the bookmark for the partition ...
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What is the .Trash Folder on the NTFS partitions?
When using a dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu. I see that there is a folder created with the name .Trash-1000 in the NTFS partitions.
Could someone explain to me :
What does this folder mean ?
For ...
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Recovering broken or deleted NTFS partitions
About two weeks ago I had a problem with my PC that my brother wrote a question about at PC not booting after using Windows 7 auto-repair.
I still haven't solved the problem, so my PC is unusable now....
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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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Can't mount NTFS drive - "NTFS signature is missing."
I am unable to mount my NTFS drive on the latest stable Ubuntu Server 14.04 :
$ sudo mount /dev/sdc /media/wd3TbHdd -t ntfs
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdc': Invalid argument
The ...
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USB pendrive : the copy takes about 3 minutes but the unmount takes a very long time : 10 to 12 minutes
I'm using Ubuntu 17.10.
I formatted an USB pen-drive to NTFS to prepare a Windows7 USB Installer.
I set the bootable flag on this pen-drive and copied the files into it.
EDIT 1: The USB pen-drive ...
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How can I resize NTFS partition in GParted?
My family PC has Windows Vista and lately it has became unusable, having strange errors and taking hours to do anything at all, so I'm installing Ubuntu 11.10 alongside it. I went into GParted to ...
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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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Why does Ubuntu refuse to execute files from an NTFS partition?
I mount an NTFS partition (where I've got some Linux binaries and scripts alongside with Win32 and data files) with the following fstab line:
/dev/sda5 /mnt/dat ntfs-3g rw,dev,exec,auto,async,users,...
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Repair whole NTFS filesystem
I'm searching for useful tools for repairing a whole NTFS partition / drive, not only specific files.
My usecase: I'm trying to clone a netbook drive via partimage. Unfortunately the NTFS partition ...
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Dropbox on a dual-boot machine
I have a dual boot laptop- Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10, both located on same HD, different partitions, and a third one, meant to be for common use.
To avoid putting my Dropbox folder on each OS, I ...
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Using a folder on an ntfs partition as /home
I use wubi to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my ntfs partition. So I want to change the home folder to a folder on the ntfs partition. I could keep the personal configuration, software and so on after ...
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How do I mount a hibernated partition with Windows 8 in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I can't mount my other partition with Windows 8, I have Ubuntu 12.10 amd64:
Error mounting /dev/sda1 at /media/ricardo/003E8A7D3E8A6C0A: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,...
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dual boot missing files on ntfs
I have 3 partitions: one for Windows 7 (ntfs), one for Ubuntu (ext4) and one just for data (ntfs so both operating systems can see them).
My problem is that I had stored some files on the data ...
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How to write an fstab line for full access to an NTFS drive?
I've written:
/dev/sda2 /win ntfs-3g rw,dev,exec,auto,async,users,umask=777,uid=1000,gid=1000,locale=en_US.utf8, errors=remount-ro 0 0
but I still can't access /win as a user (corresponding to uid/...
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Ubuntu mounts external ntfs drive as read-only?
I am an infrequent Ubuntu / Linux user, only use it in case of major disaster (in this case Ransom-ware nuclear, but that's another story).
So i booted up another laptop using Ubuntu from a USB-drive;...
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