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Windows won't boot after using chown on windows partition

I was following this: Mount NTFS partition at startup, with non-root user as owner to be able to use permissions with my NTFS partitions without having to change owner to "root". I did what the ...
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Losing saved file in an NTFS partition after booting into Windows 8 [duplicate]

I saved a file in an NTFS partition shared between Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 8. When I booted to Windows 8, the file was gone. I booted back to Ubuntu and the file wasn't there. I repeated the process ...
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Cannot mount NTFS partition in Ubuntu 13.04

After I installed Ubuntu 13.04, I can't mount my NTFS partition. Error mounting /dev/sda5 at /media/mrxfly/xFLyDiskData: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o ...
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unable to mount windows partition

I can't mount the windows 8 partition. I have shut it down properly. When I try to open up in devices, it gives me the following error: Unable to mount 413 GB Filesystem Error mounting: mount ...
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SFS Windows partition after Ubuntu Install

I installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 7 64-bit on another laptop of mine and encountered a problem. Here is what happened: I shrunk the Windows partition to create space for Ubuntu I ran ...
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Dual Boot Win7 Ubuntu 12.10 use 2nd HDD for all My Docs

My current setup is that I have: 1TB HDD split with Windows OS and Ubuntu OS (with system and Swap of course) 2TB HDD for all my docs What I want to be able to do is whether I am in Windows or Ubuntu ...
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access windows file system problem [duplicate]

i'm using ubuntu 12.10 and its a dual boot.till yesterday i'v access windows through ubuntu.but today when i try to access windows through ubuntu it shows error message. here it is, Blockquote ...
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“Different filesystems on the same disk” issue on Community Ubuntu Documentation guide

Reading the Partitioning/Home/Moving guide (about to move my /home to a different partition), I came across this notice: If you're moving from Windows and your new home partition is going to be an ...
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Remove space from Ubuntu partition

I accidentally gave Ubunto 1.7 terabytes of space and only left about 300 gigs for Windows. I would like Ubunto to have 300 gigs and Windows to have 1.7 terabytes as it is my primary OS. How would I ...
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Is accessing Windows files possibly harmful?

I have installed Windows and Ubuntu side by side on my system. I heard that it harmful to the hard disk if we access files ont the Windows partition from Ubuntu. Is this true?
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Ext4 vs Mounted Windows NTFS for HDD Data Storage

My system has an SSD (120 gb) and HDD (3 tb). I am dual-booting Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 8. Right now I only have 30 gb allocated to Ubuntu on the SSD. The rest of the SSD and HDD drive is used by ...
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How can I install Ubuntu in such a way that files are readable by both Ubuntu and Windows?

I am installing Ubuntu alongside Windows, choosing the dual-boot option. I do not want to do a Wubi installation. I want a full fledged installation. I want to share files between Windows and Ubuntu. ...
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How to “un-automount” external harddrive?

So I dualboot 12.10 and Win7. Both OSs are on the primary SSD while all commonly used data (documents, movies, music, profiles etc) is on a secondary NTFS-formatted HDD. Since I needed the NTFS ...
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NTFS Corruption: Files created in Linux corrupted when Windows Boots

I'm getting some file loss and corruption on my Win7/Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot setup. I have a large shared NTFS partition. I have my Windows Docs/Music/etc. directories on that file and have the ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7?

I'm trying to set up a dual boot Lenovo Ideapad that came with Windows 7. Lenovo uses up 4 partitions out of the box. They are: (unnamed) 14GB LENOVO D: 30GB SYSTEM_DRV 200MB Window7_OS C: 400GB ...
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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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/boot partition is NTFS on dual-boot Win7/Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire laptop. Windows 7 Home Premium edition was installed on the main drive. I booted to the Ubuntu 12.04 Installation environment and selected the option to Install ...
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Share home directory between Linux and Windows dual boot

This question is somewhat similar to How to use Windows Share has home directory, but in this case Windows is not running. I have installed a dual-boot configuration with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows. My ...
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Files written in Ubuntu disappear in Windows

I have a strange problem with a dual boot laptop, in where I have a ntfs partition. When I write files in the ntfs patitions everything seems fine. even if I restart Ubuntu the files still are there, ...
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recurring ntfs input/output error [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do you repair an “input/output error” in an NTFS partition? Twice in two weeks, the filesystem table has become corrupted on a ntfs partition. I am able ...
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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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How to automount NTFS partitions?

I have two NTFS partitions, and I don't want to mount them everytime 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 they are ...
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Best practice to keep a NTFS partition constantly mounted?

Hey all, I Dual-boot using a NTFS partition to house shared docs and some program files between Windows and Ubuntu. When this extra media partition isn't mounted automatically at startup it causes ...
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Boot error after upgrading to 11.04 [closed]

I had two systems who worked perfectly: Ubuntu and windows 7. Today I just upgraded Ubuntu to 11.04. Now while booting, after choosing "Ubuntu", there is an error who appears and disappears quickly, ...
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Windows partition not booting

Using Clonezilla, I cloned a Windows 7 installation from the first partition on one drive to the first partition on a second larger drive and then installed Ubuntu into the second partition (same ...
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Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 13

I keep a windows partition on my laptop for the occaisional bit of Photoshop work. A while ago I noticed that Windows had disappeared from my grub boot menu and when I try to mount the windows ...
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Permanently mounting Windows' NTFS partition, fully enabled

I'm transforming a Windows 7 PC into a dual boot system with Ubuntu 10.10. Following other questions on this site, I've mounted my Windows drive by adding this to fstab UUID=blabla /windows ntfs ...
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How to mount NTFS drive at startup [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to automount NTFS partitions? I'm not even sure if this is the right question, but basically I have a partition with Windows 7 on it (named Acer in my Ubuntu places ...