Questions tagged [ntfs]
A Microsoft file system, used in Windows NT (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
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Automount USB disk (ntfs) and use files for libvirt/qemu/kvm?
When I plugin my NTFS USB disk it gets auto-mounted. That's fine.
But when I want to use files for libvirt/kvm/qemu virtualizaztion they cannot be accessed. Sadly I cannot find the parameter or option ...
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Unable to access windows (error mounting/dev/sda4/media/ubuntu/windows) [duplicate]
Hey guys so the other day my laptop updated to 8.1. After install it required a restart, i clicked yes and now its been stuck in an infinite preparing start up repair.
So i installed ubuntu to USB ...
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Deluge losing track of .torrent after reboot in ubuntu 14.04
Every time after booting, I have to mount the partition and apply force re-check on the torrents in Deluge.Is there any way to avoid force rechecking or every time I start deluge or alternatively ...
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gParted shows I/O error while creating a NTFS partition
Whenever I try to create a NTFS partition with gParted, I get this error (bolded for ease of sight):
GParted 0.18.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
Libparted 2.3
Create Primary ...
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Rebuild HDD: Repair NTFS and MFT
folks! Newbie here, I hope this is the right area to post a new topic.
So, I got an HDD which got corrupted.
I will try to be as specific as possible about describing my problem, even if English is ...
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Lubuntu allow non-admin to mount drive without admin password
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I'm the administrator of my Lubuntu system. I only have one "Desktop User" account for all kids. But when ever the Desktop User tries to access or open the "Data"[NTFS partition](Drives ...
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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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Sharing Installing Ubuntu with an NTFS data partition
Will I be allowed to install Ubuntu on to a 1.5gig HDD of which half of the drive is dedicated to an NTFS data partition, no OS is installed.
Thank you.
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Unabel to open another HDD with Ubuntu 14.04
I'm new to Ubuntu. I have installed Windows 8.1 next to Ubuntu 14.04, on one HDD. This first HDD working fine, I can access to my windows file etc. But I have another HDD named "Maya" where I have ...
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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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Is there a way I can have half my hard drive partitioned to NTFS?
I am currently running Ubuntu off of one hard drive (I currently only have one in my computer at the moment) tried to install windows via a boot disk. I get to the setup and it asks where to install ...
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Ubuntu Format volume for windows
While trying to wipe a drive with DBan I accidentally started the process on my laptop drive. The process ran for about 2 seconds before I stopped it but not before it caused some damage. I now have ...
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USB flash drive seemingly fubar
I have encountered a problem, that I have never before encountered.
I have a Nashua 8GB USB flash drive that I have formatted for different purposes many times.
Recently I wanted to format it to NTFS ...
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Firefox can't save download files on ntfs partition
Ntfs partition is configured by NTFS configuration tool.
Other browser like chrome have no problem
Showing:
"The file could not be saved because you do not have the proper permissions. Choose ...
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NTFS config and startup mounting
I have installed Xubuntu 14.04 64bit version. And then I have installed ntfs config. But at that time my external storage(HDD) was connected with my laptop. Then I have restarted my laptop but that ...
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I want to do partition on ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have a 1 TB hardisk which is lmv2 and I want to make two partitions of it.
one to normally store stuff.
and one ntfs where i can store windows
BUT I get error when i use gpart and this is what it ...
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NTFS drive mount
I have both windows 8.1 and ubuntu 14.04 installed on my system.
I was not able to mount my drives in ubuntu but after disabling fast startup in windows it worked perfectly fine.
I recently installed ...
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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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Mount Error on opening
I haven't used ubuntu for long time so I forgot most of command and how to fix issues.
I have Dual boot , Windows 8 and ubuntu latest version I use ubuntu for my work and Windows for gaming and other ...
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RE : Installing Ubuntu on a NTFS Flash Drive
I wanted to create a bootable Windows and Ubuntu on my flash drive. Due to FAT32 constraint on Windows, I formatted my flash drive to NTFS. But after i installed Ubuntu into the flash drive and boots ...
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1 SSD windows, 1 SSD ext4, 1 NTFS Data mutual Drive?
I am trying to use a mutual Data hard drive (NTFS) to run my files between both windows and linux.
I am new to linux and having trouble with identifying the 3rd HD, which is NTFS.
On the sidebar, ...
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How can I make a link that NTFS supports?
When I make a link so that someone can access a file over the network directly, and then copy it across, I get the following error:
There was an error copying the file into smb://ostrich/users/Public/...
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Install Ubuntu on SSD and Keep Personal files on NTFS drive
I currently have Windows 7 installed on an SSD and just got another SSD which I want to install Ubuntu on. My current setup with Windows 7 is that I have all of my games and apps installed on the SSD, ...
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Why does USB formatted NTFS in Ubuntu work on Windows 7/8 but not XP?
I formatted my USB drive in Ubuntu's disk utility. When I plug that USB into my PC which has Windows XP on it, it shows the drive as corrupted.
That same USB works on Windows 7 and 8, just not with ...
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ntfs mount problem + ntfsfix problem
I install ubuntu and now my windows can't boot and ubuntu too!
ubuntu error message is same to this! and windows error is "A disk read error occurred"
I cant install windows but windows 7 ...
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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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How to mount a drive when in xmonad using terminal?
So, I've been itroduced to XMONAD by now, and he tiling window manager seems classic.
I'm stuck when I have to access a file from another drive (It's a NTFS drive), so I found the way to list the ...
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Unable to mount My Passport 1TB hardisk in Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
When I attach my harddisk, it gives the following message:
Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/gunnar/My Passport: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,...
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I can't access an external hard drive (it has Windows 8) through my USB cable [duplicate]
I know this problem can be solved by restarting with Windows 8 in an normal mode, but I don't have Windows 8 any more. I'm trying to rescue the files that I had on a laptop on which the motherboard ...
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Problem when booting Ubuntu - Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery
When starting Ubuntu I get an error message that says:
An error occurred while mounting /windows.
Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery.
Searching the internet I saw that I should open ...
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Unable to mount and boot windows 7 [closed]
I have Windows 7 and Linux Mint 16, and get this error when attempting to mount my Windows partition:
Error mounting /dev/sda2 at /media/bugsy/Windows: Command-line mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=...
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Slow copy/move transfer rate
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and am experiencing extremely slow transfer (copy/move) rates between my Ubuntu drive (SSD) and an NTFS 7200rpm HDD (SATAII) that I use as storage. By slow I mean around 1-1....
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exFAT vs NTFS. Is exFAT stable enough in 14.04? [duplicate]
Is exFAT stable enough in Ubuntu 14.04?
I have an external usb hard drive that I need to access from Windows and Ubuntu. Should I use exFAT or NTFS?
If I only were using Windows PCs, I would go for ...
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If linux can support NTFS file system then why cannot it be installed on same?
After learning basics of installation and types of file system, I found that Linux(Ubuntu) can open,create and delete file on an NTFS file system, where as windows can't even see ext series! so my ...
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problem in accessing NTFS drive: "The disk contains an unclean file system"
When i try to access the drive , following problem occurs-
Error mounting /dev/sda2 at /media/ankur/D0484A98484A7CEA: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,...
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Can Ubuntu work with NTFS file system partitions? Could it read and write its contents? [duplicate]
I am thinking of switching to Ubuntu, but I am concerned about some things:
Does Ubuntu supports the usage (read/write) of previous data (from Windows formatted NTFS drives) or do I have to ...
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Need advice on size of Root Partition for latest Ubuntu or Ubuntu clone distro? [duplicate]
I have two Hard Drives a Samsung 750Gigs and a Western Digital Green 2 TB.
My current partition scheme consists of only 3 NTFS partitions:
750:
C: 75 Gigs Windows 7 Home Premium
D: 675 Gigs ...
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Installing Ubuntu and accessing NTFS drive
I have two drives (C: , D:) and both are formatted with NTFS.
I have installed Windows 8.1 on the C drive and stored important files on D:.
I want to install Ubuntu along side of Windows 8.1 by ...
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Need help recovering data from hard disk formatted by Ubuntu, [duplicate]
I am a beginner with Ubuntu. I have tried installing Ubuntu yesterday in C drive. However it took over the complete hard disk space. I dont see my data. After doing lot of research on internet got 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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How to set up password check on unmounting NTFS partitions?
I have dual boot PC laptop with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04. My PC has two hard drivers:
/dev/sda - that is SSD drive containing Windows C: NTFS partition and Ubuntu / and swap filesystems.
/dev/sdb -...
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Unable to mount a partition of external 3TB hard drive..GPT warning
My external HDD has five partitions and I am able to mount 4 partitions except one (labeled office) which is of 1TB and has all my backups. I am providing more information below
fdisk -l
Disk /dev/...
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Is there a way to use an NTFS drive that contains my games and is also external to my installation of steam installed viawinetricks?
I am new to using this site, but not really that new to ubuntu. I decided to do my best to get the things I love to work on linux. I do understand that there are some pretty good games on steam that ...
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hard drive partations mount problem
When I tried to access my partition then I found the following message:
Error mounting /dev/sda4 at /media/pc/16564B1C564AFBCD:
Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=...
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Clarification on sharing NTFS and installing GRUB2 with Windows 8.1
I have a small amount of experience with installing Ubuntu (i.e. dual-booting on a Macbook and replacing Vista on an old HDD), but I am now planning on dual-booting my Asus laptop (currently running ...
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Accessing OneDrive files on a ntfs partition from Ubuntu 14.04
I have dual boot on my computer, Win 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04. It works great. There is one thing that puzzles me though. I mounted NTFS partition so I can see it in "Files" app and work with it normaly ...
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Is it okay to use a ntfs partition for data to be accessed by windows 7 and ubuntu? [duplicate]
Constantly, I use windows and ubuntu and need to access files on both systems. It sucks to be copying files back and forth and sometimes I forget some file and I have to restart several times. To ...
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Can't empty trash after external drive was unplugged
I've taken an USB hard drive of my teacher and now I've returned it him back. It was NTFS and I deleted some files there. Now my Trash icon is still full, while the trash is empty. How to make the ...
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Transfer files (video, docs, programs...) from NTFS to Ext3
I'm about to install on my primary PC (tower PC) KUbuntu. For the moment I have Win7 installed. On this one I have 6 HDD : 1X SSD (for the system), 2X HDD of 3TB, 2X HDD of 500GB and 1X HDD of 1TB. ...
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Error while resizing partition before installation of Ubuntu. How can I get my data back? [duplicate]
It was a ~22 GBytes first windows partition (with loader). I wanted to split it on 2: 13 GB and 9 GB. In the middle of process was an error with something similar to "unable to write data on media (on ...
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