Microsoft's file system, used in Windows NT (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, etc.).
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How to '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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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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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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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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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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Trash on NTFS for multiple users: Why does Dolphin succeed where Nautilus fails?
I am trying to set up the ability for multiple users to use the Trash on a NTFS drive.
The main solution proposed on the forums consists into enabling a single user to use the Trash. That is made by ...
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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 to reformat a drive with NTFS?
I currently have a corrupted NTFS external drive that I want to re-format in a format that can be read by Linux and Windows - suggestions?
I want to reformat my 1TB NTFS drive to a format that can be ...
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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 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 ...
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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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.exe file permission fail
I'm trying to run a exe file that is located on my Vista partition, when I browse to the file and try to change the file to run as executable the tick box unticks itself right after i tick it, i tried ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Mounting NTFS as read-only
My PC have 3 NTFS partitions (main and backups) plus Ubuntu on dual boot. I want to keep NTFS partitions available, but mounted as read-only by default, so that other users (and accidentally even me) ...
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NTFS file-system sharing control
I have a NTFS partition, and I want to share a folder, but I want to manage the access of the subfolders, for example this folder contains 20 subfolders, the desktop users have access to only 10 ...
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How do I enable NTFS write support?
The NTFS Write capabilities were removed in Ubuntu 11.10.
Henceforth, I cannot write/delete on my External NTFS hard drive, neither can I on the NTFS partition hosting MS Windows.
I tried to install ...
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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 ...
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NTFS -> EXT4 migration, where did 120 GB go?
wim@wim-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ mount | grep media
/dev/sdc1 on /media/data type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/wd type fuseblk ...
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Add NTFS partition to live USB
If I add an NTFS partition to my USB, will it be accessible from both Windows and Ubuntu?
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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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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 ...
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NTFS partition becomes read-only after system upgrade?
I was using ubuntu 11.04 on my Laptop. While installing it from a DVD, I have created a 10 GB NTFS partition at the beginning of the hard disk, as primary. All other partitions ( swap, a ext3, a ext4 ...
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1TB SATA HDrive on Marvell Adapter disappears after 10.10 upgrade - Why?
Thanks for taking the time.
I have a problem I've never had after an upgrade. One of my hard drive, a 1TB NTFS drive connected with the marvell SATA connector (88sx or smth like that ) to my Asus ...
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How can I resize an external USB NTFS partition?
I have a new USB drive which came with a single NTFS partition.
How can I shrink that so that I can create an ext4 partition?
gparted does not seem to have the "Resize" option highlighted.
Update:
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How to hide an 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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Why does partition table corruption even happen?
I created an extended partition and tried to add two NTFS units to it. Instead two 125 GB partitions, I got – according to Disk Utility – 2 X 982 GB partitions plus a 14574534 TB one ...
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Adding NTFS-Write capability by default
In 11.10 the ability to write to NTFS drives was removed. There are ways around this, like ntfs-config, which mounts the selected drives as r/w, but I'm looking for a more permanent solution. I have ...
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How to get permissions to compile a C program from NTFS hard drive?
I have this problem: I'm used to compile and run .c files with codeblocks. If I do that from my Desktop (ext partition) it works without problems, but doing this from my secondary hard drive (NTFS ...
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How to speed up copying files to NTFS drive?
I recently bought new USB 3.0 flash drive (write speed: 110 MB/s, read speed: 190 MB/s). And I have Dell XPS 13 (it has SSD and USB 3.0).
My problem is speed of copying files to the USB flash stick.
...
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1answer
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Issues when copying data to my NTFS external Terabyte Harddrive - Natty 32bit
I'm having issues every time I copy a large sum of files to my External harddrive from my actual harddrive - what happens is that it gets at a certain point in the copying stage then it freezes and my ...
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Not mounting/finding 1TB NTFS drive
I am having trouble with Ubuntu recognizing/finding/mounting one of my hard drives. I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7. I had Ubuntu 10.04 and all drives showed up under "Places" I could click on any ...
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Mount NTFS partition with german umlaute
How can i mount a NTFS partition, which has german umlaute (ä, ö, ü) in the filenames.
I'm using the following mount command:
mount -t ntfs-3g UUID=5A9098309098149B /local/data -olocale=de_DE.UTF-8
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dual boot missing files on ntfs
I have 3 partitions: one for win7 (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 partition ...
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votes
1answer
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Access NTFS partitions without providing root password?
I have Ubuntu and Windows Vista installed on the same disk, different partitions.
I can access the Windows data, but each (first) time I access the NTFS partition, the system asks me for root ...
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Recover accidentally removed files on NTFS partition
I accidentally removed some files on a NTFS partition
How can I recover them staying inside Linux without0 rebooting ?
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Zeitgeist does not index folders in NTFS partition
I am using Synapse + Unity Dash for searching and it seems that neither of these can index folders I've accessed in my NTFS partition. I believe this is because Zeitgeist does not index folders, and ...
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What differences do I need to know choosing between ext4 and NTFS (Performance etc)
I understand that ext4 if faster than NTFS. But whats the speed difference if its like < 20MB/s, perhaps its better to use NTFS for convinence? What are the other implications of this apart from ...
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Ntfs recovery software for ubuntu?
I need a free linux application to recover some files on an NTFS. Please suggest me a best one?
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Changing permissions in fstab in order to allow writing in Windows NTFS partition
I have in my /etc/fstab file this line in order to mount my Windows ntfs partition:
/dev/sdb1 /media/sdb1 ntfs rw,noauto,users,permissions 0 2
I've changed the owner using chown and set the ...
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How to restrict access to a NTFS partition to a standard (non-admin) user?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I have 4 NTFS partitions. I have made 2 users: One for myself (Admin) and one for family (standard/non-admin).
I successfully restricted the access to my home folder from ...
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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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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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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 ...
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NTFS Drive show in fdisk -l not when I run blkid unable to mount drive
I am unable to see a 750GB drive that is attached to my 12.04 machine using a USB 2.0 drive mate. The drive was pulled out of a Windows 7 machine and I am just trying to get all of the information off ...
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Files disappear on NTFS partition
Strange things are happening: some files randomly disappear.
I use Ubuntu to access files (movies, docs, music) on another partition (ntfs), which is mounted through NTFS Configuration Tool.
First I ...
