Questions tagged [ntfs]
A Microsoft file system, used in Windows NT (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)
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Kubuntu 22.04 stopped to mount Intel RAID0 device
I'm dual-booting Windows 10 and Kubuntu LTS for years. I have Intel RAID0 created in BIOS long time ago. I can confirm both Kubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10 could work with it. It has NTFS filesystem.
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How to eliminate "ghost" folders and files?
I have folders and files on the external HD (ntfs) that do not want to be eliminated.
From Shell I can't view them actually but in Dolphin they are present.
They are annoying because they are there in ...
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copying a protected file on an ntfs partition
dual booting Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with windows 10 and i cant read certain files sitting on an ntfs partition.
My goal is to copy the files to a separate folder without modifying the files, their ...
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How to edit files on other NTFS partitions
So I just dual boot the latest version of Ubuntu 23.04 with Windows 10
And I have a total of 4 partitions 1 for Windows 2 other and 1 for Ubuntu I can't edit files on the two other 2 partitions like ...
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My NTFS partition SSD drive became RAW but not in Linux
My NTFS became RAW after accessing Users folder on another computer.
I just used my old drive on a second computer, I entered Users folder in root directory C://Users.
The NTFS partition can be ...
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external USB NTFS drive unmount during file operation
I recently installed (with format disk option) a clean Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. (all new and shinny, no junk / custom setup of any kind except VS, Unity and other out of the box stuff)
With ultracopier 2.2....
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Unable to execute a compiled executable file on a mounted hard drive [duplicate]
I have a file that I compiled to an executable but when I attempt to run it with ./main, it says permission denied. I used to have no problem executing files from this drive. I have deleted the file ...
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How can I remove a folder that cannot be deleted (two folders in the same directory have the same inode number)?
I have tried using rm with various flags, such as -d and -r (-r was successful as folder is now empty), tried moving to trash through GUI (which produces error that file cannot be moved to trash), ...
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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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Formatted hard drive to ntfs with ubuntu gnome disks but doesn't work on Windows
I used GNOME Disks to format my external drive to NTFS. Now the drive works correctly when I am booted into Ubuntu but not when I am booted into Windows 10. I have a dual-boot pc and want to use this ...
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UbuntuStudio 22.04 initramfs error in USB FAT32 live session
I am trying to install UbuntuStudio 22.04 in my machine. The problem is that the image file that needs to be copied into the USB stick is 4.2 GBs. This appears to be causing the initramfs problem as ...
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I want to allow windows users to edit a NTFS drive mounted and shared on my Ubuntu 20.10
I have mounted my external drive using
mount -o rw,umask=0,gid=users /dev/sda1 /media/usb
And I have given all users rwx permissions
chmod -R +rwxrwxrwx /media/usb
I shared it using Nautilus Sharing ...
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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 to auto-mount ntfs via /etc/fstab
I have been trying to automount via fstab an external hdd formatted as ntfs. When it tries to boot it goes into emergency mode or it wont give me permission to do anything but read files. I tried ...
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Filename aux not allowed in NTFS filesystem?
In Ubuntu version 20.04.4 LTS i cant put characters like ? or " in my filenames and write them to my external hardrive because the NTFS filesystem doesn't allow them to be in the filename.
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Folder size in k4dirstat less than folder contents
It is happening in ntfs partition. What's is the cause?
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Cannot change ownership of a Samba shared NTFS drive
I'm new to this so I'll be verbose.
I am setting up a headless NUC as a home server. Plugged in a 4TB NTFS external drive and it got automunted(?) under /media/username/Seagate. First step was sharing ...
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How to reliably mount a NTFS volume with read/write access
This is a dual-boot Windows/Ubuntu system. I created a link to my Windows Documents folder in my linux home folder so that all my files are easily accessible in both systems, saving duplication. ...
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Conflict between executing AppImages and NTFS support. (Ubuntu 22.04)
A couple of days back, I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on dev/sda5 after installing Windows 10 on a different partition dev/sda2 (so this is a dual boot). Everything was OK except that AppImages were not ...
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How to mount "nested" NTFS partitions (two NTFS partitions within /dev/sda6)
On my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system I have a partition /dev/sda6 in which Windows 10 has created two NTFS partitions. This is because I am using VirtualBox to run Windows as a guest OS on the Ubuntu host, ...
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NTFS hard drive is read only
I have a NTFS drive attached via SATA cable to my Ubuntu server running version 22.04. It's a Western Digital Red hard drive.
I auto mounted it via fstab:
UUID=C0864343244110 /home/media/...
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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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Is it possible with an fstab entry to get the NTFS wrong copy prevent feature
Ubuntu 20.04, 5.13.0-52-generic
fstab entry :
UUID=90DAAA5CDAAA3DFA /media/richard/WD_8T_Ext ntfs defaults,nls=utf8,nofail 0 0
If I copy files like "filme: _.txt" to ...
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Cannot run chmod on NTFS-3G file system. How to enable it?
My Ubuntu operating system have both permissions & acl features enabled for NTFS-3G when it is mounted by fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
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# Use 'blkid' to print the ...
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Prevent Nautilus to copy files with ":" to external NTFS USB-HDD
Ubuntu 20.04, ext4, 5.13.0-52-generic, Dual Boot with Win11.
Often I copy files with Nautilus to an external NTFS USB-HDD, unfortunately I overlook sometimes that the filename includes a ":"....
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Unable to Access Windows Partition
I wanted to copy some files from ubuntu to my windows partition which was read only, I used the command sudo cp -aR 1/* /dev/sda3 and now I am unable to boot into windows. I get unknown error when ...
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Filename with colon in NTFS
I've been using the characters ":" and "|" as part of file names without any problems in Ubuntu 18.04 to create files in a NTFS external drive.
Last week I installed Ubuntu 22.04 ...
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Ubuntu Studio automounts NTFS partition - how to disable?
I have installed Ubuntu Studio, Version 22.04 LTS. I have also a NTFS partition at the same disk, which contains previously installed Windows OS.
Ubuntu Studio seems to automatically mount the NTFS ...
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RST RAID-0 NTFS partitions not available to mount
I've a double boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu mate on separate disks (F8 boot select).
I've a RAID-0 block made in Windows 10 on RST that is working fine as secondary disk. This block is not meant to boot, ...
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How I can repair an USB Drive mft and mftmirr?
I have an USB Drive that I messed up. I've extracted it improperly, and now it doesn't mount. It has a NTFS file system and I used testdisk on it, but when I try to repair MFT with the Mirror or ...
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how to find files copied in ubunut in NTFS drive
if I copied the file from the Ubuntu system to a passport with NTFS type, is there any solution to find the files I copied as the types are different or it is not copied as the sequence i did is
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External Drive DIsk is unrecognised
after reading askubuntu as a guest for some time I decided to be an active part of the community posting here my first question.
I bought an HDD of 2TB some months ago. It worked ok, but when I was ...
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Unable to Mount NTFS Drives after upgrading to 22.04
It was working fine in 2.10. Now that I upgraded to 22.04, USB and my dual boot Windows 10 partitions in NTFS are not mounting. I tried Ventoy USB and it was working, was able to browse the contents.
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After Ubuntu 22.04 upgrade NTFS is read only problem?
I have a NTFS partition. Before upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04, it was working perfectly and I could read/write/delete files with no problem.
However, after upgrading I can only read the disk and it says ...
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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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Mount NTFS internal HDD with data to Ubuntu VM on Proxmox
Installed Proxmox on a box. It’s loaded on a SSD, but inside the box I have a 3TB HDD with a bunch of data with NTFS as the file system. I really don’t wanna have to create a new ext4 partition and ...
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mkfs.ntfs: Maximum label length
man 8 of mkfs.ntfs does not inform you of the maximum length of a label. Which?
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Why I am getting wrong fs type bad option error for ntfs drives?
Last night I gracefully shut down my computer and currently now I getting a weird error like in the attached image.
I tried all the possible option but nothing seems to work. This happens for the very ...
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Mount subfolder from NTFS drive via entry in /etc/fstab
I have a NTFS hard drive connected to my Raspberry Pi.
The structure of the drive is:
F:\
- Images
- Other
- Movie
I would like to mount only the F:\Movie folder in /mnt/disk/Movie in read-only.
My ...
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Unable to transfer files from Windows (NTFS) to Ubuntu (EXT4) directly
I'm attempting to mount Windows (NTFS) on Ubuntu (EXT4) so that I can move files directly across. With the following command, I mounted with the correct permissions:
sudo mount -o remount,rw '/media/...
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External NTFS drive mounted but unavailable after logout while it is in fstab
I have an external USB-drive with NTFS filesystem on Ubuntu 20.04.2 I have a mounting point at /media/myname/data. I ran sudo blkid and know this device UUID. I have an /etc/fstab with this record:
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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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Installing a new 4tb hdd not knowing to go for e.g. ext4 or NTFS as a format, some advice please
To keep it short and sweet: just bought a 4tb disk to replace a broken one. Not sure to use a linux format a.i. ext4 or NTFS. I will mainly use the disk to store music and films and some (Win-)...
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Dolphin Mounts Partition As Read-Only
I'm running Kubuntu 21.10 on my computer and I have two partitions I use a lot, my root partition (with all of the OS stuff) and my other NTFS data partition, with games and large files. As always, my ...
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Error mounting filesystem when mounting external hdd
I'm sure this has been asked lots of times, but I have checked many threads and couldn't find the fix to my specific problem.
So I have been using an external hard disk (Toshiba external usb 3.0 1TB) ...
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Unknow error when mounting /dev/sdb1
I tried sudo apt install --reinstall ntfs-3g then the sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1, and get this:
Mounting volume... Incomplete multi-sector transfer: magic: 0x58444e49 size: 4096 usa_ofs: 40 usa_count: ...
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NTFS filesystem partition detected as unknown on Linux after HDD cloning
I have a problem with one of my partition.
I have cloned my HDD with a bigger one to have more space. Now Ubuntu is working perfectly but my second partition (/dev/sda4) which I know is a NTFS ...
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file properties all question mark on NTFS partition
Ubuntu 20.04, when I backup my disk, I found files on C partition (the partition for the dual OS Windows, and only in this partition), have permission and attribute all set to question mark(?). e.g:
$ ...
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Cannot change the ownership mounting ntfs drive
Why I cannot change the ownership on mounting ntfs drive?
I give uid=1000,gid=1000, etc in my /etc/fstab file, but found it is not working. So I'm testing it out on command line:
root@host:~# mount | ...
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