Questions tagged [ntfs-3g]
ntfs-3g is a tool to configure NTFS file system.
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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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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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cannot paste external files into a ntfs file system in Ubuntu 20.04.4
on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS I have an NTFS data partition. This is a dual boot system with Windows 10. The option "paste" is grayed out when I try to copy-paste into the NTFS partition any file ...
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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 there a way to know what really caused a specific segfault?
I recently bought a new motherboard/cpu (Asus Rog Strix z690-a gaming wifi D4/Intel i7 12700K) and initially used my existing ubuntu 20.04 installation which I had installed when I had my previous ...
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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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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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How can GNOME Files(Nautilus) use the default settings for mounting NTFS disks with NTFS3 kernel module? Replacement of NTFS-3G and FUSE
Two virtual machines are installed on the host with Ubuntu 18.04 and VMware Workstation Player: Ubuntu Server 20.04 and Windows 11(the "quick start" function is disabled powercfg /h off).
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ntfs-3g with uid/gid options and with permissions option
For my dual-boot w10 / ubuntu set up, i want these things :
my ubuntu user to own my my data partition (called MYStuff)
my ubuntu home dir to be on my data partition
to be able ssh from ubuntu
not ...
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How to make pmount using big_writes option for ntfs-3g mouting?
using pmount to conveniently mount usb disks, some are ntfs.
by default pmount do ntfs-3g mounting without big_writes option.
how to config pmount so it use big_writes option for ntfs-3g?
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Files from Windows with 'unsupported reparse point' on ubuntu
I'm trying to pass some files that I have on Windows to a HD. As I lost my Windows user password I'm recovering those files through an Ubuntu usb (20.04 focal). However, some files and folders were ...
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Advice: External Drive FileSystem for Video files attached to Ubuntu Server, but compatible with Windows?
I want to run a Plex server that will serve video files off an external hard drive. The Plex server will run on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. However, because I primarily work on Windows, I feel the external ...
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'.lnk' shown in a mounted folder
I'm trying to mount a Windows partition in my Ubuntu system so I edited fstab with this:
/dev/sda4 /mnt/windows ntfs rw,auto 0 0
This mounts without any problem my Windows partition ...
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XUbuntu: Unable to manually mount a disk drive
I am trying to manually mount an NTFS drive to /e. /e has the permissions drwxrwxr-x root root
I tried the following commands, but none work. I get no error message, but the drive is not mounted:
sudo ...
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There were no valid user or no valid group when I try to mount NTFS partition with ntfs-3g usermap
I want to mount a NTFS external drive that must have read and write access for my user profile. So following the NTFS-3G guide, to generate the mapping file, I have tried this:
sudo ntfsusermap /dev/...
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How can I analize why rsync copies very slow after copying very fast a few files on ntfs drives?
I'm backing around 2Tb of data from a ntfs disk to another ntfs disk with rsync ( I tried also with midnight commander ) and the copy starts with a "good" 25Mb/s speed, but after copying a ...
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How to make lowntfs-3g case preserving?
I want to use NTFS on a shared partition between Windows and Linux (dual boot). However, if I mount it using ntfs-3g, it will become case sensitive. If I mount it using lowntfs-3g with windows_names ...
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Cannot mount NTFS external drive
New Ubuntu Server install 20.04, for Plex Media Server (not yet installed). Popped in a USB NTFS drive which works on other machines. It has media on it which I need Plex to server. #
Attempts to ...
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Fix Corrupted NTFS Partition from Ubuntu
I try to fix my Windows(NTFS) Drive from Ubuntu.
The error messages I got from GParted and other software was
Input/Output Error during read on /dev/sda.
Or Failed to read SYSTEM.SAV
Another ...
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ubuntu 19.10 corrupts ntfs formatted sd card
I have a micro SD card ntfs formatted and inserted in a dual boot machine (win 10 / ubuntu 19.10). While it works fine with win 10 (both read & write), every attempt to write to it in ubuntu leads ...
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How to read Synology Drive NTFS folder in Ubuntu
Hi I'm on a dual boot system with Win10 and Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. I have a ntfs partition that I installed Synology Drive Client on. The idea is for me to reach this folder from both Windows and Ubuntu. ...
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ntfs-3g-mount: mount failed: Permission denied
When trying to mount a Bitlocker USB drive in Raspbian it throws this error:
ntfs-3g-mount: mount failed: Permission denied
This command works:
sudo mount -o ro,loop /mnt/tmp/dislocker-file /media/...
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Ubuntu won't show any file in NTFS HDD
After adding Ubuntu for dual boot with Windows 10, it boots from the SSD, but files in my HDD (D:) can not be detected. That drive is mounted but empty. how to fix it? See screenshots:
https://i....
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Dual-boot system and access permissions
I have a dual-boot system - Ubuntu 18.04.3 + Windows XP. My Windows XP installation has been set up long time ago with Administrator user and a number of non-privileged users - and it's good because ...
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ntfsfix shows no error but frequent IO errors on drive
I have a NTFS disk mounted as a data drive to a Ubuntu system (19.10).
In the last couple days, the drive has become very slow and unreliable.
The journal (journalctl -r) shows this :
Nov 20 15:...
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volume shrink process interrupted
I have 2TB expansion disk which is partitioned into two volumes. In the second volume I have installed Ubuntu 16.04.
The first partition is formatted as NTFS logical volume and I use it to save files. ...
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Programs from snap do not work with ntfs-3g [duplicate]
I have programs from snap - Telegram, Skype and some others.
And I have secondary ntfs hdd drive shared with Windows.
All programs from snap can not read files from ntfs - Telegram, Skype.
I know ...
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unable to run executable on mounted partition
I have an image mounted in the following way in fstab:
/home/fbence/ee_modbox.img /home/fbence/mounted/modbox lowntfs-3g windows_names,ignore_case,umask=007,uid=fbence 0 0
In a specific folder on ...
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FUSE options on 18.04 vs 14.04
I have two Ubuntu installations:
14.04 LST (3.13.0-160-generic #210-Ubuntu)
18.04 LST (4.15.0-36-generic #39-Ubuntu)
On system #1 (14.04), when a NTFS partition is (auto?)mounted, then the ...
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"No such file or directory" trying to write NTFS
I have booted from an LUbuntu 18.04 Live USB. I am trying to access the files on my hard drive (Windows 10, NTFS). By default they are mounted read only, so I remounted it read-write with no errors. ...
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Problem with making a new folder in Ubuntu
I have a problem with making a new folder in one of my drives.
I have Ubuntu 17 and the drive format is NTFS.
I already mounted it, but I still can't make a new folder.
Result of for i in $(lsblk -l ...
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How to Mount NTFS partition in Ubuntu 16.04
I'm new to Ubuntu. Installed ubuntu by formatting my existing C Drive in Windows 10 OS. So I have only Ubuntu in my laptop. My D drive is left untouched which is a NTFS file system. Please guide me ...
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how long should it take for ntfsclone to complete?
I am trying to backup a Windows 7 installation from a Kubuntu 16.04 box.
The hard drive is a 320GB Toshiba directly connected to a SATA interface and has always wored well.
My initiall attempt was to ...
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How to properly share a partition between Windows Server R2 and Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS?
I'm facing the following problem: As the title already says, I want to share a partition between a Windows Server 2012 R2 and an Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS machine.
Some more background information ...
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Ubuntu 16.10. external ntfs-3g harddrive gets ejected randomly during the night
⇒ uname -a
Linux nortrom 4.8.0-41-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 3 15:27:17 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Today I woke up to my external harddrive of my ubuntu homeserver being turned ...
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Recovering data from a non-booting HDD laptop hard drive [duplicate]
I am trying to recover data from my HDD 500 GB Seagate Momentus 7200.2 internal hard drive i use in my Dell Studio XPS 1640 with Vista Home Premium.
Here are the things I have tried:
I tried ...
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Can't do anything on HD NTFS partition, my user is the owner
Here's the thing. I used to have an Asus computer with Ubuntu and Windows 7 on dual boot since 2014. I used to update Ubuntu everytime a new version was released, and I updated to Windows 10 too. Both ...
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3TB usb drive for ubuntu and windows
I have a 3TB usb harddisk that I wish to switch between windows, but most of the time Ubuntu 12.04 server. But whatever I try, it can't be correctly recognized by both systems.
The last closest try I ...
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Can't mount NTFS partition with write permissions [duplicate]
I am running Ubuntu 16.10 and during setup I added my data drive which is ntfs, to automount in /etc/fstab file. The entry looks like this -
UUID=EA469A60469A2D77 /alpha ntfs-3g rw,permissions,...
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Can't mount partition image "ntfs-3g-mount: mount failed: Permission denied"
I used Disks tool to make an image of a partition:
Then tried to mount it with Disk Image Mounter:
I enter my password twice:
Then it fails with this error message:
Unable to mount OLD ...
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Can't mount at boot my external usb disk formatted ntfs
I have new external usb disk, I want to use it with ntfs because I need to use it with big files and with some devices that doesn't recognize linux ext partitions.
I get the "Transport endpoint is not ...
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Cannot find other disk partitions after installing Ubuntu
My PC was running on Windows 10. There were 3 partitions on my hard disk. I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and removed Windows 10. But when I open Files application, I cant find any of the disk ...
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Ubuntu doesn't set Permissions(chmod) on NTFS files even after Setting Udev Rule
I know the fact that chmod does not work with NTFS. However, I'm trying to set a permission (say 0755) when I mount an NTFS drive using Nautilus. I've already configured a udev rule for that; I have ...
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Cannot mount external hard disk, MFT records error
I am trying to mount a Western Digital "My Book" drive, which I used to share between Linux and Windows. It is formatted in NTFS.
When I connect it on Windows, I get the message that the disk is ...
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Mount FAT32: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Xubuntu 14.04. nfts-3g is installed.
/dev/sdc is the Flash drive. I have created new partition with fdisk (tried with cfdisk too). Tried with W95 FAT32 code and W95 FAT32 (LBA) code. ("b" and "c" in ...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu 15.10 with Windows 10 (Can't see partitions in Windows) [duplicate]
I Used the "install ubuntu alongside windows boot manager" option to download ubuntu yesterday (after hours of confusion from reading about manually adding partitions).
I think I allowed 65GB (using ...
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Can't get my ntfs partitions UUID in 15.10
I installed Ubuntu 15.10, and I can't mount my NTFS partitions I searched a lot and found few solutions and tried them but the funny thing is that everytime I get the UUID's that the partitions had ...
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Problem accessing Windows 8.1 drive from Ubuntu 15.04 [duplicate]
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro C50 laptop which came with Windows 8.1 pre-installed. I have installed Ubuntu 15.04 (64 bit) alongside Windows as a dual boot system. However, I can't access any of my ...
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How to allow other users to access a mounted NTFS partition with a UserMapping file?
I can't get users other than me or root to access the files on a mounted NTFS partition. The answers I've found to similar questions usually mention to set the uid and gid options. In my situation I ...
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ntfs-3g Failed to decompress file
For years the logs of my Ubuntu systems sharing drives with a Windows installation have been routinely flooding logs with:
Mar 17 11:00:50 kemosabi ntfs-3g[483]: ntfs_attr_pread error reading '/pub/...
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