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I've installed Ubuntu on a friend's laptop, completely replacing Windows 8. He has a backup ntfs partition that I left untouched after the operating system was replaced. I get an error in Nautilus when I try to mount; it's because of Windows hibernation from what I've read. The problem is, I didn't keep the Windows partition.

Is there a way to mount and unlock the partition without booting to Windows 8?

I thought to post this question even when I'm well aware of that one referred to as the original because there it assumes that dual boot is still available. The top answer shows that, and closes off responses for my situation. I needed an answer for when the Windows boot is no longer available.

kelvinilla
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  • try the third option in this http://askubuntu.com/a/145904/202806 – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '13 at 04:58
  • If it is not the hibernation, it could also be that it needs chkdsk which can only be run from a Windows repairCD or flash drive. Any resize of a NTFS partition sets the chkdsk flag which also like hibernation prevents it from being mounted by the Linux NTFS driver. – oldfred Dec 17 '13 at 05:12
  • @Avinash I want to get rid of the hibernation lock for good since I don't have the Windows 8 installation anymore. The script solution you pointed to doesn't appear to fix that. – kelvinilla Dec 17 '13 at 05:18
  • @kelvinilla did you try remove_hiberfile option of ntfs-3g? – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '13 at 05:23
  • @kelvinilla see this http://askubuntu.com/questions/389237/unable-to-load-windows-and-unable-to-mount-windows-partitions-probably-corrupte/389244#389244 – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '13 at 05:27
  • @Avinash I haven't tried that. I don't have a hold of the computer until Thursday. Would that command work with Windows 8 hibernation? Can you give an example usage of the syntax? – kelvinilla Dec 17 '13 at 14:23
  • yes,mount the windows partition and run the ntfs-3g remove-hiberfile option. – Avinash Raj Dec 17 '13 at 14:36
  • @Avinash Mounting via ntfs-3g even with the remove-hiberfile option gives the same error as mounting it with defaults. In the end, I just backed-up the partition then wiped it. Thanks nonetheless. – kelvinilla Dec 21 '13 at 06:33

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