Ubuntu: Fail to open NTFS drives

Question

I some times encounter an error when I try to open an NTFS partitionof my hard disk on Ubuntu Operating System.

I have installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 8.1.

Update:

when I shut down windows, turn on Ubuntu and try to open disk it produces an error.

but

then I restart my computer. turn on again Windows then restart Windows. and this time if I turn on Ubuntu and open Drives. they easily open, without showing error.

This is weird. The problem that the user asks is valid, and as such, pretty much all the needed information is there- that is, if you know the solution. — Rohitt Vashishtha, Nov 29 '15 at 04:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '15 at 14:05

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Go to power management settings on Windows and turn off fast start-up That should do the trick for you Windows basically keeps the drives in a suspended state and to prevent data loss Ubuntu cannot mount it with rw permissions.

answered Aug 31 '15 at 14:05

adeen-s

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You can either force the system to mount the drives in rw mode, or you can 'fix' those 'errors' by this command: sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY with sdXY being the partition you are referring to. Open the 'disks' application to find out the X and the Y part. – Rohitt Vashishtha Nov 29 '15 at 04:55

Ubuntu: Fail to open NTFS drives

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