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This is my first day on Ubuntu. My computer comes with preloaded Ubuntu. When connected to my external Hard Drive, I got this message. My understanding is that it says Ubuntu is not able to mount my hard drive and gives the following error.

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Please help me understand this thing.

Zanna
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Paritosh Anand
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    It looks like it is NTFS, were you using with Windows 8 or 10? It then is hibernated. Or if corrupted needs chkdsk which you can only run from Windows. More explanation of NTFS driver & Windows hibernation http://askubuntu.com/questions/145902/unable-to-mount-windows-ntfs-filesystem-due-to-hibernation – oldfred Dec 31 '16 at 15:17
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    I suggest you follow the instructions in the error message, and if it doesn't work out, come back and update your question – Zanna Dec 31 '16 at 16:07

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Windows file system looks dirty to Ubuntu. This is because Windows uses a hibernation file to save the system state.

You'll need to do this in Windows:

  • open the Power control panel
  • click on change what the power buttons do
  • click on change options that are unavailable
  • uncheck fast start
  • close the Power control panel
  • open an administrative command prompt window
  • type powercfg /h off (turns off hibernation)
  • type chkdsk /f c: (change c: to the correct drive letter, if required)
  • approve that chkdsk runs at next boot time
  • reboot Windows

Now you should be able to boot Ubuntu, and attach the drive successfully.

heynnema
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