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I just mended an old laptop, that have a dual boot windows8/linux

I can't remember any password, I decided to use a live ubuntu to hack into windows. Problem is I can't mount windows partition in write mode :

Windows is hibernated, refused to mount.
Falling back to read-only mount because the NTFS partition is in an
unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation
or fast restarting.)

I tried to fix this problem using ntfsfix

$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb2
Mounting volume... Windows is hibernated, refused to mount.
FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... 
Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr...
Reading $MFT... OK
Reading $MFTMirr... OK
Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully.
Setting required flags on partition... OK
Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK
Windows is hibernated, refused to mount.
Remount failed: Operation not permitted

It failed as well, I tried adding -o remove_hiberfile when mounting without success either.

How can I boot windows partition in write mode ?

BlueMagma
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Did you try booting up windows and on the log-in screen press "Shut-Down" button. If the fast-booting is on this won't work.(I know this isn't the answer just a small thing you might have forgot, i would've posted this as a comment but i don't have the enough reputation).

Hashik
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  • Yes, I did try to boot windows, I even tried many password combination I might have used in the past. – BlueMagma May 14 '17 at 12:11
  • Wait, i remember last time i accessed the files from the hibernated windows, i actually mounted it BUT i can't change them, i managed to open them in read only mode. I am 100% sure that i did it. There is a solution i will try to find the commands i used back then...There is a solution, try digging you might find it. – Hashik May 14 '17 at 12:15