Questions tagged [ntfs]
NTFS (New Technology File System) is the standard file system of Windows. Use this tag in questions about using NTFS partitions and tools on your system.
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Which Linux file system should I use for compatibility with Windows programs?
I'm new to Linux, yet am now committing to Linux, probably formatting HDDs to run the ext4 file-system, for (almost) all work. I need to keep one Windows machine running an NTFS file-system for a few ...
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NTFS disk is visible in windows but wont mount in Linux
I have a USB storage drive which is using NTFS. It works perfectly in Win10, I can see the drive and the files and read and write without issue. I was previously able to mount this drive on my Arch ...
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Why does mkfs.ntfs count one Byte less?
Apparently, ntfs.mkfs counts one byte less when checking if the block device is large enough; or I have made some kind of mistake. After creating a partition of 2048 512-byte sectors (exactly 1MiB ...
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Change the ownership of files in an external harddrive ntfs
ls -al /media/victor/Backup/ Output: insgesamt 25 drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12288 19. Aug 13:49 . drwxr-x---+ 3 root root 4096 19. Aug 12:27 .. drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 19. Aug 10:43 DATA -...
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Failed to mount partition
This is my fstab file: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name ...
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ddrescue: limit rescue domain to used space and specific files
I've read multiple manuals about ddrescue, ran it to copy almost entire disk and only now realized that I missed very useful utilities which could save hours of copying data. What I did till now (2 ...
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Cannot shrink *unmounted* External drive ntfs partition
I'm relatively new to linux mint(4-5 months in [loving it!]) and I have a 2TB USB 3.0 HDD connected (WD Drive in the photo) I'm trying to shrink the main NTFS Partition on said drive, and it says max ...
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Partition has vanished
The error I see is: Unable to access location Error mounting /dev/sbd3 at /media/user/PDrive: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/sb3, missing codepage or helper program, or other error ...
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Can you explain why mount -o ro,noload sometimes modifies the filesystem?
This reddit post explains that using mount -o ro over NTFS changes the atime of files. They say something like that the kernel is not obliged to honour the ro flag, and to achieve reliable readonly ...
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Any way to grab emails off an old NTFS disk? [closed]
This might question might not have a 'legal' answer but I'll ask it anyway. My dad is 15 year dead but I still have the disk out of his old Windows computer. It seems my sister want's me to try to dig ...
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Recovering data from incomplete ddrescue iso
I've got a 2.5 inch 5200RPM 320G HDD to recover data from. As I've been told, a child has stepped on the laptop and broke it. They gave me the laptop and motherboard seems to be completely fine. There'...
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How to automatically add a mount option for ntfs partitions connected externally (over USB)
I have an HDD used for archival purposes. I had to format it with NTFS to keep it accessible from Windows. I need TRIM support (because the HDD is SMR...) and NTFS can't trim without the discard ...
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How to determine, with certainty, the filesystem type of a partition from the outputs of the Linux "file -s" command?
My problem is to decode the output of the command file -s /dev/sdX on my system (where /dev/sdX is the device file associated to a USB key). Below I'll show the output of the command file -s /dev/sdX ...
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In a yocto distribution the ntfs file system of a USB key is mounted read-only?
To enable the mount of USB key formatted with file system ntfs I have created the following configuration fragment file: CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m # CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y This file ...
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ubuntu system freeze while diff reading, SysRq REISUB not working
I've experienced total system freeze while checking if files where copied correctly by diff -rq [INTERNAL HDD] [USB HDD] This happened twice, always while running the diff. On the second occasion I ...
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