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Mounting old xp data drives

Asked by DannySmack

After severe hardware failure (MB melted), I have abandoned XP and have installed ubuntu 8.04LTS (after installing new MB and RAM, of course). I am now attempting to mount two SATA data drives from the old XP set up (formatted NTFS). When trying to access the drives I get this message (from details):

$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0,0) Failed to mount '/dev/sdc1': Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use.
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Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility.

It is suggested to use the command line:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1/media/SATA1 -o force

Will this safely mount the drive(s) and not destroy the data contained on them?

Thanks for the pointers!
Danny

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Best Pramod Dematagoda (pmdematagoda) said : 		#1

This means that the drive had an unclean shutdown, this can be remedied with ntfsfix, install ntfsfix with:-
sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs
and then run ntfsfix on the drive with:-
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdc1
after ntfsfix is done you should be able to mount the drive properly.

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DannySmack (xdiabetc) said : 		#2

This worked for one of the two drives. Even though I am admin for the computer, I am being told I have no privileges to mount the other drive. (?) As far as I can tell, I have all privileges.

Half of my problem is solved!

Thanks for the response(s).
Danny

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DannySmack (xdiabetc) said : 		#3

Both drives are now mounted (whew!). Some of the errors I was experiencing were due to unfamiliarity with syntax. This is my third day using ubuntu. Still a little daunting, but with time I will get the hang of it.

Thanks
Danny