Unable to mount Windows (NTFS) filesystem due to hibernation
Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount.
When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I get a message saying that this partition is hibernated and that I need to enter the file system and properly close it, something I have done with no problem so I don't know why this happens.
Here's my partition table, if any more data is needed please let me know.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 20000767 9999360 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 20002814 478001151 228999169 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 * 478001152 622532607 72265728 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 622532608 625141759 1304576 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 20002816 478001151 228999168 83 Linux
windows mount ntfs hibernate
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Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount.
When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I get a message saying that this partition is hibernated and that I need to enter the file system and properly close it, something I have done with no problem so I don't know why this happens.
Here's my partition table, if any more data is needed please let me know.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 20000767 9999360 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 20002814 478001151 228999169 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 * 478001152 622532607 72265728 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 622532608 625141759 1304576 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 20002816 478001151 228999168 83 Linux
windows mount ntfs hibernate
Do you hibernate it or do you shutdown Windows before you see the error message? I have this problem too, but I am sure I shutdown Windows 8 Release Preview instead of hibernating it. What version of Windows do you use?
– yanglifu90
Aug 26 '12 at 7:22
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Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount.
When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I get a message saying that this partition is hibernated and that I need to enter the file system and properly close it, something I have done with no problem so I don't know why this happens.
Here's my partition table, if any more data is needed please let me know.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 20000767 9999360 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 20002814 478001151 228999169 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 * 478001152 622532607 72265728 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 622532608 625141759 1304576 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 20002816 478001151 228999168 83 Linux
windows mount ntfs hibernate
Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount.
When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I get a message saying that this partition is hibernated and that I need to enter the file system and properly close it, something I have done with no problem so I don't know why this happens.
Here's my partition table, if any more data is needed please let me know.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 20000767 9999360 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 20002814 478001151 228999169 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 * 478001152 622532607 72265728 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 622532608 625141759 1304576 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 20002816 478001151 228999168 83 Linux
windows mount ntfs hibernate
windows mount ntfs hibernate
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Do you hibernate it or do you shutdown Windows before you see the error message? I have this problem too, but I am sure I shutdown Windows 8 Release Preview instead of hibernating it. What version of Windows do you use?
– yanglifu90
Aug 26 '12 at 7:22
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Do you hibernate it or do you shutdown Windows before you see the error message? I have this problem too, but I am sure I shutdown Windows 8 Release Preview instead of hibernating it. What version of Windows do you use?
– yanglifu90
Aug 26 '12 at 7:22
Do you hibernate it or do you shutdown Windows before you see the error message? I have this problem too, but I am sure I shutdown Windows 8 Release Preview instead of hibernating it. What version of Windows do you use?
– yanglifu90
Aug 26 '12 at 7:22
Do you hibernate it or do you shutdown Windows before you see the error message? I have this problem too, but I am sure I shutdown Windows 8 Release Preview instead of hibernating it. What version of Windows do you use?
– yanglifu90
Aug 26 '12 at 7:22
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A bug has been filed about the Nautilus dialog you are seeing as it recommends a potentially dangerous option that could result in data loss. Please do not run the command in this dialog unless you want to delete your saved Windows session and potentially lose unsaved work.
Explanation: Why Linux can't open hibernated Windows partitions:
You are seeing this error because you hibernated Windows instead of
turning it off the normal way (in newer versions of Windows, hibernate
might be the default option).
- Hibernating saves the current state information to the hard disk and then powers down the computer.
- Shutting down the computer closes all programs and ends all running processes before powering down the computer.
When you turn off Windows by hibernating it, you are essentially
pausing the system and saving all of that information (into a big file
calledhiberfil.sys
) This way when you resume from hibernation all
of your applications and files will be exactly how you left them. It
also sets a flag inhiberfil.sys
to let other Operating Systems know
that Windows is hibernated.
Making changes to your Windows (
ntfs
) partition while it is
hibernated could be dangerous--it could cause Windows to not resume
from hibernation or to crash after resuming. Because of this, the
tool (ntfs-3g
) that mounts (opens) the partition will not mount it
in read-write mode if it sees a hibernation flag. As such, Nautilus,
the default file browser, will not be able to automatically open this
partition--hence the error message that you see--because it is trying
to open it in read-write mode.
Workaround for all versions of Windows:
There are three ways to mount a hibernated Windows partition:
Boot into Windows and power down the system by shutting it down
completely. You may then boot back into Ubuntu and the partition will mount in read-write mode automatically when you open it in Nautilus. Note that the "Shut Down" option may not be the one
displayed in your start menu by default. You may need to click the
button next to it to see further options.
Manually mount the filesystem in read only mode.
Check to see if you have a mount point (folder for mounting your partition in) for your Windows partition in the folder
/media
using this command:
ls /media
If you don't see a folder for your Windows partition, you should create one with the following command:
sudo mkdir /media/windows
Next, mount the partition in read-only mode onto this folder with this command:
mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda3 /media/windows
Note that you should change
/media/windows
if your mountpoint is called something else.
- Now you will be able to view/open files on your Windows partition using any program in Ubuntu. However you will not be able to write
to the partition or modify any files as it is in read only mode.
If you need to mount the partition in read-write mode and are not
able to or willing to boot into Windows and shut it down completely
there is a third option. However, it is not included here because it completely deleteshiberfil.sys
and will cause you to lose all
unsaved information in the hibernated Windows programs. The following is a quotation
fromman ntfs-3g
about the option that would be used to do this.
remove_hiberfile
Unlike in case of read-only mount, the read-write mount is
denied if the NTFS volume is hibernated. One needs either to
resume Windows and shutdown it properly, or use this option
which will remove the Windows hibernation file. Please note,
this means that the saved Windows session will be completely
lost. Use this option under your own responsibility.
Solution (only for Windows 8 and 10):
There is a new feature in Windows 8 called Fast Startup. If this feature is enabled (which it is by default), Windows 8 does not actually completely shutdown when you choose shutdown. Instead, it does a "hybrid shutdown". This is something like hibernating; it makes booting Windows 8 back up faster. So, you need to disable this feature to be able to shut it down properly, and be able to mount the Windows partitions. To do this, boot into your Windows 8 and:
Note: disabling Fast Startup will most likely make your Windows 8 take a longer time to boot. There are no "exact" numbers, but let's say that if it took you 10 seconds to boot into Windows 8, it will now take you 50 seconds after disabling this feature.
- Open Control Panel in the small icons view and click on Power Options. (see screenshot 1)
- Click on Choose what the power buttons do. (see screenshot 2)
- Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable.
(see screenshot 3) - Uncheck Turn on fast startup (recommended). (see screenshot 4)
Click on Save changes. Now, shutdown Windows 8 and boot back into Ubuntu.
If you still aren't able to mount without getting errors, you may need to turn off hibernation completely. Open an elevated Command Prompt (right click on the shortcut, click on “Run as Administrator”), and input:
powercfg /h off
Source: Fast Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 8.
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None of these works for me. The only I am able to mount Win 8 partition on ubuntu is to press "restart" in windows, then boot ubuntu.
– Yuri Ghensev
Aug 24 '13 at 18:59
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Hello, I change the seatings for windows 8.1 as you mention. But unfortunately i still have the error massage I had previously. please help me,
– mr_azad
Apr 25 '14 at 12:08
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There is this link tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/#fastrestart that could be useful --- it suggests issuing the commandpowercfg /h off
on Windows.
– Rmano
May 8 '14 at 18:06
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I have the "fast boot" option disabled and I always boot to Fedora by rebooting windows yet it still says that "it's in an unsafe state" is there anything else to do?
– arielnmz
Dec 4 '14 at 0:08
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I am having the same exact problem as @arielnmz . I disabled "fast boot" according to the "Solution (only for Windows 8)", yet I still cannot mount it R/W in Ubuntu 14. I can mount it RO but not RW. Any idea why this works for others but not for me?
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:16
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EDIT: DOING THIS MIGHT HAVE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES and Windows might fail to boot or corrupt the filesystem upon booting.
Use ntfsfix in the terminal, even if you can't access Windows
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY is the partition, e.g. a2
(/dev/sda2
) or b1
(/dev/sdb1
)
ntfsfix repairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check for the first boot into Windows.
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A little bit of explanation would be really nice :-) Certainly there is man page, but since you wrote it here, it would be good to further improve it but explaining what this command does.
– Jendas
Nov 17 '14 at 11:16
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I tried that but it stills returns "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Marco Lackovic
Dec 4 '14 at 16:30
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Nice! this should be the chosen answer...
– so.very.tired
Dec 12 '14 at 14:36
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You do NOT want to do this. Doing so will result in the filesystem being corrupted when you resume your hibernated windows session.
– psusi
Jan 4 '15 at 4:24
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I concur with @psusi: this is very dangerous and could result in all data lost like here
– Fabby
Aug 10 '15 at 12:23
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If you want to terminate the hibernated session, run this command in a Terminal(press Ctrl+Alt+T to open Terminal)
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY
is the partition. ex: sda2 or sdb1
This also works if you couldn't get into Win8.
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I am not sure fixing an NTFS partition from Ubuntu is a good idea for a hibernating fast startup Windows 8.1. Instead, I solved the problem from within Windows 8.1: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:29
I did this and got an error "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Erel Segal-Halevi
May 12 '17 at 7:33
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My solution was to call a mntwindows
script in /etc/rc.local
. This script would check for hibernation and if hibernated mount as read only. In order to make sure the script may always be called I placed it in /bin
and marked it as executable. The contents of the script are as follows
sudo mount /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
#Mounts Windows
if [ $? -eq 14 ]
then
echo "Windows is sleeping, I'm mounting as read-only"
sudo mount -o ro /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
fi
Great solution. Many thanks. It worked for me on an ancient eMachines E442 which got accidentally trashed on shutdown. +1
– Ian Lewis
Jun 11 at 21:36
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It's because of Windows 8's fast startup feature.
Temporary solution would be to go back in Windows and restart the system (instead of shutdown). Permanent solution is to disable fast startup.
You can use this guide to disable fast startup in Windows 8: http://itsfoss.com/solve-ntfs-mount-problem-ubuntu-windows-8-dual-boot/
This was exactly what the problem was for me and doing a restart from windows to boot into linux rather than a shutdown is a great way to verify that this is the correct solution for you. The ntfsfix solution below did not work for me, whereas this one did.
– sage88
May 20 '15 at 20:17
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same issue on Windows 10
– Postadelmaga
Mar 11 at 7:16
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Windows 8 adds a "fast startup" feature. It does make Windows start up faster after a shutdown, but as a side effect it ends up putting your filesystem in that hibernating state.
To disable this feature in Win 8, search for "choose what the power buttons do" under settings, click the shield to unlock the checkboxes, and you can enable or disable the fast startup from there.
The caveat mentioned earlier, that you want to really shutdown Windows and not restart to get easy access from Linux, still applies.
I disabled "fast startup" in my Windows 8.1. It didn't help. I can only mount RO. This is weird.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:32
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For windows 10, I figured out how to turn off the fast startup. Did one screencast to solve that. Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > System Settings Then click on 'Change Settings that are currently unavailable' and remove tick from 'Turn on fast startup'. Source : http://blog.shahariaazam.com/fast-startup-turn-on-or-off-in-windows-10
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on Windows 8 it's normal.
You need to shut down Windows 8 via cmd by entering shutdown /f /s /t 0
then it might work.
3
I believeshutdown /s /t 0
is sufficient... no need to use force
– Matthew Sainsbury
Aug 1 '14 at 17:06
@Matt I triedshutdown /s /t 0
. This doesn't work. This is despite me disabling fast boot prior to that. I can only mount that NTFS partition RO.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:24
@rootshutdown /f /s /t 0
doesn't work either. Something must have changed in either Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 8.1 since this answer was posted.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:30
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@BillTheApe I continue to use this technique on Arch Linux which is a rolling release. I humbly suggest that your problem lies elsewhere
– Matthew Sainsbury
Dec 30 '14 at 16:06
1
@Matt You were right. The problem indeed lied elsewhere: disabling fast startup +shutdown /f /s /t 0
was sufficient for Windows 7. It is no longer sufficient for Windows 8.1. In addition to what's required for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 requires one more step: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:27
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Just for completion, here is another command to mount a partition as read-only (useful for hibernated Windows partitions):
udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sda3 --options ro
If you have permission to mount the partition using the file manager (if you are an administrator, for example), then you should be able to run this command without using sudo
.
This is available in the newest Ubuntu versions (like 13.04 and 13.10).
If udisksctl
isn't available, then maybe udisks
is. It has different arguments, so check the manpage.
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I Love this! :D
– Jeggy
Mar 29 '14 at 13:52
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This is a great solution if you don't want to start windows again.
– Goddard
May 13 '16 at 17:03
Yes it works for me! My windows wasn't booting so this was the only way out :)
– samjoe
Jan 11 at 13:03
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Boot into
windows os
and then restart it.(not shutdown).In the grub menu select
ubuntu
and boot it.After the ubuntu booted up,now open thentfs hard drive partition
,it will open.
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Note that this works even if you can't log in to Windows (e.g., due to a lost password). You can restart from the Windows Start Screen.
– Dave Burton
May 15 '14 at 4:11
And how do you mount this if this is a HDD from a dead windows device you just want to clean up then archive?
– Douglas Gaskell
Dec 21 at 23:38
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In my experience adempewolff's popular and helpful answer above was necessary, but not sufficient, to allow me to mount my Windows NTFS partition for writing with Ubuntu. As instructed elsewhere I turned Fast Startup off before trying to install Ubuntu and I removed the Hibernate Option on the "Shutdown" menu, too.
I still couldn't write to my Windows partition from Ubuntu.
I found I also had to boot Windows 8.1, start a Windows authorized command line (right click on the Windows button on the bottom left to get to this option easily), allow it through the Windows authorization box, and then enter the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the results with:
powercfg /a
After making this change I was able to freely access the Windows 8.1 partition from Ubuntu, whether I quit Windows by shutting down or by restarting.
I found that I was able to later reverse this and still access the partition (but keeping Fast Startup unchecked at all times, as above, and never asking for Windows hibernation of course). The command to reverse it is, predictably:
powercfg /h on
I assume something was left over from Windows installation that needed to be cleared by booting with hibernation turned off in this particular way.
There should be no reason to undo the first step like this as far as I know--it may provide a bit of extra safety to leave powercfg /h off
.
See the Ubuntu man page for the Windows NTFS handler for a bit more information.
I suspect that you would not have needed to mess withpowercfg
if you had not disabled manual hibernation, though I could be wrong ...
– SamB
Nov 5 '14 at 15:51
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For Windows 8+
You need to disable the "Fast Startup" feature. To quote the How-To-Geek:
Open up your power options by hitting Windows+X or right-clicking your
Start menu and selecting Power Options. In the Power Options window,
click “Choose what the power buttons do.”
If this is the first time you’ve messed with these settings, you’ll
need click “Change settings that are currently unavailable” to make
the Fast Startup option available for configuration.
Scroll to the bottom of the window and you should see “Turn on fast
startup (recommended)"
Uncheck the "fast startup" box.
Then, shut down Windows 10, and you should be able to mount the NTFS partition from Ubuntu just fine.
How-To-Geek quotation taken from here.
This is pretty much what the section for Windows 8 and 10 in the accepted answer says.
– muru
Nov 30 '16 at 1:43
@muru - shrugs this has screenshots
– Android Dev
Feb 7 '17 at 22:06
shrugs meh, so does that answer - the numbers in the list are links to screenshots
– muru
Feb 7 '17 at 22:41
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It has become even more simple (Windows 8+)
Just force shutdown or you can say complete shutdown your windows system before rebooting to Ubuntu OS.
Well how will I do that?
Very simple: Shift + Shutdown
i,e Hold Shift key while you click the Shutdown button in Windows to shutdown it completely.
Of course it will make your windows boot little slower next time. :)
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You can mount it in read only mode
For it, first you have to create a directory as mount point:
sudo mkdir /media/*youruser*/newdisk
Later, mount the drive with:
sudo mount -t "ntfs" -ro "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sda4" "/media/*youruser*/newdisk"
Change words with *
, with your user name. /dev/sda4
could be also different, depending on the partition is the one where windows 8 is installed.
Note the args values are taken for your particular error message, for other users take the error message, change -o
by -ro
and type appropriate user name.
Also, note, with this method, you cannot edit, write or create new files in the windows drive.
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To add to the answer you can go into Windows 7 or Windows 8 (W8: this is the default power-off action, it isn't a true shutdown in a sense), open a command line with super user privileges and type powercfg -h off
.
The caveat is now you Windows computer will not be able to Hibernate at all. However, you will be able to mount your Windows partitions without doing surgery on it.
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It is more than likely that this is happening because you are booting from a Windows 8 system. What they have done is make it so that when you turn off your computer it really goes into hibernation for a quicker boot when you switch it on again.
What you will need to do is to go into the Control Panel section of Windows 8, navigate to power options and disable the quick start up option so that when you shut down, you will actually have shut down your system and as a result the files on the partition will be able to be accessed and edited.
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@abhishek ansvered correctly, I had not only ntfs mount problem, wifi didn't work after rebooting from Windows 8.1 to Ubuntu too. The best solution is to switch fast boot in Windows 8.1 off. Go to power management and press Choose what the power buttons do -> Change settings that are currently unavailable. Then look down the window, find a flag "Turn on fast startup (recommended)" and switch in off.
Click Save changes, so now you wont have this problem!
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I solved this (in Windows 10) by removing the hiberfil.sys by
powercfg /h off
then turn it back
powercfg /h on
I tried with the first answer and it worked, but - the problem came back after rebooting
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In the end, I could solve it by following the recipe from the Arch Wiki:
- Boot into Windows
- As an administrator, run
powercfg /h off
- Shutdown Windows
I also changed /etc/fstab
to a UUID to refer to the NTFS partition, after a first attempt failed, where I did not use the powercfg
command but disabled it by clicking through the GUI. Not sure, why using a UUID should make any difference (in the Wiki, it is not explained further). But at least it is working again.
Source: Arch Wiki (NTFS-3G: Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount):
The problem is due to a feature introduced in Windows 8 called "fast startup". When fast startup is enabled, part of the metadata of all mounted partitions are restored to the state they were at the previous closing down. As a consequence, changes made on Linux may be lost. This can happen to any NTFS partition when selecting "Shut down" or "Hibernate" under Windows 8 or 10. Leaving Windows by selecting "Restart", however, is apparently safe.
To enable writing to the partitions on other operating systems, be sure fast restart is disabled. This can be achieved by issuing as an administrator the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the current settings on
Control Panel
>Hardware and Sound
>Power Options
>System Setting
>Choose what the power buttons do
. The boxTurn on fast startup
should either be disabled or missing.
If you cannot mount your NTFS partition even when following this guide, try using the UUID instead of device name in /etc/fstab for all NTFS partitions. Here's an fstab example.
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Windows 10 and Windows 8 both act funny about shutting down. Delete the fast boot option in Windows and if using Windows ten, make sure you reinstall the home option, which looks like a house, from Windows 8.. Then use it to shut down, not restart, when you want to go into Linux, or the error will continue to pop up, and when in Linux you cannot access the one drive... Or more than one Windows drive on my system... As I have one drive I use for sharing files between Linux and Windows.
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I solved my problem with
$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
and
$ sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdXY
replace the sdXY with your windows partition e.g. sda3
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A bug has been filed about the Nautilus dialog you are seeing as it recommends a potentially dangerous option that could result in data loss. Please do not run the command in this dialog unless you want to delete your saved Windows session and potentially lose unsaved work.
Explanation: Why Linux can't open hibernated Windows partitions:
You are seeing this error because you hibernated Windows instead of
turning it off the normal way (in newer versions of Windows, hibernate
might be the default option).
- Hibernating saves the current state information to the hard disk and then powers down the computer.
- Shutting down the computer closes all programs and ends all running processes before powering down the computer.
When you turn off Windows by hibernating it, you are essentially
pausing the system and saving all of that information (into a big file
calledhiberfil.sys
) This way when you resume from hibernation all
of your applications and files will be exactly how you left them. It
also sets a flag inhiberfil.sys
to let other Operating Systems know
that Windows is hibernated.
Making changes to your Windows (
ntfs
) partition while it is
hibernated could be dangerous--it could cause Windows to not resume
from hibernation or to crash after resuming. Because of this, the
tool (ntfs-3g
) that mounts (opens) the partition will not mount it
in read-write mode if it sees a hibernation flag. As such, Nautilus,
the default file browser, will not be able to automatically open this
partition--hence the error message that you see--because it is trying
to open it in read-write mode.
Workaround for all versions of Windows:
There are three ways to mount a hibernated Windows partition:
Boot into Windows and power down the system by shutting it down
completely. You may then boot back into Ubuntu and the partition will mount in read-write mode automatically when you open it in Nautilus. Note that the "Shut Down" option may not be the one
displayed in your start menu by default. You may need to click the
button next to it to see further options.
Manually mount the filesystem in read only mode.
Check to see if you have a mount point (folder for mounting your partition in) for your Windows partition in the folder
/media
using this command:
ls /media
If you don't see a folder for your Windows partition, you should create one with the following command:
sudo mkdir /media/windows
Next, mount the partition in read-only mode onto this folder with this command:
mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda3 /media/windows
Note that you should change
/media/windows
if your mountpoint is called something else.
- Now you will be able to view/open files on your Windows partition using any program in Ubuntu. However you will not be able to write
to the partition or modify any files as it is in read only mode.
If you need to mount the partition in read-write mode and are not
able to or willing to boot into Windows and shut it down completely
there is a third option. However, it is not included here because it completely deleteshiberfil.sys
and will cause you to lose all
unsaved information in the hibernated Windows programs. The following is a quotation
fromman ntfs-3g
about the option that would be used to do this.
remove_hiberfile
Unlike in case of read-only mount, the read-write mount is
denied if the NTFS volume is hibernated. One needs either to
resume Windows and shutdown it properly, or use this option
which will remove the Windows hibernation file. Please note,
this means that the saved Windows session will be completely
lost. Use this option under your own responsibility.
Solution (only for Windows 8 and 10):
There is a new feature in Windows 8 called Fast Startup. If this feature is enabled (which it is by default), Windows 8 does not actually completely shutdown when you choose shutdown. Instead, it does a "hybrid shutdown". This is something like hibernating; it makes booting Windows 8 back up faster. So, you need to disable this feature to be able to shut it down properly, and be able to mount the Windows partitions. To do this, boot into your Windows 8 and:
Note: disabling Fast Startup will most likely make your Windows 8 take a longer time to boot. There are no "exact" numbers, but let's say that if it took you 10 seconds to boot into Windows 8, it will now take you 50 seconds after disabling this feature.
- Open Control Panel in the small icons view and click on Power Options. (see screenshot 1)
- Click on Choose what the power buttons do. (see screenshot 2)
- Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable.
(see screenshot 3) - Uncheck Turn on fast startup (recommended). (see screenshot 4)
Click on Save changes. Now, shutdown Windows 8 and boot back into Ubuntu.
If you still aren't able to mount without getting errors, you may need to turn off hibernation completely. Open an elevated Command Prompt (right click on the shortcut, click on “Run as Administrator”), and input:
powercfg /h off
Source: Fast Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 8.
8
None of these works for me. The only I am able to mount Win 8 partition on ubuntu is to press "restart" in windows, then boot ubuntu.
– Yuri Ghensev
Aug 24 '13 at 18:59
3
Hello, I change the seatings for windows 8.1 as you mention. But unfortunately i still have the error massage I had previously. please help me,
– mr_azad
Apr 25 '14 at 12:08
2
There is this link tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/#fastrestart that could be useful --- it suggests issuing the commandpowercfg /h off
on Windows.
– Rmano
May 8 '14 at 18:06
3
I have the "fast boot" option disabled and I always boot to Fedora by rebooting windows yet it still says that "it's in an unsafe state" is there anything else to do?
– arielnmz
Dec 4 '14 at 0:08
2
I am having the same exact problem as @arielnmz . I disabled "fast boot" according to the "Solution (only for Windows 8)", yet I still cannot mount it R/W in Ubuntu 14. I can mount it RO but not RW. Any idea why this works for others but not for me?
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:16
|
show 16 more comments
A bug has been filed about the Nautilus dialog you are seeing as it recommends a potentially dangerous option that could result in data loss. Please do not run the command in this dialog unless you want to delete your saved Windows session and potentially lose unsaved work.
Explanation: Why Linux can't open hibernated Windows partitions:
You are seeing this error because you hibernated Windows instead of
turning it off the normal way (in newer versions of Windows, hibernate
might be the default option).
- Hibernating saves the current state information to the hard disk and then powers down the computer.
- Shutting down the computer closes all programs and ends all running processes before powering down the computer.
When you turn off Windows by hibernating it, you are essentially
pausing the system and saving all of that information (into a big file
calledhiberfil.sys
) This way when you resume from hibernation all
of your applications and files will be exactly how you left them. It
also sets a flag inhiberfil.sys
to let other Operating Systems know
that Windows is hibernated.
Making changes to your Windows (
ntfs
) partition while it is
hibernated could be dangerous--it could cause Windows to not resume
from hibernation or to crash after resuming. Because of this, the
tool (ntfs-3g
) that mounts (opens) the partition will not mount it
in read-write mode if it sees a hibernation flag. As such, Nautilus,
the default file browser, will not be able to automatically open this
partition--hence the error message that you see--because it is trying
to open it in read-write mode.
Workaround for all versions of Windows:
There are three ways to mount a hibernated Windows partition:
Boot into Windows and power down the system by shutting it down
completely. You may then boot back into Ubuntu and the partition will mount in read-write mode automatically when you open it in Nautilus. Note that the "Shut Down" option may not be the one
displayed in your start menu by default. You may need to click the
button next to it to see further options.
Manually mount the filesystem in read only mode.
Check to see if you have a mount point (folder for mounting your partition in) for your Windows partition in the folder
/media
using this command:
ls /media
If you don't see a folder for your Windows partition, you should create one with the following command:
sudo mkdir /media/windows
Next, mount the partition in read-only mode onto this folder with this command:
mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda3 /media/windows
Note that you should change
/media/windows
if your mountpoint is called something else.
- Now you will be able to view/open files on your Windows partition using any program in Ubuntu. However you will not be able to write
to the partition or modify any files as it is in read only mode.
If you need to mount the partition in read-write mode and are not
able to or willing to boot into Windows and shut it down completely
there is a third option. However, it is not included here because it completely deleteshiberfil.sys
and will cause you to lose all
unsaved information in the hibernated Windows programs. The following is a quotation
fromman ntfs-3g
about the option that would be used to do this.
remove_hiberfile
Unlike in case of read-only mount, the read-write mount is
denied if the NTFS volume is hibernated. One needs either to
resume Windows and shutdown it properly, or use this option
which will remove the Windows hibernation file. Please note,
this means that the saved Windows session will be completely
lost. Use this option under your own responsibility.
Solution (only for Windows 8 and 10):
There is a new feature in Windows 8 called Fast Startup. If this feature is enabled (which it is by default), Windows 8 does not actually completely shutdown when you choose shutdown. Instead, it does a "hybrid shutdown". This is something like hibernating; it makes booting Windows 8 back up faster. So, you need to disable this feature to be able to shut it down properly, and be able to mount the Windows partitions. To do this, boot into your Windows 8 and:
Note: disabling Fast Startup will most likely make your Windows 8 take a longer time to boot. There are no "exact" numbers, but let's say that if it took you 10 seconds to boot into Windows 8, it will now take you 50 seconds after disabling this feature.
- Open Control Panel in the small icons view and click on Power Options. (see screenshot 1)
- Click on Choose what the power buttons do. (see screenshot 2)
- Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable.
(see screenshot 3) - Uncheck Turn on fast startup (recommended). (see screenshot 4)
Click on Save changes. Now, shutdown Windows 8 and boot back into Ubuntu.
If you still aren't able to mount without getting errors, you may need to turn off hibernation completely. Open an elevated Command Prompt (right click on the shortcut, click on “Run as Administrator”), and input:
powercfg /h off
Source: Fast Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 8.
8
None of these works for me. The only I am able to mount Win 8 partition on ubuntu is to press "restart" in windows, then boot ubuntu.
– Yuri Ghensev
Aug 24 '13 at 18:59
3
Hello, I change the seatings for windows 8.1 as you mention. But unfortunately i still have the error massage I had previously. please help me,
– mr_azad
Apr 25 '14 at 12:08
2
There is this link tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/#fastrestart that could be useful --- it suggests issuing the commandpowercfg /h off
on Windows.
– Rmano
May 8 '14 at 18:06
3
I have the "fast boot" option disabled and I always boot to Fedora by rebooting windows yet it still says that "it's in an unsafe state" is there anything else to do?
– arielnmz
Dec 4 '14 at 0:08
2
I am having the same exact problem as @arielnmz . I disabled "fast boot" according to the "Solution (only for Windows 8)", yet I still cannot mount it R/W in Ubuntu 14. I can mount it RO but not RW. Any idea why this works for others but not for me?
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:16
|
show 16 more comments
A bug has been filed about the Nautilus dialog you are seeing as it recommends a potentially dangerous option that could result in data loss. Please do not run the command in this dialog unless you want to delete your saved Windows session and potentially lose unsaved work.
Explanation: Why Linux can't open hibernated Windows partitions:
You are seeing this error because you hibernated Windows instead of
turning it off the normal way (in newer versions of Windows, hibernate
might be the default option).
- Hibernating saves the current state information to the hard disk and then powers down the computer.
- Shutting down the computer closes all programs and ends all running processes before powering down the computer.
When you turn off Windows by hibernating it, you are essentially
pausing the system and saving all of that information (into a big file
calledhiberfil.sys
) This way when you resume from hibernation all
of your applications and files will be exactly how you left them. It
also sets a flag inhiberfil.sys
to let other Operating Systems know
that Windows is hibernated.
Making changes to your Windows (
ntfs
) partition while it is
hibernated could be dangerous--it could cause Windows to not resume
from hibernation or to crash after resuming. Because of this, the
tool (ntfs-3g
) that mounts (opens) the partition will not mount it
in read-write mode if it sees a hibernation flag. As such, Nautilus,
the default file browser, will not be able to automatically open this
partition--hence the error message that you see--because it is trying
to open it in read-write mode.
Workaround for all versions of Windows:
There are three ways to mount a hibernated Windows partition:
Boot into Windows and power down the system by shutting it down
completely. You may then boot back into Ubuntu and the partition will mount in read-write mode automatically when you open it in Nautilus. Note that the "Shut Down" option may not be the one
displayed in your start menu by default. You may need to click the
button next to it to see further options.
Manually mount the filesystem in read only mode.
Check to see if you have a mount point (folder for mounting your partition in) for your Windows partition in the folder
/media
using this command:
ls /media
If you don't see a folder for your Windows partition, you should create one with the following command:
sudo mkdir /media/windows
Next, mount the partition in read-only mode onto this folder with this command:
mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda3 /media/windows
Note that you should change
/media/windows
if your mountpoint is called something else.
- Now you will be able to view/open files on your Windows partition using any program in Ubuntu. However you will not be able to write
to the partition or modify any files as it is in read only mode.
If you need to mount the partition in read-write mode and are not
able to or willing to boot into Windows and shut it down completely
there is a third option. However, it is not included here because it completely deleteshiberfil.sys
and will cause you to lose all
unsaved information in the hibernated Windows programs. The following is a quotation
fromman ntfs-3g
about the option that would be used to do this.
remove_hiberfile
Unlike in case of read-only mount, the read-write mount is
denied if the NTFS volume is hibernated. One needs either to
resume Windows and shutdown it properly, or use this option
which will remove the Windows hibernation file. Please note,
this means that the saved Windows session will be completely
lost. Use this option under your own responsibility.
Solution (only for Windows 8 and 10):
There is a new feature in Windows 8 called Fast Startup. If this feature is enabled (which it is by default), Windows 8 does not actually completely shutdown when you choose shutdown. Instead, it does a "hybrid shutdown". This is something like hibernating; it makes booting Windows 8 back up faster. So, you need to disable this feature to be able to shut it down properly, and be able to mount the Windows partitions. To do this, boot into your Windows 8 and:
Note: disabling Fast Startup will most likely make your Windows 8 take a longer time to boot. There are no "exact" numbers, but let's say that if it took you 10 seconds to boot into Windows 8, it will now take you 50 seconds after disabling this feature.
- Open Control Panel in the small icons view and click on Power Options. (see screenshot 1)
- Click on Choose what the power buttons do. (see screenshot 2)
- Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable.
(see screenshot 3) - Uncheck Turn on fast startup (recommended). (see screenshot 4)
Click on Save changes. Now, shutdown Windows 8 and boot back into Ubuntu.
If you still aren't able to mount without getting errors, you may need to turn off hibernation completely. Open an elevated Command Prompt (right click on the shortcut, click on “Run as Administrator”), and input:
powercfg /h off
Source: Fast Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 8.
A bug has been filed about the Nautilus dialog you are seeing as it recommends a potentially dangerous option that could result in data loss. Please do not run the command in this dialog unless you want to delete your saved Windows session and potentially lose unsaved work.
Explanation: Why Linux can't open hibernated Windows partitions:
You are seeing this error because you hibernated Windows instead of
turning it off the normal way (in newer versions of Windows, hibernate
might be the default option).
- Hibernating saves the current state information to the hard disk and then powers down the computer.
- Shutting down the computer closes all programs and ends all running processes before powering down the computer.
When you turn off Windows by hibernating it, you are essentially
pausing the system and saving all of that information (into a big file
calledhiberfil.sys
) This way when you resume from hibernation all
of your applications and files will be exactly how you left them. It
also sets a flag inhiberfil.sys
to let other Operating Systems know
that Windows is hibernated.
Making changes to your Windows (
ntfs
) partition while it is
hibernated could be dangerous--it could cause Windows to not resume
from hibernation or to crash after resuming. Because of this, the
tool (ntfs-3g
) that mounts (opens) the partition will not mount it
in read-write mode if it sees a hibernation flag. As such, Nautilus,
the default file browser, will not be able to automatically open this
partition--hence the error message that you see--because it is trying
to open it in read-write mode.
Workaround for all versions of Windows:
There are three ways to mount a hibernated Windows partition:
Boot into Windows and power down the system by shutting it down
completely. You may then boot back into Ubuntu and the partition will mount in read-write mode automatically when you open it in Nautilus. Note that the "Shut Down" option may not be the one
displayed in your start menu by default. You may need to click the
button next to it to see further options.
Manually mount the filesystem in read only mode.
Check to see if you have a mount point (folder for mounting your partition in) for your Windows partition in the folder
/media
using this command:
ls /media
If you don't see a folder for your Windows partition, you should create one with the following command:
sudo mkdir /media/windows
Next, mount the partition in read-only mode onto this folder with this command:
mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda3 /media/windows
Note that you should change
/media/windows
if your mountpoint is called something else.
- Now you will be able to view/open files on your Windows partition using any program in Ubuntu. However you will not be able to write
to the partition or modify any files as it is in read only mode.
If you need to mount the partition in read-write mode and are not
able to or willing to boot into Windows and shut it down completely
there is a third option. However, it is not included here because it completely deleteshiberfil.sys
and will cause you to lose all
unsaved information in the hibernated Windows programs. The following is a quotation
fromman ntfs-3g
about the option that would be used to do this.
remove_hiberfile
Unlike in case of read-only mount, the read-write mount is
denied if the NTFS volume is hibernated. One needs either to
resume Windows and shutdown it properly, or use this option
which will remove the Windows hibernation file. Please note,
this means that the saved Windows session will be completely
lost. Use this option under your own responsibility.
Solution (only for Windows 8 and 10):
There is a new feature in Windows 8 called Fast Startup. If this feature is enabled (which it is by default), Windows 8 does not actually completely shutdown when you choose shutdown. Instead, it does a "hybrid shutdown". This is something like hibernating; it makes booting Windows 8 back up faster. So, you need to disable this feature to be able to shut it down properly, and be able to mount the Windows partitions. To do this, boot into your Windows 8 and:
Note: disabling Fast Startup will most likely make your Windows 8 take a longer time to boot. There are no "exact" numbers, but let's say that if it took you 10 seconds to boot into Windows 8, it will now take you 50 seconds after disabling this feature.
- Open Control Panel in the small icons view and click on Power Options. (see screenshot 1)
- Click on Choose what the power buttons do. (see screenshot 2)
- Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable.
(see screenshot 3) - Uncheck Turn on fast startup (recommended). (see screenshot 4)
Click on Save changes. Now, shutdown Windows 8 and boot back into Ubuntu.
If you still aren't able to mount without getting errors, you may need to turn off hibernation completely. Open an elevated Command Prompt (right click on the shortcut, click on “Run as Administrator”), and input:
powercfg /h off
Source: Fast Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 8.
edited May 22 '17 at 20:41
wjandrea
8,30742259
8,30742259
answered Jun 3 '12 at 12:51
adempewolff
8,45022147
8,45022147
8
None of these works for me. The only I am able to mount Win 8 partition on ubuntu is to press "restart" in windows, then boot ubuntu.
– Yuri Ghensev
Aug 24 '13 at 18:59
3
Hello, I change the seatings for windows 8.1 as you mention. But unfortunately i still have the error massage I had previously. please help me,
– mr_azad
Apr 25 '14 at 12:08
2
There is this link tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/#fastrestart that could be useful --- it suggests issuing the commandpowercfg /h off
on Windows.
– Rmano
May 8 '14 at 18:06
3
I have the "fast boot" option disabled and I always boot to Fedora by rebooting windows yet it still says that "it's in an unsafe state" is there anything else to do?
– arielnmz
Dec 4 '14 at 0:08
2
I am having the same exact problem as @arielnmz . I disabled "fast boot" according to the "Solution (only for Windows 8)", yet I still cannot mount it R/W in Ubuntu 14. I can mount it RO but not RW. Any idea why this works for others but not for me?
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:16
|
show 16 more comments
8
None of these works for me. The only I am able to mount Win 8 partition on ubuntu is to press "restart" in windows, then boot ubuntu.
– Yuri Ghensev
Aug 24 '13 at 18:59
3
Hello, I change the seatings for windows 8.1 as you mention. But unfortunately i still have the error massage I had previously. please help me,
– mr_azad
Apr 25 '14 at 12:08
2
There is this link tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/#fastrestart that could be useful --- it suggests issuing the commandpowercfg /h off
on Windows.
– Rmano
May 8 '14 at 18:06
3
I have the "fast boot" option disabled and I always boot to Fedora by rebooting windows yet it still says that "it's in an unsafe state" is there anything else to do?
– arielnmz
Dec 4 '14 at 0:08
2
I am having the same exact problem as @arielnmz . I disabled "fast boot" according to the "Solution (only for Windows 8)", yet I still cannot mount it R/W in Ubuntu 14. I can mount it RO but not RW. Any idea why this works for others but not for me?
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:16
8
8
None of these works for me. The only I am able to mount Win 8 partition on ubuntu is to press "restart" in windows, then boot ubuntu.
– Yuri Ghensev
Aug 24 '13 at 18:59
None of these works for me. The only I am able to mount Win 8 partition on ubuntu is to press "restart" in windows, then boot ubuntu.
– Yuri Ghensev
Aug 24 '13 at 18:59
3
3
Hello, I change the seatings for windows 8.1 as you mention. But unfortunately i still have the error massage I had previously. please help me,
– mr_azad
Apr 25 '14 at 12:08
Hello, I change the seatings for windows 8.1 as you mention. But unfortunately i still have the error massage I had previously. please help me,
– mr_azad
Apr 25 '14 at 12:08
2
2
There is this link tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/#fastrestart that could be useful --- it suggests issuing the command
powercfg /h off
on Windows.– Rmano
May 8 '14 at 18:06
There is this link tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-manual/#fastrestart that could be useful --- it suggests issuing the command
powercfg /h off
on Windows.– Rmano
May 8 '14 at 18:06
3
3
I have the "fast boot" option disabled and I always boot to Fedora by rebooting windows yet it still says that "it's in an unsafe state" is there anything else to do?
– arielnmz
Dec 4 '14 at 0:08
I have the "fast boot" option disabled and I always boot to Fedora by rebooting windows yet it still says that "it's in an unsafe state" is there anything else to do?
– arielnmz
Dec 4 '14 at 0:08
2
2
I am having the same exact problem as @arielnmz . I disabled "fast boot" according to the "Solution (only for Windows 8)", yet I still cannot mount it R/W in Ubuntu 14. I can mount it RO but not RW. Any idea why this works for others but not for me?
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:16
I am having the same exact problem as @arielnmz . I disabled "fast boot" according to the "Solution (only for Windows 8)", yet I still cannot mount it R/W in Ubuntu 14. I can mount it RO but not RW. Any idea why this works for others but not for me?
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:16
|
show 16 more comments
EDIT: DOING THIS MIGHT HAVE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES and Windows might fail to boot or corrupt the filesystem upon booting.
Use ntfsfix in the terminal, even if you can't access Windows
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY is the partition, e.g. a2
(/dev/sda2
) or b1
(/dev/sdb1
)
ntfsfix repairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check for the first boot into Windows.
7
A little bit of explanation would be really nice :-) Certainly there is man page, but since you wrote it here, it would be good to further improve it but explaining what this command does.
– Jendas
Nov 17 '14 at 11:16
1
I tried that but it stills returns "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Marco Lackovic
Dec 4 '14 at 16:30
2
Nice! this should be the chosen answer...
– so.very.tired
Dec 12 '14 at 14:36
17
You do NOT want to do this. Doing so will result in the filesystem being corrupted when you resume your hibernated windows session.
– psusi
Jan 4 '15 at 4:24
10
I concur with @psusi: this is very dangerous and could result in all data lost like here
– Fabby
Aug 10 '15 at 12:23
|
show 9 more comments
EDIT: DOING THIS MIGHT HAVE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES and Windows might fail to boot or corrupt the filesystem upon booting.
Use ntfsfix in the terminal, even if you can't access Windows
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY is the partition, e.g. a2
(/dev/sda2
) or b1
(/dev/sdb1
)
ntfsfix repairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check for the first boot into Windows.
7
A little bit of explanation would be really nice :-) Certainly there is man page, but since you wrote it here, it would be good to further improve it but explaining what this command does.
– Jendas
Nov 17 '14 at 11:16
1
I tried that but it stills returns "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Marco Lackovic
Dec 4 '14 at 16:30
2
Nice! this should be the chosen answer...
– so.very.tired
Dec 12 '14 at 14:36
17
You do NOT want to do this. Doing so will result in the filesystem being corrupted when you resume your hibernated windows session.
– psusi
Jan 4 '15 at 4:24
10
I concur with @psusi: this is very dangerous and could result in all data lost like here
– Fabby
Aug 10 '15 at 12:23
|
show 9 more comments
EDIT: DOING THIS MIGHT HAVE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES and Windows might fail to boot or corrupt the filesystem upon booting.
Use ntfsfix in the terminal, even if you can't access Windows
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY is the partition, e.g. a2
(/dev/sda2
) or b1
(/dev/sdb1
)
ntfsfix repairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check for the first boot into Windows.
EDIT: DOING THIS MIGHT HAVE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES and Windows might fail to boot or corrupt the filesystem upon booting.
Use ntfsfix in the terminal, even if you can't access Windows
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY is the partition, e.g. a2
(/dev/sda2
) or b1
(/dev/sdb1
)
ntfsfix repairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check for the first boot into Windows.
edited Mar 9 at 20:18
Llamageddon
1134
1134
answered Oct 6 '14 at 7:34
mohitbhura
1,383162
1,383162
7
A little bit of explanation would be really nice :-) Certainly there is man page, but since you wrote it here, it would be good to further improve it but explaining what this command does.
– Jendas
Nov 17 '14 at 11:16
1
I tried that but it stills returns "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Marco Lackovic
Dec 4 '14 at 16:30
2
Nice! this should be the chosen answer...
– so.very.tired
Dec 12 '14 at 14:36
17
You do NOT want to do this. Doing so will result in the filesystem being corrupted when you resume your hibernated windows session.
– psusi
Jan 4 '15 at 4:24
10
I concur with @psusi: this is very dangerous and could result in all data lost like here
– Fabby
Aug 10 '15 at 12:23
|
show 9 more comments
7
A little bit of explanation would be really nice :-) Certainly there is man page, but since you wrote it here, it would be good to further improve it but explaining what this command does.
– Jendas
Nov 17 '14 at 11:16
1
I tried that but it stills returns "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Marco Lackovic
Dec 4 '14 at 16:30
2
Nice! this should be the chosen answer...
– so.very.tired
Dec 12 '14 at 14:36
17
You do NOT want to do this. Doing so will result in the filesystem being corrupted when you resume your hibernated windows session.
– psusi
Jan 4 '15 at 4:24
10
I concur with @psusi: this is very dangerous and could result in all data lost like here
– Fabby
Aug 10 '15 at 12:23
7
7
A little bit of explanation would be really nice :-) Certainly there is man page, but since you wrote it here, it would be good to further improve it but explaining what this command does.
– Jendas
Nov 17 '14 at 11:16
A little bit of explanation would be really nice :-) Certainly there is man page, but since you wrote it here, it would be good to further improve it but explaining what this command does.
– Jendas
Nov 17 '14 at 11:16
1
1
I tried that but it stills returns "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Marco Lackovic
Dec 4 '14 at 16:30
I tried that but it stills returns "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Marco Lackovic
Dec 4 '14 at 16:30
2
2
Nice! this should be the chosen answer...
– so.very.tired
Dec 12 '14 at 14:36
Nice! this should be the chosen answer...
– so.very.tired
Dec 12 '14 at 14:36
17
17
You do NOT want to do this. Doing so will result in the filesystem being corrupted when you resume your hibernated windows session.
– psusi
Jan 4 '15 at 4:24
You do NOT want to do this. Doing so will result in the filesystem being corrupted when you resume your hibernated windows session.
– psusi
Jan 4 '15 at 4:24
10
10
I concur with @psusi: this is very dangerous and could result in all data lost like here
– Fabby
Aug 10 '15 at 12:23
I concur with @psusi: this is very dangerous and could result in all data lost like here
– Fabby
Aug 10 '15 at 12:23
|
show 9 more comments
If you want to terminate the hibernated session, run this command in a Terminal(press Ctrl+Alt+T to open Terminal)
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY
is the partition. ex: sda2 or sdb1
This also works if you couldn't get into Win8.
3
I am not sure fixing an NTFS partition from Ubuntu is a good idea for a hibernating fast startup Windows 8.1. Instead, I solved the problem from within Windows 8.1: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:29
I did this and got an error "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Erel Segal-Halevi
May 12 '17 at 7:33
add a comment |
If you want to terminate the hibernated session, run this command in a Terminal(press Ctrl+Alt+T to open Terminal)
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY
is the partition. ex: sda2 or sdb1
This also works if you couldn't get into Win8.
3
I am not sure fixing an NTFS partition from Ubuntu is a good idea for a hibernating fast startup Windows 8.1. Instead, I solved the problem from within Windows 8.1: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:29
I did this and got an error "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Erel Segal-Halevi
May 12 '17 at 7:33
add a comment |
If you want to terminate the hibernated session, run this command in a Terminal(press Ctrl+Alt+T to open Terminal)
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY
is the partition. ex: sda2 or sdb1
This also works if you couldn't get into Win8.
If you want to terminate the hibernated session, run this command in a Terminal(press Ctrl+Alt+T to open Terminal)
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
where XY
is the partition. ex: sda2 or sdb1
This also works if you couldn't get into Win8.
edited Nov 6 '14 at 9:01
answered Jul 18 '14 at 15:24
ignis
3,2631924
3,2631924
3
I am not sure fixing an NTFS partition from Ubuntu is a good idea for a hibernating fast startup Windows 8.1. Instead, I solved the problem from within Windows 8.1: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:29
I did this and got an error "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Erel Segal-Halevi
May 12 '17 at 7:33
add a comment |
3
I am not sure fixing an NTFS partition from Ubuntu is a good idea for a hibernating fast startup Windows 8.1. Instead, I solved the problem from within Windows 8.1: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:29
I did this and got an error "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Erel Segal-Halevi
May 12 '17 at 7:33
3
3
I am not sure fixing an NTFS partition from Ubuntu is a good idea for a hibernating fast startup Windows 8.1. Instead, I solved the problem from within Windows 8.1: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:29
I am not sure fixing an NTFS partition from Ubuntu is a good idea for a hibernating fast startup Windows 8.1. Instead, I solved the problem from within Windows 8.1: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:29
I did this and got an error "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Erel Segal-Halevi
May 12 '17 at 7:33
I did this and got an error "Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Remount failed: Operation not permitted"
– Erel Segal-Halevi
May 12 '17 at 7:33
add a comment |
My solution was to call a mntwindows
script in /etc/rc.local
. This script would check for hibernation and if hibernated mount as read only. In order to make sure the script may always be called I placed it in /bin
and marked it as executable. The contents of the script are as follows
sudo mount /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
#Mounts Windows
if [ $? -eq 14 ]
then
echo "Windows is sleeping, I'm mounting as read-only"
sudo mount -o ro /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
fi
Great solution. Many thanks. It worked for me on an ancient eMachines E442 which got accidentally trashed on shutdown. +1
– Ian Lewis
Jun 11 at 21:36
add a comment |
My solution was to call a mntwindows
script in /etc/rc.local
. This script would check for hibernation and if hibernated mount as read only. In order to make sure the script may always be called I placed it in /bin
and marked it as executable. The contents of the script are as follows
sudo mount /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
#Mounts Windows
if [ $? -eq 14 ]
then
echo "Windows is sleeping, I'm mounting as read-only"
sudo mount -o ro /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
fi
Great solution. Many thanks. It worked for me on an ancient eMachines E442 which got accidentally trashed on shutdown. +1
– Ian Lewis
Jun 11 at 21:36
add a comment |
My solution was to call a mntwindows
script in /etc/rc.local
. This script would check for hibernation and if hibernated mount as read only. In order to make sure the script may always be called I placed it in /bin
and marked it as executable. The contents of the script are as follows
sudo mount /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
#Mounts Windows
if [ $? -eq 14 ]
then
echo "Windows is sleeping, I'm mounting as read-only"
sudo mount -o ro /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
fi
My solution was to call a mntwindows
script in /etc/rc.local
. This script would check for hibernation and if hibernated mount as read only. In order to make sure the script may always be called I placed it in /bin
and marked it as executable. The contents of the script are as follows
sudo mount /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
#Mounts Windows
if [ $? -eq 14 ]
then
echo "Windows is sleeping, I'm mounting as read-only"
sudo mount -o ro /dev/sda[Partition Number] /media/[Any existing folder name]
fi
edited Sep 21 '14 at 21:32
ignis
3,2631924
3,2631924
answered Feb 12 '13 at 19:02
Anon
18112
18112
Great solution. Many thanks. It worked for me on an ancient eMachines E442 which got accidentally trashed on shutdown. +1
– Ian Lewis
Jun 11 at 21:36
add a comment |
Great solution. Many thanks. It worked for me on an ancient eMachines E442 which got accidentally trashed on shutdown. +1
– Ian Lewis
Jun 11 at 21:36
Great solution. Many thanks. It worked for me on an ancient eMachines E442 which got accidentally trashed on shutdown. +1
– Ian Lewis
Jun 11 at 21:36
Great solution. Many thanks. It worked for me on an ancient eMachines E442 which got accidentally trashed on shutdown. +1
– Ian Lewis
Jun 11 at 21:36
add a comment |
It's because of Windows 8's fast startup feature.
Temporary solution would be to go back in Windows and restart the system (instead of shutdown). Permanent solution is to disable fast startup.
You can use this guide to disable fast startup in Windows 8: http://itsfoss.com/solve-ntfs-mount-problem-ubuntu-windows-8-dual-boot/
This was exactly what the problem was for me and doing a restart from windows to boot into linux rather than a shutdown is a great way to verify that this is the correct solution for you. The ntfsfix solution below did not work for me, whereas this one did.
– sage88
May 20 '15 at 20:17
1
same issue on Windows 10
– Postadelmaga
Mar 11 at 7:16
add a comment |
It's because of Windows 8's fast startup feature.
Temporary solution would be to go back in Windows and restart the system (instead of shutdown). Permanent solution is to disable fast startup.
You can use this guide to disable fast startup in Windows 8: http://itsfoss.com/solve-ntfs-mount-problem-ubuntu-windows-8-dual-boot/
This was exactly what the problem was for me and doing a restart from windows to boot into linux rather than a shutdown is a great way to verify that this is the correct solution for you. The ntfsfix solution below did not work for me, whereas this one did.
– sage88
May 20 '15 at 20:17
1
same issue on Windows 10
– Postadelmaga
Mar 11 at 7:16
add a comment |
It's because of Windows 8's fast startup feature.
Temporary solution would be to go back in Windows and restart the system (instead of shutdown). Permanent solution is to disable fast startup.
You can use this guide to disable fast startup in Windows 8: http://itsfoss.com/solve-ntfs-mount-problem-ubuntu-windows-8-dual-boot/
It's because of Windows 8's fast startup feature.
Temporary solution would be to go back in Windows and restart the system (instead of shutdown). Permanent solution is to disable fast startup.
You can use this guide to disable fast startup in Windows 8: http://itsfoss.com/solve-ntfs-mount-problem-ubuntu-windows-8-dual-boot/
answered Mar 26 '14 at 20:42
abhishek
1,9781113
1,9781113
This was exactly what the problem was for me and doing a restart from windows to boot into linux rather than a shutdown is a great way to verify that this is the correct solution for you. The ntfsfix solution below did not work for me, whereas this one did.
– sage88
May 20 '15 at 20:17
1
same issue on Windows 10
– Postadelmaga
Mar 11 at 7:16
add a comment |
This was exactly what the problem was for me and doing a restart from windows to boot into linux rather than a shutdown is a great way to verify that this is the correct solution for you. The ntfsfix solution below did not work for me, whereas this one did.
– sage88
May 20 '15 at 20:17
1
same issue on Windows 10
– Postadelmaga
Mar 11 at 7:16
This was exactly what the problem was for me and doing a restart from windows to boot into linux rather than a shutdown is a great way to verify that this is the correct solution for you. The ntfsfix solution below did not work for me, whereas this one did.
– sage88
May 20 '15 at 20:17
This was exactly what the problem was for me and doing a restart from windows to boot into linux rather than a shutdown is a great way to verify that this is the correct solution for you. The ntfsfix solution below did not work for me, whereas this one did.
– sage88
May 20 '15 at 20:17
1
1
same issue on Windows 10
– Postadelmaga
Mar 11 at 7:16
same issue on Windows 10
– Postadelmaga
Mar 11 at 7:16
add a comment |
Windows 8 adds a "fast startup" feature. It does make Windows start up faster after a shutdown, but as a side effect it ends up putting your filesystem in that hibernating state.
To disable this feature in Win 8, search for "choose what the power buttons do" under settings, click the shield to unlock the checkboxes, and you can enable or disable the fast startup from there.
The caveat mentioned earlier, that you want to really shutdown Windows and not restart to get easy access from Linux, still applies.
I disabled "fast startup" in my Windows 8.1. It didn't help. I can only mount RO. This is weird.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:32
add a comment |
Windows 8 adds a "fast startup" feature. It does make Windows start up faster after a shutdown, but as a side effect it ends up putting your filesystem in that hibernating state.
To disable this feature in Win 8, search for "choose what the power buttons do" under settings, click the shield to unlock the checkboxes, and you can enable or disable the fast startup from there.
The caveat mentioned earlier, that you want to really shutdown Windows and not restart to get easy access from Linux, still applies.
I disabled "fast startup" in my Windows 8.1. It didn't help. I can only mount RO. This is weird.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:32
add a comment |
Windows 8 adds a "fast startup" feature. It does make Windows start up faster after a shutdown, but as a side effect it ends up putting your filesystem in that hibernating state.
To disable this feature in Win 8, search for "choose what the power buttons do" under settings, click the shield to unlock the checkboxes, and you can enable or disable the fast startup from there.
The caveat mentioned earlier, that you want to really shutdown Windows and not restart to get easy access from Linux, still applies.
Windows 8 adds a "fast startup" feature. It does make Windows start up faster after a shutdown, but as a side effect it ends up putting your filesystem in that hibernating state.
To disable this feature in Win 8, search for "choose what the power buttons do" under settings, click the shield to unlock the checkboxes, and you can enable or disable the fast startup from there.
The caveat mentioned earlier, that you want to really shutdown Windows and not restart to get easy access from Linux, still applies.
answered Nov 3 '12 at 11:44
cmendoza
14112
14112
I disabled "fast startup" in my Windows 8.1. It didn't help. I can only mount RO. This is weird.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:32
add a comment |
I disabled "fast startup" in my Windows 8.1. It didn't help. I can only mount RO. This is weird.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:32
I disabled "fast startup" in my Windows 8.1. It didn't help. I can only mount RO. This is weird.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:32
I disabled "fast startup" in my Windows 8.1. It didn't help. I can only mount RO. This is weird.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:32
add a comment |
For windows 10, I figured out how to turn off the fast startup. Did one screencast to solve that. Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > System Settings Then click on 'Change Settings that are currently unavailable' and remove tick from 'Turn on fast startup'. Source : http://blog.shahariaazam.com/fast-startup-turn-on-or-off-in-windows-10
add a comment |
For windows 10, I figured out how to turn off the fast startup. Did one screencast to solve that. Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > System Settings Then click on 'Change Settings that are currently unavailable' and remove tick from 'Turn on fast startup'. Source : http://blog.shahariaazam.com/fast-startup-turn-on-or-off-in-windows-10
add a comment |
For windows 10, I figured out how to turn off the fast startup. Did one screencast to solve that. Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > System Settings Then click on 'Change Settings that are currently unavailable' and remove tick from 'Turn on fast startup'. Source : http://blog.shahariaazam.com/fast-startup-turn-on-or-off-in-windows-10
For windows 10, I figured out how to turn off the fast startup. Did one screencast to solve that. Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > System Settings Then click on 'Change Settings that are currently unavailable' and remove tick from 'Turn on fast startup'. Source : http://blog.shahariaazam.com/fast-startup-turn-on-or-off-in-windows-10
answered Dec 4 '15 at 22:23
Shaharia Azam
25924
25924
add a comment |
add a comment |
on Windows 8 it's normal.
You need to shut down Windows 8 via cmd by entering shutdown /f /s /t 0
then it might work.
3
I believeshutdown /s /t 0
is sufficient... no need to use force
– Matthew Sainsbury
Aug 1 '14 at 17:06
@Matt I triedshutdown /s /t 0
. This doesn't work. This is despite me disabling fast boot prior to that. I can only mount that NTFS partition RO.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:24
@rootshutdown /f /s /t 0
doesn't work either. Something must have changed in either Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 8.1 since this answer was posted.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:30
1
@BillTheApe I continue to use this technique on Arch Linux which is a rolling release. I humbly suggest that your problem lies elsewhere
– Matthew Sainsbury
Dec 30 '14 at 16:06
1
@Matt You were right. The problem indeed lied elsewhere: disabling fast startup +shutdown /f /s /t 0
was sufficient for Windows 7. It is no longer sufficient for Windows 8.1. In addition to what's required for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 requires one more step: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:27
add a comment |
on Windows 8 it's normal.
You need to shut down Windows 8 via cmd by entering shutdown /f /s /t 0
then it might work.
3
I believeshutdown /s /t 0
is sufficient... no need to use force
– Matthew Sainsbury
Aug 1 '14 at 17:06
@Matt I triedshutdown /s /t 0
. This doesn't work. This is despite me disabling fast boot prior to that. I can only mount that NTFS partition RO.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:24
@rootshutdown /f /s /t 0
doesn't work either. Something must have changed in either Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 8.1 since this answer was posted.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:30
1
@BillTheApe I continue to use this technique on Arch Linux which is a rolling release. I humbly suggest that your problem lies elsewhere
– Matthew Sainsbury
Dec 30 '14 at 16:06
1
@Matt You were right. The problem indeed lied elsewhere: disabling fast startup +shutdown /f /s /t 0
was sufficient for Windows 7. It is no longer sufficient for Windows 8.1. In addition to what's required for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 requires one more step: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:27
add a comment |
on Windows 8 it's normal.
You need to shut down Windows 8 via cmd by entering shutdown /f /s /t 0
then it might work.
on Windows 8 it's normal.
You need to shut down Windows 8 via cmd by entering shutdown /f /s /t 0
then it might work.
edited Oct 1 '12 at 9:06
devav2
24.5k126879
24.5k126879
answered Sep 9 '12 at 20:35
root
9111
9111
3
I believeshutdown /s /t 0
is sufficient... no need to use force
– Matthew Sainsbury
Aug 1 '14 at 17:06
@Matt I triedshutdown /s /t 0
. This doesn't work. This is despite me disabling fast boot prior to that. I can only mount that NTFS partition RO.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:24
@rootshutdown /f /s /t 0
doesn't work either. Something must have changed in either Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 8.1 since this answer was posted.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:30
1
@BillTheApe I continue to use this technique on Arch Linux which is a rolling release. I humbly suggest that your problem lies elsewhere
– Matthew Sainsbury
Dec 30 '14 at 16:06
1
@Matt You were right. The problem indeed lied elsewhere: disabling fast startup +shutdown /f /s /t 0
was sufficient for Windows 7. It is no longer sufficient for Windows 8.1. In addition to what's required for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 requires one more step: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:27
add a comment |
3
I believeshutdown /s /t 0
is sufficient... no need to use force
– Matthew Sainsbury
Aug 1 '14 at 17:06
@Matt I triedshutdown /s /t 0
. This doesn't work. This is despite me disabling fast boot prior to that. I can only mount that NTFS partition RO.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:24
@rootshutdown /f /s /t 0
doesn't work either. Something must have changed in either Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 8.1 since this answer was posted.
– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:30
1
@BillTheApe I continue to use this technique on Arch Linux which is a rolling release. I humbly suggest that your problem lies elsewhere
– Matthew Sainsbury
Dec 30 '14 at 16:06
1
@Matt You were right. The problem indeed lied elsewhere: disabling fast startup +shutdown /f /s /t 0
was sufficient for Windows 7. It is no longer sufficient for Windows 8.1. In addition to what's required for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 requires one more step: powercfg /h off
– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:27
3
3
I believe
shutdown /s /t 0
is sufficient... no need to use force– Matthew Sainsbury
Aug 1 '14 at 17:06
I believe
shutdown /s /t 0
is sufficient... no need to use force– Matthew Sainsbury
Aug 1 '14 at 17:06
@Matt I tried
shutdown /s /t 0
. This doesn't work. This is despite me disabling fast boot prior to that. I can only mount that NTFS partition RO.– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:24
@Matt I tried
shutdown /s /t 0
. This doesn't work. This is despite me disabling fast boot prior to that. I can only mount that NTFS partition RO.– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:24
@root
shutdown /f /s /t 0
doesn't work either. Something must have changed in either Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 8.1 since this answer was posted.– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:30
@root
shutdown /f /s /t 0
doesn't work either. Something must have changed in either Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 8.1 since this answer was posted.– Bill The Ape
Dec 30 '14 at 4:30
1
1
@BillTheApe I continue to use this technique on Arch Linux which is a rolling release. I humbly suggest that your problem lies elsewhere
– Matthew Sainsbury
Dec 30 '14 at 16:06
@BillTheApe I continue to use this technique on Arch Linux which is a rolling release. I humbly suggest that your problem lies elsewhere
– Matthew Sainsbury
Dec 30 '14 at 16:06
1
1
@Matt You were right. The problem indeed lied elsewhere: disabling fast startup +
shutdown /f /s /t 0
was sufficient for Windows 7. It is no longer sufficient for Windows 8.1. In addition to what's required for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 requires one more step: powercfg /h off– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:27
@Matt You were right. The problem indeed lied elsewhere: disabling fast startup +
shutdown /f /s /t 0
was sufficient for Windows 7. It is no longer sufficient for Windows 8.1. In addition to what's required for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 requires one more step: powercfg /h off– Bill The Ape
Dec 31 '14 at 0:27
add a comment |
Just for completion, here is another command to mount a partition as read-only (useful for hibernated Windows partitions):
udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sda3 --options ro
If you have permission to mount the partition using the file manager (if you are an administrator, for example), then you should be able to run this command without using sudo
.
This is available in the newest Ubuntu versions (like 13.04 and 13.10).
If udisksctl
isn't available, then maybe udisks
is. It has different arguments, so check the manpage.
1
I Love this! :D
– Jeggy
Mar 29 '14 at 13:52
1
This is a great solution if you don't want to start windows again.
– Goddard
May 13 '16 at 17:03
Yes it works for me! My windows wasn't booting so this was the only way out :)
– samjoe
Jan 11 at 13:03
add a comment |
Just for completion, here is another command to mount a partition as read-only (useful for hibernated Windows partitions):
udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sda3 --options ro
If you have permission to mount the partition using the file manager (if you are an administrator, for example), then you should be able to run this command without using sudo
.
This is available in the newest Ubuntu versions (like 13.04 and 13.10).
If udisksctl
isn't available, then maybe udisks
is. It has different arguments, so check the manpage.
1
I Love this! :D
– Jeggy
Mar 29 '14 at 13:52
1
This is a great solution if you don't want to start windows again.
– Goddard
May 13 '16 at 17:03
Yes it works for me! My windows wasn't booting so this was the only way out :)
– samjoe
Jan 11 at 13:03
add a comment |
Just for completion, here is another command to mount a partition as read-only (useful for hibernated Windows partitions):
udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sda3 --options ro
If you have permission to mount the partition using the file manager (if you are an administrator, for example), then you should be able to run this command without using sudo
.
This is available in the newest Ubuntu versions (like 13.04 and 13.10).
If udisksctl
isn't available, then maybe udisks
is. It has different arguments, so check the manpage.
Just for completion, here is another command to mount a partition as read-only (useful for hibernated Windows partitions):
udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sda3 --options ro
If you have permission to mount the partition using the file manager (if you are an administrator, for example), then you should be able to run this command without using sudo
.
This is available in the newest Ubuntu versions (like 13.04 and 13.10).
If udisksctl
isn't available, then maybe udisks
is. It has different arguments, so check the manpage.
answered Nov 3 '13 at 22:08
user180409
1
I Love this! :D
– Jeggy
Mar 29 '14 at 13:52
1
This is a great solution if you don't want to start windows again.
– Goddard
May 13 '16 at 17:03
Yes it works for me! My windows wasn't booting so this was the only way out :)
– samjoe
Jan 11 at 13:03
add a comment |
1
I Love this! :D
– Jeggy
Mar 29 '14 at 13:52
1
This is a great solution if you don't want to start windows again.
– Goddard
May 13 '16 at 17:03
Yes it works for me! My windows wasn't booting so this was the only way out :)
– samjoe
Jan 11 at 13:03
1
1
I Love this! :D
– Jeggy
Mar 29 '14 at 13:52
I Love this! :D
– Jeggy
Mar 29 '14 at 13:52
1
1
This is a great solution if you don't want to start windows again.
– Goddard
May 13 '16 at 17:03
This is a great solution if you don't want to start windows again.
– Goddard
May 13 '16 at 17:03
Yes it works for me! My windows wasn't booting so this was the only way out :)
– samjoe
Jan 11 at 13:03
Yes it works for me! My windows wasn't booting so this was the only way out :)
– samjoe
Jan 11 at 13:03
add a comment |
Boot into
windows os
and then restart it.(not shutdown).In the grub menu select
ubuntu
and boot it.After the ubuntu booted up,now open thentfs hard drive partition
,it will open.
3
Note that this works even if you can't log in to Windows (e.g., due to a lost password). You can restart from the Windows Start Screen.
– Dave Burton
May 15 '14 at 4:11
And how do you mount this if this is a HDD from a dead windows device you just want to clean up then archive?
– Douglas Gaskell
Dec 21 at 23:38
add a comment |
Boot into
windows os
and then restart it.(not shutdown).In the grub menu select
ubuntu
and boot it.After the ubuntu booted up,now open thentfs hard drive partition
,it will open.
3
Note that this works even if you can't log in to Windows (e.g., due to a lost password). You can restart from the Windows Start Screen.
– Dave Burton
May 15 '14 at 4:11
And how do you mount this if this is a HDD from a dead windows device you just want to clean up then archive?
– Douglas Gaskell
Dec 21 at 23:38
add a comment |
Boot into
windows os
and then restart it.(not shutdown).In the grub menu select
ubuntu
and boot it.After the ubuntu booted up,now open thentfs hard drive partition
,it will open.
Boot into
windows os
and then restart it.(not shutdown).In the grub menu select
ubuntu
and boot it.After the ubuntu booted up,now open thentfs hard drive partition
,it will open.
answered Nov 18 '13 at 17:30
Avinash Raj
51.2k41165214
51.2k41165214
3
Note that this works even if you can't log in to Windows (e.g., due to a lost password). You can restart from the Windows Start Screen.
– Dave Burton
May 15 '14 at 4:11
And how do you mount this if this is a HDD from a dead windows device you just want to clean up then archive?
– Douglas Gaskell
Dec 21 at 23:38
add a comment |
3
Note that this works even if you can't log in to Windows (e.g., due to a lost password). You can restart from the Windows Start Screen.
– Dave Burton
May 15 '14 at 4:11
And how do you mount this if this is a HDD from a dead windows device you just want to clean up then archive?
– Douglas Gaskell
Dec 21 at 23:38
3
3
Note that this works even if you can't log in to Windows (e.g., due to a lost password). You can restart from the Windows Start Screen.
– Dave Burton
May 15 '14 at 4:11
Note that this works even if you can't log in to Windows (e.g., due to a lost password). You can restart from the Windows Start Screen.
– Dave Burton
May 15 '14 at 4:11
And how do you mount this if this is a HDD from a dead windows device you just want to clean up then archive?
– Douglas Gaskell
Dec 21 at 23:38
And how do you mount this if this is a HDD from a dead windows device you just want to clean up then archive?
– Douglas Gaskell
Dec 21 at 23:38
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In my experience adempewolff's popular and helpful answer above was necessary, but not sufficient, to allow me to mount my Windows NTFS partition for writing with Ubuntu. As instructed elsewhere I turned Fast Startup off before trying to install Ubuntu and I removed the Hibernate Option on the "Shutdown" menu, too.
I still couldn't write to my Windows partition from Ubuntu.
I found I also had to boot Windows 8.1, start a Windows authorized command line (right click on the Windows button on the bottom left to get to this option easily), allow it through the Windows authorization box, and then enter the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the results with:
powercfg /a
After making this change I was able to freely access the Windows 8.1 partition from Ubuntu, whether I quit Windows by shutting down or by restarting.
I found that I was able to later reverse this and still access the partition (but keeping Fast Startup unchecked at all times, as above, and never asking for Windows hibernation of course). The command to reverse it is, predictably:
powercfg /h on
I assume something was left over from Windows installation that needed to be cleared by booting with hibernation turned off in this particular way.
There should be no reason to undo the first step like this as far as I know--it may provide a bit of extra safety to leave powercfg /h off
.
See the Ubuntu man page for the Windows NTFS handler for a bit more information.
I suspect that you would not have needed to mess withpowercfg
if you had not disabled manual hibernation, though I could be wrong ...
– SamB
Nov 5 '14 at 15:51
add a comment |
In my experience adempewolff's popular and helpful answer above was necessary, but not sufficient, to allow me to mount my Windows NTFS partition for writing with Ubuntu. As instructed elsewhere I turned Fast Startup off before trying to install Ubuntu and I removed the Hibernate Option on the "Shutdown" menu, too.
I still couldn't write to my Windows partition from Ubuntu.
I found I also had to boot Windows 8.1, start a Windows authorized command line (right click on the Windows button on the bottom left to get to this option easily), allow it through the Windows authorization box, and then enter the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the results with:
powercfg /a
After making this change I was able to freely access the Windows 8.1 partition from Ubuntu, whether I quit Windows by shutting down or by restarting.
I found that I was able to later reverse this and still access the partition (but keeping Fast Startup unchecked at all times, as above, and never asking for Windows hibernation of course). The command to reverse it is, predictably:
powercfg /h on
I assume something was left over from Windows installation that needed to be cleared by booting with hibernation turned off in this particular way.
There should be no reason to undo the first step like this as far as I know--it may provide a bit of extra safety to leave powercfg /h off
.
See the Ubuntu man page for the Windows NTFS handler for a bit more information.
I suspect that you would not have needed to mess withpowercfg
if you had not disabled manual hibernation, though I could be wrong ...
– SamB
Nov 5 '14 at 15:51
add a comment |
In my experience adempewolff's popular and helpful answer above was necessary, but not sufficient, to allow me to mount my Windows NTFS partition for writing with Ubuntu. As instructed elsewhere I turned Fast Startup off before trying to install Ubuntu and I removed the Hibernate Option on the "Shutdown" menu, too.
I still couldn't write to my Windows partition from Ubuntu.
I found I also had to boot Windows 8.1, start a Windows authorized command line (right click on the Windows button on the bottom left to get to this option easily), allow it through the Windows authorization box, and then enter the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the results with:
powercfg /a
After making this change I was able to freely access the Windows 8.1 partition from Ubuntu, whether I quit Windows by shutting down or by restarting.
I found that I was able to later reverse this and still access the partition (but keeping Fast Startup unchecked at all times, as above, and never asking for Windows hibernation of course). The command to reverse it is, predictably:
powercfg /h on
I assume something was left over from Windows installation that needed to be cleared by booting with hibernation turned off in this particular way.
There should be no reason to undo the first step like this as far as I know--it may provide a bit of extra safety to leave powercfg /h off
.
See the Ubuntu man page for the Windows NTFS handler for a bit more information.
In my experience adempewolff's popular and helpful answer above was necessary, but not sufficient, to allow me to mount my Windows NTFS partition for writing with Ubuntu. As instructed elsewhere I turned Fast Startup off before trying to install Ubuntu and I removed the Hibernate Option on the "Shutdown" menu, too.
I still couldn't write to my Windows partition from Ubuntu.
I found I also had to boot Windows 8.1, start a Windows authorized command line (right click on the Windows button on the bottom left to get to this option easily), allow it through the Windows authorization box, and then enter the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the results with:
powercfg /a
After making this change I was able to freely access the Windows 8.1 partition from Ubuntu, whether I quit Windows by shutting down or by restarting.
I found that I was able to later reverse this and still access the partition (but keeping Fast Startup unchecked at all times, as above, and never asking for Windows hibernation of course). The command to reverse it is, predictably:
powercfg /h on
I assume something was left over from Windows installation that needed to be cleared by booting with hibernation turned off in this particular way.
There should be no reason to undo the first step like this as far as I know--it may provide a bit of extra safety to leave powercfg /h off
.
See the Ubuntu man page for the Windows NTFS handler for a bit more information.
edited Aug 24 '14 at 21:43
answered Aug 19 '14 at 1:17
John S Gruber
11.4k32958
11.4k32958
I suspect that you would not have needed to mess withpowercfg
if you had not disabled manual hibernation, though I could be wrong ...
– SamB
Nov 5 '14 at 15:51
add a comment |
I suspect that you would not have needed to mess withpowercfg
if you had not disabled manual hibernation, though I could be wrong ...
– SamB
Nov 5 '14 at 15:51
I suspect that you would not have needed to mess with
powercfg
if you had not disabled manual hibernation, though I could be wrong ...– SamB
Nov 5 '14 at 15:51
I suspect that you would not have needed to mess with
powercfg
if you had not disabled manual hibernation, though I could be wrong ...– SamB
Nov 5 '14 at 15:51
add a comment |
For Windows 8+
You need to disable the "Fast Startup" feature. To quote the How-To-Geek:
Open up your power options by hitting Windows+X or right-clicking your
Start menu and selecting Power Options. In the Power Options window,
click “Choose what the power buttons do.”
If this is the first time you’ve messed with these settings, you’ll
need click “Change settings that are currently unavailable” to make
the Fast Startup option available for configuration.
Scroll to the bottom of the window and you should see “Turn on fast
startup (recommended)"
Uncheck the "fast startup" box.
Then, shut down Windows 10, and you should be able to mount the NTFS partition from Ubuntu just fine.
How-To-Geek quotation taken from here.
This is pretty much what the section for Windows 8 and 10 in the accepted answer says.
– muru
Nov 30 '16 at 1:43
@muru - shrugs this has screenshots
– Android Dev
Feb 7 '17 at 22:06
shrugs meh, so does that answer - the numbers in the list are links to screenshots
– muru
Feb 7 '17 at 22:41
add a comment |
For Windows 8+
You need to disable the "Fast Startup" feature. To quote the How-To-Geek:
Open up your power options by hitting Windows+X or right-clicking your
Start menu and selecting Power Options. In the Power Options window,
click “Choose what the power buttons do.”
If this is the first time you’ve messed with these settings, you’ll
need click “Change settings that are currently unavailable” to make
the Fast Startup option available for configuration.
Scroll to the bottom of the window and you should see “Turn on fast
startup (recommended)"
Uncheck the "fast startup" box.
Then, shut down Windows 10, and you should be able to mount the NTFS partition from Ubuntu just fine.
How-To-Geek quotation taken from here.
This is pretty much what the section for Windows 8 and 10 in the accepted answer says.
– muru
Nov 30 '16 at 1:43
@muru - shrugs this has screenshots
– Android Dev
Feb 7 '17 at 22:06
shrugs meh, so does that answer - the numbers in the list are links to screenshots
– muru
Feb 7 '17 at 22:41
add a comment |
For Windows 8+
You need to disable the "Fast Startup" feature. To quote the How-To-Geek:
Open up your power options by hitting Windows+X or right-clicking your
Start menu and selecting Power Options. In the Power Options window,
click “Choose what the power buttons do.”
If this is the first time you’ve messed with these settings, you’ll
need click “Change settings that are currently unavailable” to make
the Fast Startup option available for configuration.
Scroll to the bottom of the window and you should see “Turn on fast
startup (recommended)"
Uncheck the "fast startup" box.
Then, shut down Windows 10, and you should be able to mount the NTFS partition from Ubuntu just fine.
How-To-Geek quotation taken from here.
For Windows 8+
You need to disable the "Fast Startup" feature. To quote the How-To-Geek:
Open up your power options by hitting Windows+X or right-clicking your
Start menu and selecting Power Options. In the Power Options window,
click “Choose what the power buttons do.”
If this is the first time you’ve messed with these settings, you’ll
need click “Change settings that are currently unavailable” to make
the Fast Startup option available for configuration.
Scroll to the bottom of the window and you should see “Turn on fast
startup (recommended)"
Uncheck the "fast startup" box.
Then, shut down Windows 10, and you should be able to mount the NTFS partition from Ubuntu just fine.
How-To-Geek quotation taken from here.
answered Nov 29 '16 at 20:00
Android Dev
10.7k63259
10.7k63259
This is pretty much what the section for Windows 8 and 10 in the accepted answer says.
– muru
Nov 30 '16 at 1:43
@muru - shrugs this has screenshots
– Android Dev
Feb 7 '17 at 22:06
shrugs meh, so does that answer - the numbers in the list are links to screenshots
– muru
Feb 7 '17 at 22:41
add a comment |
This is pretty much what the section for Windows 8 and 10 in the accepted answer says.
– muru
Nov 30 '16 at 1:43
@muru - shrugs this has screenshots
– Android Dev
Feb 7 '17 at 22:06
shrugs meh, so does that answer - the numbers in the list are links to screenshots
– muru
Feb 7 '17 at 22:41
This is pretty much what the section for Windows 8 and 10 in the accepted answer says.
– muru
Nov 30 '16 at 1:43
This is pretty much what the section for Windows 8 and 10 in the accepted answer says.
– muru
Nov 30 '16 at 1:43
@muru - shrugs this has screenshots
– Android Dev
Feb 7 '17 at 22:06
@muru - shrugs this has screenshots
– Android Dev
Feb 7 '17 at 22:06
shrugs meh, so does that answer - the numbers in the list are links to screenshots
– muru
Feb 7 '17 at 22:41
shrugs meh, so does that answer - the numbers in the list are links to screenshots
– muru
Feb 7 '17 at 22:41
add a comment |
It has become even more simple (Windows 8+)
Just force shutdown or you can say complete shutdown your windows system before rebooting to Ubuntu OS.
Well how will I do that?
Very simple: Shift + Shutdown
i,e Hold Shift key while you click the Shutdown button in Windows to shutdown it completely.
Of course it will make your windows boot little slower next time. :)
add a comment |
It has become even more simple (Windows 8+)
Just force shutdown or you can say complete shutdown your windows system before rebooting to Ubuntu OS.
Well how will I do that?
Very simple: Shift + Shutdown
i,e Hold Shift key while you click the Shutdown button in Windows to shutdown it completely.
Of course it will make your windows boot little slower next time. :)
add a comment |
It has become even more simple (Windows 8+)
Just force shutdown or you can say complete shutdown your windows system before rebooting to Ubuntu OS.
Well how will I do that?
Very simple: Shift + Shutdown
i,e Hold Shift key while you click the Shutdown button in Windows to shutdown it completely.
Of course it will make your windows boot little slower next time. :)
It has become even more simple (Windows 8+)
Just force shutdown or you can say complete shutdown your windows system before rebooting to Ubuntu OS.
Well how will I do that?
Very simple: Shift + Shutdown
i,e Hold Shift key while you click the Shutdown button in Windows to shutdown it completely.
Of course it will make your windows boot little slower next time. :)
answered May 7 '17 at 14:11
Saurav Kumar
10.2k134464
10.2k134464
add a comment |
add a comment |
You can mount it in read only mode
For it, first you have to create a directory as mount point:
sudo mkdir /media/*youruser*/newdisk
Later, mount the drive with:
sudo mount -t "ntfs" -ro "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sda4" "/media/*youruser*/newdisk"
Change words with *
, with your user name. /dev/sda4
could be also different, depending on the partition is the one where windows 8 is installed.
Note the args values are taken for your particular error message, for other users take the error message, change -o
by -ro
and type appropriate user name.
Also, note, with this method, you cannot edit, write or create new files in the windows drive.
add a comment |
You can mount it in read only mode
For it, first you have to create a directory as mount point:
sudo mkdir /media/*youruser*/newdisk
Later, mount the drive with:
sudo mount -t "ntfs" -ro "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sda4" "/media/*youruser*/newdisk"
Change words with *
, with your user name. /dev/sda4
could be also different, depending on the partition is the one where windows 8 is installed.
Note the args values are taken for your particular error message, for other users take the error message, change -o
by -ro
and type appropriate user name.
Also, note, with this method, you cannot edit, write or create new files in the windows drive.
add a comment |
You can mount it in read only mode
For it, first you have to create a directory as mount point:
sudo mkdir /media/*youruser*/newdisk
Later, mount the drive with:
sudo mount -t "ntfs" -ro "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sda4" "/media/*youruser*/newdisk"
Change words with *
, with your user name. /dev/sda4
could be also different, depending on the partition is the one where windows 8 is installed.
Note the args values are taken for your particular error message, for other users take the error message, change -o
by -ro
and type appropriate user name.
Also, note, with this method, you cannot edit, write or create new files in the windows drive.
You can mount it in read only mode
For it, first you have to create a directory as mount point:
sudo mkdir /media/*youruser*/newdisk
Later, mount the drive with:
sudo mount -t "ntfs" -ro "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sda4" "/media/*youruser*/newdisk"
Change words with *
, with your user name. /dev/sda4
could be also different, depending on the partition is the one where windows 8 is installed.
Note the args values are taken for your particular error message, for other users take the error message, change -o
by -ro
and type appropriate user name.
Also, note, with this method, you cannot edit, write or create new files in the windows drive.
edited Sep 27 '14 at 5:15
αғsнιη
24.2k2295156
24.2k2295156
answered Sep 27 '14 at 4:56
Krishnadas PC
1513
1513
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To add to the answer you can go into Windows 7 or Windows 8 (W8: this is the default power-off action, it isn't a true shutdown in a sense), open a command line with super user privileges and type powercfg -h off
.
The caveat is now you Windows computer will not be able to Hibernate at all. However, you will be able to mount your Windows partitions without doing surgery on it.
add a comment |
To add to the answer you can go into Windows 7 or Windows 8 (W8: this is the default power-off action, it isn't a true shutdown in a sense), open a command line with super user privileges and type powercfg -h off
.
The caveat is now you Windows computer will not be able to Hibernate at all. However, you will be able to mount your Windows partitions without doing surgery on it.
add a comment |
To add to the answer you can go into Windows 7 or Windows 8 (W8: this is the default power-off action, it isn't a true shutdown in a sense), open a command line with super user privileges and type powercfg -h off
.
The caveat is now you Windows computer will not be able to Hibernate at all. However, you will be able to mount your Windows partitions without doing surgery on it.
To add to the answer you can go into Windows 7 or Windows 8 (W8: this is the default power-off action, it isn't a true shutdown in a sense), open a command line with super user privileges and type powercfg -h off
.
The caveat is now you Windows computer will not be able to Hibernate at all. However, you will be able to mount your Windows partitions without doing surgery on it.
answered Oct 19 '12 at 22:46
RomaH
1213
1213
add a comment |
add a comment |
It is more than likely that this is happening because you are booting from a Windows 8 system. What they have done is make it so that when you turn off your computer it really goes into hibernation for a quicker boot when you switch it on again.
What you will need to do is to go into the Control Panel section of Windows 8, navigate to power options and disable the quick start up option so that when you shut down, you will actually have shut down your system and as a result the files on the partition will be able to be accessed and edited.
add a comment |
It is more than likely that this is happening because you are booting from a Windows 8 system. What they have done is make it so that when you turn off your computer it really goes into hibernation for a quicker boot when you switch it on again.
What you will need to do is to go into the Control Panel section of Windows 8, navigate to power options and disable the quick start up option so that when you shut down, you will actually have shut down your system and as a result the files on the partition will be able to be accessed and edited.
add a comment |
It is more than likely that this is happening because you are booting from a Windows 8 system. What they have done is make it so that when you turn off your computer it really goes into hibernation for a quicker boot when you switch it on again.
What you will need to do is to go into the Control Panel section of Windows 8, navigate to power options and disable the quick start up option so that when you shut down, you will actually have shut down your system and as a result the files on the partition will be able to be accessed and edited.
It is more than likely that this is happening because you are booting from a Windows 8 system. What they have done is make it so that when you turn off your computer it really goes into hibernation for a quicker boot when you switch it on again.
What you will need to do is to go into the Control Panel section of Windows 8, navigate to power options and disable the quick start up option so that when you shut down, you will actually have shut down your system and as a result the files on the partition will be able to be accessed and edited.
edited Feb 4 '13 at 0:00
njallam
2,5501633
2,5501633
answered Feb 3 '13 at 20:53
daveon cooper
211
211
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@abhishek ansvered correctly, I had not only ntfs mount problem, wifi didn't work after rebooting from Windows 8.1 to Ubuntu too. The best solution is to switch fast boot in Windows 8.1 off. Go to power management and press Choose what the power buttons do -> Change settings that are currently unavailable. Then look down the window, find a flag "Turn on fast startup (recommended)" and switch in off.
Click Save changes, so now you wont have this problem!
add a comment |
@abhishek ansvered correctly, I had not only ntfs mount problem, wifi didn't work after rebooting from Windows 8.1 to Ubuntu too. The best solution is to switch fast boot in Windows 8.1 off. Go to power management and press Choose what the power buttons do -> Change settings that are currently unavailable. Then look down the window, find a flag "Turn on fast startup (recommended)" and switch in off.
Click Save changes, so now you wont have this problem!
add a comment |
@abhishek ansvered correctly, I had not only ntfs mount problem, wifi didn't work after rebooting from Windows 8.1 to Ubuntu too. The best solution is to switch fast boot in Windows 8.1 off. Go to power management and press Choose what the power buttons do -> Change settings that are currently unavailable. Then look down the window, find a flag "Turn on fast startup (recommended)" and switch in off.
Click Save changes, so now you wont have this problem!
@abhishek ansvered correctly, I had not only ntfs mount problem, wifi didn't work after rebooting from Windows 8.1 to Ubuntu too. The best solution is to switch fast boot in Windows 8.1 off. Go to power management and press Choose what the power buttons do -> Change settings that are currently unavailable. Then look down the window, find a flag "Turn on fast startup (recommended)" and switch in off.
Click Save changes, so now you wont have this problem!
answered Feb 7 '15 at 17:05
Dima Karpenko
112
112
add a comment |
add a comment |
I solved this (in Windows 10) by removing the hiberfil.sys by
powercfg /h off
then turn it back
powercfg /h on
I tried with the first answer and it worked, but - the problem came back after rebooting
add a comment |
I solved this (in Windows 10) by removing the hiberfil.sys by
powercfg /h off
then turn it back
powercfg /h on
I tried with the first answer and it worked, but - the problem came back after rebooting
add a comment |
I solved this (in Windows 10) by removing the hiberfil.sys by
powercfg /h off
then turn it back
powercfg /h on
I tried with the first answer and it worked, but - the problem came back after rebooting
I solved this (in Windows 10) by removing the hiberfil.sys by
powercfg /h off
then turn it back
powercfg /h on
I tried with the first answer and it worked, but - the problem came back after rebooting
edited Oct 17 '15 at 15:20
answered Oct 17 '15 at 10:22
Björn Hallström
15317
15317
add a comment |
add a comment |
In the end, I could solve it by following the recipe from the Arch Wiki:
- Boot into Windows
- As an administrator, run
powercfg /h off
- Shutdown Windows
I also changed /etc/fstab
to a UUID to refer to the NTFS partition, after a first attempt failed, where I did not use the powercfg
command but disabled it by clicking through the GUI. Not sure, why using a UUID should make any difference (in the Wiki, it is not explained further). But at least it is working again.
Source: Arch Wiki (NTFS-3G: Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount):
The problem is due to a feature introduced in Windows 8 called "fast startup". When fast startup is enabled, part of the metadata of all mounted partitions are restored to the state they were at the previous closing down. As a consequence, changes made on Linux may be lost. This can happen to any NTFS partition when selecting "Shut down" or "Hibernate" under Windows 8 or 10. Leaving Windows by selecting "Restart", however, is apparently safe.
To enable writing to the partitions on other operating systems, be sure fast restart is disabled. This can be achieved by issuing as an administrator the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the current settings on
Control Panel
>Hardware and Sound
>Power Options
>System Setting
>Choose what the power buttons do
. The boxTurn on fast startup
should either be disabled or missing.
If you cannot mount your NTFS partition even when following this guide, try using the UUID instead of device name in /etc/fstab for all NTFS partitions. Here's an fstab example.
add a comment |
In the end, I could solve it by following the recipe from the Arch Wiki:
- Boot into Windows
- As an administrator, run
powercfg /h off
- Shutdown Windows
I also changed /etc/fstab
to a UUID to refer to the NTFS partition, after a first attempt failed, where I did not use the powercfg
command but disabled it by clicking through the GUI. Not sure, why using a UUID should make any difference (in the Wiki, it is not explained further). But at least it is working again.
Source: Arch Wiki (NTFS-3G: Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount):
The problem is due to a feature introduced in Windows 8 called "fast startup". When fast startup is enabled, part of the metadata of all mounted partitions are restored to the state they were at the previous closing down. As a consequence, changes made on Linux may be lost. This can happen to any NTFS partition when selecting "Shut down" or "Hibernate" under Windows 8 or 10. Leaving Windows by selecting "Restart", however, is apparently safe.
To enable writing to the partitions on other operating systems, be sure fast restart is disabled. This can be achieved by issuing as an administrator the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the current settings on
Control Panel
>Hardware and Sound
>Power Options
>System Setting
>Choose what the power buttons do
. The boxTurn on fast startup
should either be disabled or missing.
If you cannot mount your NTFS partition even when following this guide, try using the UUID instead of device name in /etc/fstab for all NTFS partitions. Here's an fstab example.
add a comment |
In the end, I could solve it by following the recipe from the Arch Wiki:
- Boot into Windows
- As an administrator, run
powercfg /h off
- Shutdown Windows
I also changed /etc/fstab
to a UUID to refer to the NTFS partition, after a first attempt failed, where I did not use the powercfg
command but disabled it by clicking through the GUI. Not sure, why using a UUID should make any difference (in the Wiki, it is not explained further). But at least it is working again.
Source: Arch Wiki (NTFS-3G: Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount):
The problem is due to a feature introduced in Windows 8 called "fast startup". When fast startup is enabled, part of the metadata of all mounted partitions are restored to the state they were at the previous closing down. As a consequence, changes made on Linux may be lost. This can happen to any NTFS partition when selecting "Shut down" or "Hibernate" under Windows 8 or 10. Leaving Windows by selecting "Restart", however, is apparently safe.
To enable writing to the partitions on other operating systems, be sure fast restart is disabled. This can be achieved by issuing as an administrator the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the current settings on
Control Panel
>Hardware and Sound
>Power Options
>System Setting
>Choose what the power buttons do
. The boxTurn on fast startup
should either be disabled or missing.
If you cannot mount your NTFS partition even when following this guide, try using the UUID instead of device name in /etc/fstab for all NTFS partitions. Here's an fstab example.
In the end, I could solve it by following the recipe from the Arch Wiki:
- Boot into Windows
- As an administrator, run
powercfg /h off
- Shutdown Windows
I also changed /etc/fstab
to a UUID to refer to the NTFS partition, after a first attempt failed, where I did not use the powercfg
command but disabled it by clicking through the GUI. Not sure, why using a UUID should make any difference (in the Wiki, it is not explained further). But at least it is working again.
Source: Arch Wiki (NTFS-3G: Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount):
The problem is due to a feature introduced in Windows 8 called "fast startup". When fast startup is enabled, part of the metadata of all mounted partitions are restored to the state they were at the previous closing down. As a consequence, changes made on Linux may be lost. This can happen to any NTFS partition when selecting "Shut down" or "Hibernate" under Windows 8 or 10. Leaving Windows by selecting "Restart", however, is apparently safe.
To enable writing to the partitions on other operating systems, be sure fast restart is disabled. This can be achieved by issuing as an administrator the command:
powercfg /h off
You can check the current settings on
Control Panel
>Hardware and Sound
>Power Options
>System Setting
>Choose what the power buttons do
. The boxTurn on fast startup
should either be disabled or missing.
If you cannot mount your NTFS partition even when following this guide, try using the UUID instead of device name in /etc/fstab for all NTFS partitions. Here's an fstab example.
answered Sep 1 '16 at 17:15
Philipp Claßen
5993819
5993819
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Windows 10 and Windows 8 both act funny about shutting down. Delete the fast boot option in Windows and if using Windows ten, make sure you reinstall the home option, which looks like a house, from Windows 8.. Then use it to shut down, not restart, when you want to go into Linux, or the error will continue to pop up, and when in Linux you cannot access the one drive... Or more than one Windows drive on my system... As I have one drive I use for sharing files between Linux and Windows.
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Windows 10 and Windows 8 both act funny about shutting down. Delete the fast boot option in Windows and if using Windows ten, make sure you reinstall the home option, which looks like a house, from Windows 8.. Then use it to shut down, not restart, when you want to go into Linux, or the error will continue to pop up, and when in Linux you cannot access the one drive... Or more than one Windows drive on my system... As I have one drive I use for sharing files between Linux and Windows.
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Windows 10 and Windows 8 both act funny about shutting down. Delete the fast boot option in Windows and if using Windows ten, make sure you reinstall the home option, which looks like a house, from Windows 8.. Then use it to shut down, not restart, when you want to go into Linux, or the error will continue to pop up, and when in Linux you cannot access the one drive... Or more than one Windows drive on my system... As I have one drive I use for sharing files between Linux and Windows.
Windows 10 and Windows 8 both act funny about shutting down. Delete the fast boot option in Windows and if using Windows ten, make sure you reinstall the home option, which looks like a house, from Windows 8.. Then use it to shut down, not restart, when you want to go into Linux, or the error will continue to pop up, and when in Linux you cannot access the one drive... Or more than one Windows drive on my system... As I have one drive I use for sharing files between Linux and Windows.
answered Oct 27 '15 at 21:38
Adam Albanowicz
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I solved my problem with
$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
and
$ sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdXY
replace the sdXY with your windows partition e.g. sda3
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I solved my problem with
$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
and
$ sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdXY
replace the sdXY with your windows partition e.g. sda3
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I solved my problem with
$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
and
$ sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdXY
replace the sdXY with your windows partition e.g. sda3
I solved my problem with
$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
and
$ sudo mount -o rw /dev/sdXY
replace the sdXY with your windows partition e.g. sda3
answered Feb 7 '17 at 16:14
saha-ini ahmad
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