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snowflake161

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Registered: 2024-01-14

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[SOLVED] Unable to mount some ntfs partitions via Dolphin

Hi all.

I have a Arch / W10 dual-boot, and until recently I was able to access all my partitions from both systems. Now I can't access two of them via Dolphin by clicking on them (but I can mount them normally via terminal). Sadly, all troubleshooting I've done so far has led me to topics where there was a general ntfs or mounting issue. Do you have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by snowflake161 (2024-01-16 23:58:21)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,308

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to mount some ntfs partitions via Dolphin

Recently udisks (which is the daemon dolphin uses in the background to mount the disk) has changed it's defaults from the older ntfs-3g implementation to the newer ntfs3 driver in the kernel. Said driver is less lenient when there's a ntfs disk corruption present of some sort. The best way to fix this would be to run a chkdsk from Windows to make sure there aren't any filesystem inconsistencies. If that's not an option, you can ignore the corruption that prevents ntfs3 from mounting the disk by either mounting it with the "force" command or using

ntfsfix -d /dev/sdXY

where /dev/sdXY is the device node of the partition

See also some of the suggestions in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=289016

Last edited by V1del (2024-01-14 21:07:08)

snowflake161

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Registered: 2024-01-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to mount some ntfs partitions via Dolphin

Thanks a lot. Fixed in both cases after running

chkdsk /f /r

from Windows.
I forgot to mention I had already tried ntfsfix but with no arguments (that's how I had fixed every similar issue I've had in the past).

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 62,950

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to mount some ntfs partitions via Dolphin

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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