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d1s12t

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Registered: 2021-09-15

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[SOLVED]Mounting ntfs partition by ntfs3 failed

My kernel version is:

❯ uname -r
5.15.5-arch1-1

I wanted to mount a ntfs partition using ntfs3 driver, so I entered:

❯ sudo mount -t ntfs3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/Data
mount: /mnt/Data: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

I tried to confirm if the driver was loaded:

❯ lsmod | grep ntfs
ntfs3                 274432  0

Then I tried to fix the partition,but I got the same error:

❯ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1
Mounting volume... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully.
Checking the alternate boot sector... OK
NTFS volume version is 3.1.
NTFS partition /dev/sdb1 was processed successfully.

❯ sudo mount -t ntfs3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/Data
mount: /mnt/Data: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

Then I mounted the partition without any option:

❯ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/Data
❯ mount -l
......
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/Data type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096) [数据]

As you can see,it drives by ntfs-3g not ntfs3. What can I do?

Last edited by d1s12t (2021-11-28 15:59:53)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED]Mounting ntfs partition by ntfs3 failed

Check your dmesg for errors with ntfs3. Chances are the volume is still marked dirty, and ntfs3 will not mount a partition where that is the case without the force option. ntfsfix without any arguments will actively set the dirty bit, so that a chkdsk from Windows can do a real check/analysis. If you don't have that handy and want to clear the dirty bit despite ntfsfix not being entirely a good checking tool you can pass the -d argument to ntfsfix.

d1s12t

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Registered: 2021-09-15

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting ntfs partition by ntfs3 failed

Thanks! You are right! Just need to enter the follow comands:

sudo ntfsfix -d /dev/sdb1
sudo mount -t ntfs3 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/Data

Last edited by d1s12t (2021-11-28 15:51:01)

soymadip

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Registered: 2023-10-27

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting ntfs partition by ntfs3 failed

anyone new coming here for solve who is getting the same error, 
install "ntfs-3g" package & then use gnome-disks or similar application (or manually) to mount a NTFS filesystem.....

dongka

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Registered: 2022-05-23

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting ntfs partition by ntfs3 failed

The following command is fine:
$ntfsfix --clear-dirty /dev/nvme0n1p4

but an error will be reported if you use etc/fstab auto-mount:
wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p4, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
       dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.

disy1o

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Registered: 2024-06-17

Posts: 1

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting ntfs partition by ntfs3 failed

anyone new coming here for solve who is getting the same error, 
install "ntfs-3g" package & then use gnome-disks or similar application (or manually) to mount a NTFS filesystem.....

That worked!
Registered here to say thank you.

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 974

Re: [SOLVED]Mounting ntfs partition by ntfs3 failed

The more proper reply would be: DON'T use ntfs on linux!
if you want to proper fix a ntfs partition: use windows! and use the full suite of chkdsk: /F /X /R /B
if you need some FS for data exchnage between OSs: use exFAT