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WIka

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[RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

Looks like dolphin cant mount this partition, every time i try to open that partition i get this error :
"An error occurred while accessing 'New Volume', the system responded: The requested operation has failed: Error mounting /dev/sda4 at /run/media/wika/New Volume: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda4, missing codepage or helper program, or other error"

so i went and tried
journalctl -b
then searched for sda4 (the partition), and found this :

Nov 17 15:28:57 archlinux kernel: ntfs3: sda4: It is recommened to use chkdsk.
Nov 17 15:28:57 archlinux kernel: ntfs3: sda4: volume is dirty and "force" flag is not set!

not sure if it could be the problem so i made this post.

Last edited by WIka (2024-11-17 13:55:34)

Scimmia

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

Yes, that is the problem.

WIka

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

so how can i fix that, i dont exactly get what is the problem

Scimmia

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

It tells you what to do, use chkdsk.

WIka

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

no command as chkdsk

bash: chkdsk: command not found

alessandro_mo

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

It's a Windows utility, you must run it from Windows. I think you can use Windows Recovery to get into command line and from there run it.

WIka

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

damn i see now, i will try

alessandro_mo

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

Make sure to always keep backups. Especially with anything related to Bill Gates' software.

seth

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

At a push you can clear the flag w/ ntfsfix from ntfs-3g, but it's advisable to use chkdisk on windows and there also always "savely remove" any drive.

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.
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WIka

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Registered: 2024-01-13

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Re: [RESOLVED] Cant Browse a NTFS partition with dolphin

yep just fixed it.
i went on windows and ran this command
chkdsk /f "the partition"
if you want to chkdsk a specific partition you can check this post : https://superuser.com/questions/518634/ … ive-letter

thank you everyone!