Accessing the windows partition

adomancer · 2025-10-25 15:02:12

so currenly i install my arch in one ssd with my windows so after i already install i wanna acces my file in windows partition but thereis some error

first it was :
“Cannot request authentication for this action. The PolicyKit authentication system appears to be not available: Not authorized to perform operation” but i find a way that is i install some of this

sudo pacman -S polkit polkit-gnome

and add this to hyprland conf

exec-once = /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

and it works i can watch my film from there but when i turn off my laptop and going to arch again this problem appear

An error occurred while accessing 'Windows', the system responded: The requested operation has failed: Error mounting /dev/nvme0n1p3 at /run/media/adomancer/Windows: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p3, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
anyone can help me with it
the file manager that i use is dolphin

seth · 2025-10-25 16:21:36

3rd link below. Mandatory.
Disable it (it's NOT the BIOS setting!) and reboot windows and linux twice for voodo reasons.

And run chkdsk to sanitize the FS.

adomancer · 2025-10-25 18:14:51

seth wrote:

3rd link below. Mandatory.
Disable it (it's NOT the BIOS setting!) and reboot windows and linux twice for voodo reasons.
And run chkdsk to sanitize the FS.

can you explain a little bit easy because im new to this and for fast startup, i alredycheck my control panel in windows but i cant find it

seth · 2025-10-25 18:30:36

http://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_bo … ibernation links an explanation of the problem w/ the condition as well as further links on how to configure this on different windows versions and a command for the windows command line shell.
I don't know how to explain this easier, please ask specific questions about specific obstacles (though, quite frankly, windows configuration is off topic and you'd have to ask that on some windows help board)

nb. that this will only mitigate further incidents - you still have to sanitize the filesystem w/ chkdsk on windows.

mpan · 2025-10-25 20:05:34

adomancer: to pretend it’s fast to boot, Windows doesn’t shut down when you ask it to shut down. Instead it logs the user out and enters hibernation, which Microsoft branded as Fast Startup. The trick works great, because looking at the screen only you can’t tell the difference between a system going out of hibernation and one that actually boots fast. Most users never experiences any trouble either, since they never change anything in the computer from the moment it’s bought to when it ends in the trash bin.

As a consequence, Windows is technically still “running” and the filesystems remain opened on its end. If you move the disk to another computer or boot another system, these filesystems are still not cleanly unmounted. And can’t be mounted again until propery closed. At least not safely.

Note that while seth’s evaluation is likely to be true, there may be other reasons why that filesystem can’t be mounted. This one is just the most likely, so start with it. That is: make sure you shut down (actually shut down) the Windows instance that uses the filesystem.

Last edited by mpan (2025-10-25 20:06:58)

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Accessing the windows partition

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