Unable to mount NTFS external hard drive












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I am having trouble mounting my external hard drive, every time I try and do so I get the following message:



"Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/fuzzy27/My Book: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sdb1" "/media/fuzzy27/My Book"' exited with non-zero exit status 13: $MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details."


How do I go about or what do I need to do in order to fix this error/problem without losing any of the data on my hard drive?



Is there no other way of fixing it without having to reinstall windows or finding someone using windows?










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  • see the message: "NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." Windows problems you fix with windows tools.

    – Rinzwind
    Jul 21 '14 at 13:58











  • yeah I think you have to shut down restart windows and then come to ubuntu to access it. Is the drive encrypted or something?

    – Chinmaya B
    Jul 21 '14 at 13:59








  • 3





    As the message says: "run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." This means you have to boot Windows or take the drive to a friend who has a computer running Windows. Then use the Windows Command Line and enter the command "chkdsk /f X: where X is the external drive. Then as the message says, reboot into Windows twice.

    – user68186
    Jul 21 '14 at 14:00











  • I couldn't agree more. You need to run chkdsk /f on a windows environment or use HirensBootCD booted into a USB. I've been through the same and it helped me to fix.

    – AzkerM
    Jul 21 '14 at 15:47











  • Related Question: askubuntu.com/questions/183970/mount-exited-with-exit-code-13

    – Mukesh Chapagain
    May 26 '15 at 3:13
















66















I am having trouble mounting my external hard drive, every time I try and do so I get the following message:



"Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/fuzzy27/My Book: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sdb1" "/media/fuzzy27/My Book"' exited with non-zero exit status 13: $MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details."


How do I go about or what do I need to do in order to fix this error/problem without losing any of the data on my hard drive?



Is there no other way of fixing it without having to reinstall windows or finding someone using windows?










share|improve this question

























  • see the message: "NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." Windows problems you fix with windows tools.

    – Rinzwind
    Jul 21 '14 at 13:58











  • yeah I think you have to shut down restart windows and then come to ubuntu to access it. Is the drive encrypted or something?

    – Chinmaya B
    Jul 21 '14 at 13:59








  • 3





    As the message says: "run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." This means you have to boot Windows or take the drive to a friend who has a computer running Windows. Then use the Windows Command Line and enter the command "chkdsk /f X: where X is the external drive. Then as the message says, reboot into Windows twice.

    – user68186
    Jul 21 '14 at 14:00











  • I couldn't agree more. You need to run chkdsk /f on a windows environment or use HirensBootCD booted into a USB. I've been through the same and it helped me to fix.

    – AzkerM
    Jul 21 '14 at 15:47











  • Related Question: askubuntu.com/questions/183970/mount-exited-with-exit-code-13

    – Mukesh Chapagain
    May 26 '15 at 3:13














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I am having trouble mounting my external hard drive, every time I try and do so I get the following message:



"Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/fuzzy27/My Book: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sdb1" "/media/fuzzy27/My Book"' exited with non-zero exit status 13: $MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details."


How do I go about or what do I need to do in order to fix this error/problem without losing any of the data on my hard drive?



Is there no other way of fixing it without having to reinstall windows or finding someone using windows?










share|improve this question
















I am having trouble mounting my external hard drive, every time I try and do so I get the following message:



"Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/fuzzy27/My Book: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sdb1" "/media/fuzzy27/My Book"' exited with non-zero exit status 13: $MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0).
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details."


How do I go about or what do I need to do in order to fix this error/problem without losing any of the data on my hard drive?



Is there no other way of fixing it without having to reinstall windows or finding someone using windows?







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  • see the message: "NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." Windows problems you fix with windows tools.

    – Rinzwind
    Jul 21 '14 at 13:58











  • yeah I think you have to shut down restart windows and then come to ubuntu to access it. Is the drive encrypted or something?

    – Chinmaya B
    Jul 21 '14 at 13:59








  • 3





    As the message says: "run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." This means you have to boot Windows or take the drive to a friend who has a computer running Windows. Then use the Windows Command Line and enter the command "chkdsk /f X: where X is the external drive. Then as the message says, reboot into Windows twice.

    – user68186
    Jul 21 '14 at 14:00











  • I couldn't agree more. You need to run chkdsk /f on a windows environment or use HirensBootCD booted into a USB. I've been through the same and it helped me to fix.

    – AzkerM
    Jul 21 '14 at 15:47











  • Related Question: askubuntu.com/questions/183970/mount-exited-with-exit-code-13

    – Mukesh Chapagain
    May 26 '15 at 3:13



















  • see the message: "NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." Windows problems you fix with windows tools.

    – Rinzwind
    Jul 21 '14 at 13:58











  • yeah I think you have to shut down restart windows and then come to ubuntu to access it. Is the drive encrypted or something?

    – Chinmaya B
    Jul 21 '14 at 13:59








  • 3





    As the message says: "run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." This means you have to boot Windows or take the drive to a friend who has a computer running Windows. Then use the Windows Command Line and enter the command "chkdsk /f X: where X is the external drive. Then as the message says, reboot into Windows twice.

    – user68186
    Jul 21 '14 at 14:00











  • I couldn't agree more. You need to run chkdsk /f on a windows environment or use HirensBootCD booted into a USB. I've been through the same and it helped me to fix.

    – AzkerM
    Jul 21 '14 at 15:47











  • Related Question: askubuntu.com/questions/183970/mount-exited-with-exit-code-13

    – Mukesh Chapagain
    May 26 '15 at 3:13

















see the message: "NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." Windows problems you fix with windows tools.

– Rinzwind
Jul 21 '14 at 13:58





see the message: "NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." Windows problems you fix with windows tools.

– Rinzwind
Jul 21 '14 at 13:58













yeah I think you have to shut down restart windows and then come to ubuntu to access it. Is the drive encrypted or something?

– Chinmaya B
Jul 21 '14 at 13:59







yeah I think you have to shut down restart windows and then come to ubuntu to access it. Is the drive encrypted or something?

– Chinmaya B
Jul 21 '14 at 13:59






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3





As the message says: "run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." This means you have to boot Windows or take the drive to a friend who has a computer running Windows. Then use the Windows Command Line and enter the command "chkdsk /f X: where X is the external drive. Then as the message says, reboot into Windows twice.

– user68186
Jul 21 '14 at 14:00





As the message says: "run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice." This means you have to boot Windows or take the drive to a friend who has a computer running Windows. Then use the Windows Command Line and enter the command "chkdsk /f X: where X is the external drive. Then as the message says, reboot into Windows twice.

– user68186
Jul 21 '14 at 14:00













I couldn't agree more. You need to run chkdsk /f on a windows environment or use HirensBootCD booted into a USB. I've been through the same and it helped me to fix.

– AzkerM
Jul 21 '14 at 15:47





I couldn't agree more. You need to run chkdsk /f on a windows environment or use HirensBootCD booted into a USB. I've been through the same and it helped me to fix.

– AzkerM
Jul 21 '14 at 15:47













Related Question: askubuntu.com/questions/183970/mount-exited-with-exit-code-13

– Mukesh Chapagain
May 26 '15 at 3:13





Related Question: askubuntu.com/questions/183970/mount-exited-with-exit-code-13

– Mukesh Chapagain
May 26 '15 at 3:13










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Install ntfs-3g with sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g.
Then run the ntfsfix command on your NTFS partition.




ntfsfix v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)



Usage: ntfsfix [options] device



Attempt to fix an NTFS partition.

-h, --help Display this help
-V, --version Display version information


For example: ntfsfix /dev/hda6



Developers' email address:
linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sf.net Linux NTFS
homepage: http://www.linux-ntfs.org




Note: Whenever you're dealing with partition, make sure that you have a complete backup just to be on the safe side.





sudo apt-get install testdisk


Then run it:



sudo testdisk


and follow the instructions. You must search for partitions and then write the changes.



Thanks to answerers here:




  • Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows


  • Repair NTFS without Windows?







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    Getting rid of the middle section of yr answer is recommended. As you remarked ntfsprogs is long gone. The remainder of yr answer stands.

    – Cbhihe
    Oct 27 '15 at 16:27








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    @Cbhihe yes, I have corrected it, thanks.

    – Ruslan Gerasimov
    Oct 28 '15 at 6:31






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    FYI, if you've used ddrescue to pull an image off of a dying harddrive you can use ntfsfix on the image to address NTFS issues too. Just point ntfsfix at the image file (ntfsfix dyinghdd.image) instead of the actual device in /dev/.

    – dan_linder
    Mar 5 '17 at 16:22











  • The point here is that the hard drive is not being mounted correctly. How then can a backup be performed?

    – zondo
    Jun 23 '17 at 13:36











  • First line of this answer was sufficient in my case.

    – Yair Daon
    Oct 13 '17 at 2:27



















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This was good enough for me:



sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1


On Ubuntu 14.04 this comes with:



sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g




Older versions of Ubuntu (e.g. 12.04) would require:



sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs





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    Just note that this may not recover all corrupted files the way a Windows chkdsk /F would so if you have a Windows machine that should be tried first.

    – Sridhar-Sarnobat
    May 16 '16 at 19:04











  • actually i have tried that with windows. what now happens is, it mounts in windows but data transfer is really slow (0 to 70 to 200 kbps). As for ubuntu, it does not mount at all. the same problem. so i now ran this ntfsfix. it made all corrections. after "ntfs partition /dev/sdb1 was processed successfully" it is now mounting. :). but the problem is speed. still 200 kbps

    – MycrofD
    May 28 '16 at 7:40













  • Sounds like physical damage. If I were you I'd buy a drive duplicator to do a low level copy of all bits, and throw that drive away before it causes you to lose more precious data. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003WV5DLA?pc_redir=T1

    – Sridhar-Sarnobat
    Jun 1 '16 at 18:07











  • @sridhar Thannks it worked

    – Er. Mohit Agrawal
    Jun 5 '16 at 10:16











  • This worked as a charm nevertheless I have to do the same command at EACH reboot of my system...

    – c24b
    Jun 7 '17 at 20:02



















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Just in case this happens to anyone else and they don't hit dr Hannibal Lecter's comment, I just had to try a different USB port. There's nothing wrong with that USB port, but for some reason, it wouldn't work with this drive.






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    This looks like an old question, but I ran into this issue in ubuntu 15.10. I mounted the hard drive in windows and simply removed the ._.Trashes directory on the drive that happened to contain a lot of data. Then I plugged it back into linux and it worked fine.






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      Hello from 2017! Mine is even weirder: I just plugged my disk into a different USB port..? No idea why the error occurred.

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    Formatting the device in the FAT format using the ubuntu utility Disks solved the problem for me






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      Connect the external hard disk to a windows pc.



      When the disk enumerates, run chkdsk /f [driveletter]: from Command Prompt.



      When I tried ntfs-3g, it suggested in terminal to run chkdsk. :)
      (I am on Ubuntu 14.04, real native install, not on any virtualized env)






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        Install ntfs-3g with sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g.
        Then run the ntfsfix command on your NTFS partition.




        ntfsfix v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)



        Usage: ntfsfix [options] device



        Attempt to fix an NTFS partition.

        -h, --help Display this help
        -V, --version Display version information


        For example: ntfsfix /dev/hda6



        Developers' email address:
        linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sf.net Linux NTFS
        homepage: http://www.linux-ntfs.org




        Note: Whenever you're dealing with partition, make sure that you have a complete backup just to be on the safe side.





        sudo apt-get install testdisk


        Then run it:



        sudo testdisk


        and follow the instructions. You must search for partitions and then write the changes.



        Thanks to answerers here:




        • Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows


        • Repair NTFS without Windows?







        share|improve this answer





















        • 1





          Getting rid of the middle section of yr answer is recommended. As you remarked ntfsprogs is long gone. The remainder of yr answer stands.

          – Cbhihe
          Oct 27 '15 at 16:27








        • 1





          @Cbhihe yes, I have corrected it, thanks.

          – Ruslan Gerasimov
          Oct 28 '15 at 6:31






        • 1





          FYI, if you've used ddrescue to pull an image off of a dying harddrive you can use ntfsfix on the image to address NTFS issues too. Just point ntfsfix at the image file (ntfsfix dyinghdd.image) instead of the actual device in /dev/.

          – dan_linder
          Mar 5 '17 at 16:22











        • The point here is that the hard drive is not being mounted correctly. How then can a backup be performed?

          – zondo
          Jun 23 '17 at 13:36











        • First line of this answer was sufficient in my case.

          – Yair Daon
          Oct 13 '17 at 2:27
















        81














        Install ntfs-3g with sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g.
        Then run the ntfsfix command on your NTFS partition.




        ntfsfix v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)



        Usage: ntfsfix [options] device



        Attempt to fix an NTFS partition.

        -h, --help Display this help
        -V, --version Display version information


        For example: ntfsfix /dev/hda6



        Developers' email address:
        linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sf.net Linux NTFS
        homepage: http://www.linux-ntfs.org




        Note: Whenever you're dealing with partition, make sure that you have a complete backup just to be on the safe side.





        sudo apt-get install testdisk


        Then run it:



        sudo testdisk


        and follow the instructions. You must search for partitions and then write the changes.



        Thanks to answerers here:




        • Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows


        • Repair NTFS without Windows?







        share|improve this answer





















        • 1





          Getting rid of the middle section of yr answer is recommended. As you remarked ntfsprogs is long gone. The remainder of yr answer stands.

          – Cbhihe
          Oct 27 '15 at 16:27








        • 1





          @Cbhihe yes, I have corrected it, thanks.

          – Ruslan Gerasimov
          Oct 28 '15 at 6:31






        • 1





          FYI, if you've used ddrescue to pull an image off of a dying harddrive you can use ntfsfix on the image to address NTFS issues too. Just point ntfsfix at the image file (ntfsfix dyinghdd.image) instead of the actual device in /dev/.

          – dan_linder
          Mar 5 '17 at 16:22











        • The point here is that the hard drive is not being mounted correctly. How then can a backup be performed?

          – zondo
          Jun 23 '17 at 13:36











        • First line of this answer was sufficient in my case.

          – Yair Daon
          Oct 13 '17 at 2:27














        81












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        81







        Install ntfs-3g with sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g.
        Then run the ntfsfix command on your NTFS partition.




        ntfsfix v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)



        Usage: ntfsfix [options] device



        Attempt to fix an NTFS partition.

        -h, --help Display this help
        -V, --version Display version information


        For example: ntfsfix /dev/hda6



        Developers' email address:
        linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sf.net Linux NTFS
        homepage: http://www.linux-ntfs.org




        Note: Whenever you're dealing with partition, make sure that you have a complete backup just to be on the safe side.





        sudo apt-get install testdisk


        Then run it:



        sudo testdisk


        and follow the instructions. You must search for partitions and then write the changes.



        Thanks to answerers here:




        • Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows


        • Repair NTFS without Windows?







        share|improve this answer















        Install ntfs-3g with sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g.
        Then run the ntfsfix command on your NTFS partition.




        ntfsfix v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0)



        Usage: ntfsfix [options] device



        Attempt to fix an NTFS partition.

        -h, --help Display this help
        -V, --version Display version information


        For example: ntfsfix /dev/hda6



        Developers' email address:
        linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sf.net Linux NTFS
        homepage: http://www.linux-ntfs.org




        Note: Whenever you're dealing with partition, make sure that you have a complete backup just to be on the safe side.





        sudo apt-get install testdisk


        Then run it:



        sudo testdisk


        and follow the instructions. You must search for partitions and then write the changes.



        Thanks to answerers here:




        • Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows


        • Repair NTFS without Windows?








        share|improve this answer














        share|improve this answer



        share|improve this answer








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        • 1





          Getting rid of the middle section of yr answer is recommended. As you remarked ntfsprogs is long gone. The remainder of yr answer stands.

          – Cbhihe
          Oct 27 '15 at 16:27








        • 1





          @Cbhihe yes, I have corrected it, thanks.

          – Ruslan Gerasimov
          Oct 28 '15 at 6:31






        • 1





          FYI, if you've used ddrescue to pull an image off of a dying harddrive you can use ntfsfix on the image to address NTFS issues too. Just point ntfsfix at the image file (ntfsfix dyinghdd.image) instead of the actual device in /dev/.

          – dan_linder
          Mar 5 '17 at 16:22











        • The point here is that the hard drive is not being mounted correctly. How then can a backup be performed?

          – zondo
          Jun 23 '17 at 13:36











        • First line of this answer was sufficient in my case.

          – Yair Daon
          Oct 13 '17 at 2:27














        • 1





          Getting rid of the middle section of yr answer is recommended. As you remarked ntfsprogs is long gone. The remainder of yr answer stands.

          – Cbhihe
          Oct 27 '15 at 16:27








        • 1





          @Cbhihe yes, I have corrected it, thanks.

          – Ruslan Gerasimov
          Oct 28 '15 at 6:31






        • 1





          FYI, if you've used ddrescue to pull an image off of a dying harddrive you can use ntfsfix on the image to address NTFS issues too. Just point ntfsfix at the image file (ntfsfix dyinghdd.image) instead of the actual device in /dev/.

          – dan_linder
          Mar 5 '17 at 16:22











        • The point here is that the hard drive is not being mounted correctly. How then can a backup be performed?

          – zondo
          Jun 23 '17 at 13:36











        • First line of this answer was sufficient in my case.

          – Yair Daon
          Oct 13 '17 at 2:27








        1




        1





        Getting rid of the middle section of yr answer is recommended. As you remarked ntfsprogs is long gone. The remainder of yr answer stands.

        – Cbhihe
        Oct 27 '15 at 16:27







        Getting rid of the middle section of yr answer is recommended. As you remarked ntfsprogs is long gone. The remainder of yr answer stands.

        – Cbhihe
        Oct 27 '15 at 16:27






        1




        1





        @Cbhihe yes, I have corrected it, thanks.

        – Ruslan Gerasimov
        Oct 28 '15 at 6:31





        @Cbhihe yes, I have corrected it, thanks.

        – Ruslan Gerasimov
        Oct 28 '15 at 6:31




        1




        1





        FYI, if you've used ddrescue to pull an image off of a dying harddrive you can use ntfsfix on the image to address NTFS issues too. Just point ntfsfix at the image file (ntfsfix dyinghdd.image) instead of the actual device in /dev/.

        – dan_linder
        Mar 5 '17 at 16:22





        FYI, if you've used ddrescue to pull an image off of a dying harddrive you can use ntfsfix on the image to address NTFS issues too. Just point ntfsfix at the image file (ntfsfix dyinghdd.image) instead of the actual device in /dev/.

        – dan_linder
        Mar 5 '17 at 16:22













        The point here is that the hard drive is not being mounted correctly. How then can a backup be performed?

        – zondo
        Jun 23 '17 at 13:36





        The point here is that the hard drive is not being mounted correctly. How then can a backup be performed?

        – zondo
        Jun 23 '17 at 13:36













        First line of this answer was sufficient in my case.

        – Yair Daon
        Oct 13 '17 at 2:27





        First line of this answer was sufficient in my case.

        – Yair Daon
        Oct 13 '17 at 2:27













        51














        This was good enough for me:



        sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1


        On Ubuntu 14.04 this comes with:



        sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g




        Older versions of Ubuntu (e.g. 12.04) would require:



        sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs





        share|improve this answer





















        • 1





          Just note that this may not recover all corrupted files the way a Windows chkdsk /F would so if you have a Windows machine that should be tried first.

          – Sridhar-Sarnobat
          May 16 '16 at 19:04











        • actually i have tried that with windows. what now happens is, it mounts in windows but data transfer is really slow (0 to 70 to 200 kbps). As for ubuntu, it does not mount at all. the same problem. so i now ran this ntfsfix. it made all corrections. after "ntfs partition /dev/sdb1 was processed successfully" it is now mounting. :). but the problem is speed. still 200 kbps

          – MycrofD
          May 28 '16 at 7:40













        • Sounds like physical damage. If I were you I'd buy a drive duplicator to do a low level copy of all bits, and throw that drive away before it causes you to lose more precious data. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003WV5DLA?pc_redir=T1

          – Sridhar-Sarnobat
          Jun 1 '16 at 18:07











        • @sridhar Thannks it worked

          – Er. Mohit Agrawal
          Jun 5 '16 at 10:16











        • This worked as a charm nevertheless I have to do the same command at EACH reboot of my system...

          – c24b
          Jun 7 '17 at 20:02
















        51














        This was good enough for me:



        sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1


        On Ubuntu 14.04 this comes with:



        sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g




        Older versions of Ubuntu (e.g. 12.04) would require:



        sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs





        share|improve this answer





















        • 1





          Just note that this may not recover all corrupted files the way a Windows chkdsk /F would so if you have a Windows machine that should be tried first.

          – Sridhar-Sarnobat
          May 16 '16 at 19:04











        • actually i have tried that with windows. what now happens is, it mounts in windows but data transfer is really slow (0 to 70 to 200 kbps). As for ubuntu, it does not mount at all. the same problem. so i now ran this ntfsfix. it made all corrections. after "ntfs partition /dev/sdb1 was processed successfully" it is now mounting. :). but the problem is speed. still 200 kbps

          – MycrofD
          May 28 '16 at 7:40













        • Sounds like physical damage. If I were you I'd buy a drive duplicator to do a low level copy of all bits, and throw that drive away before it causes you to lose more precious data. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003WV5DLA?pc_redir=T1

          – Sridhar-Sarnobat
          Jun 1 '16 at 18:07











        • @sridhar Thannks it worked

          – Er. Mohit Agrawal
          Jun 5 '16 at 10:16











        • This worked as a charm nevertheless I have to do the same command at EACH reboot of my system...

          – c24b
          Jun 7 '17 at 20:02














        51












        51








        51







        This was good enough for me:



        sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1


        On Ubuntu 14.04 this comes with:



        sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g




        Older versions of Ubuntu (e.g. 12.04) would require:



        sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs





        share|improve this answer















        This was good enough for me:



        sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1


        On Ubuntu 14.04 this comes with:



        sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g




        Older versions of Ubuntu (e.g. 12.04) would require:



        sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs






        share|improve this answer














        share|improve this answer



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        edited May 18 '18 at 1:03

























        answered Apr 2 '16 at 17:43









        Sridhar-SarnobatSridhar-Sarnobat

        894711




        894711








        • 1





          Just note that this may not recover all corrupted files the way a Windows chkdsk /F would so if you have a Windows machine that should be tried first.

          – Sridhar-Sarnobat
          May 16 '16 at 19:04











        • actually i have tried that with windows. what now happens is, it mounts in windows but data transfer is really slow (0 to 70 to 200 kbps). As for ubuntu, it does not mount at all. the same problem. so i now ran this ntfsfix. it made all corrections. after "ntfs partition /dev/sdb1 was processed successfully" it is now mounting. :). but the problem is speed. still 200 kbps

          – MycrofD
          May 28 '16 at 7:40













        • Sounds like physical damage. If I were you I'd buy a drive duplicator to do a low level copy of all bits, and throw that drive away before it causes you to lose more precious data. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003WV5DLA?pc_redir=T1

          – Sridhar-Sarnobat
          Jun 1 '16 at 18:07











        • @sridhar Thannks it worked

          – Er. Mohit Agrawal
          Jun 5 '16 at 10:16











        • This worked as a charm nevertheless I have to do the same command at EACH reboot of my system...

          – c24b
          Jun 7 '17 at 20:02














        • 1





          Just note that this may not recover all corrupted files the way a Windows chkdsk /F would so if you have a Windows machine that should be tried first.

          – Sridhar-Sarnobat
          May 16 '16 at 19:04











        • actually i have tried that with windows. what now happens is, it mounts in windows but data transfer is really slow (0 to 70 to 200 kbps). As for ubuntu, it does not mount at all. the same problem. so i now ran this ntfsfix. it made all corrections. after "ntfs partition /dev/sdb1 was processed successfully" it is now mounting. :). but the problem is speed. still 200 kbps

          – MycrofD
          May 28 '16 at 7:40













        • Sounds like physical damage. If I were you I'd buy a drive duplicator to do a low level copy of all bits, and throw that drive away before it causes you to lose more precious data. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003WV5DLA?pc_redir=T1

          – Sridhar-Sarnobat
          Jun 1 '16 at 18:07











        • @sridhar Thannks it worked

          – Er. Mohit Agrawal
          Jun 5 '16 at 10:16











        • This worked as a charm nevertheless I have to do the same command at EACH reboot of my system...

          – c24b
          Jun 7 '17 at 20:02








        1




        1





        Just note that this may not recover all corrupted files the way a Windows chkdsk /F would so if you have a Windows machine that should be tried first.

        – Sridhar-Sarnobat
        May 16 '16 at 19:04





        Just note that this may not recover all corrupted files the way a Windows chkdsk /F would so if you have a Windows machine that should be tried first.

        – Sridhar-Sarnobat
        May 16 '16 at 19:04













        actually i have tried that with windows. what now happens is, it mounts in windows but data transfer is really slow (0 to 70 to 200 kbps). As for ubuntu, it does not mount at all. the same problem. so i now ran this ntfsfix. it made all corrections. after "ntfs partition /dev/sdb1 was processed successfully" it is now mounting. :). but the problem is speed. still 200 kbps

        – MycrofD
        May 28 '16 at 7:40







        actually i have tried that with windows. what now happens is, it mounts in windows but data transfer is really slow (0 to 70 to 200 kbps). As for ubuntu, it does not mount at all. the same problem. so i now ran this ntfsfix. it made all corrections. after "ntfs partition /dev/sdb1 was processed successfully" it is now mounting. :). but the problem is speed. still 200 kbps

        – MycrofD
        May 28 '16 at 7:40















        Sounds like physical damage. If I were you I'd buy a drive duplicator to do a low level copy of all bits, and throw that drive away before it causes you to lose more precious data. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003WV5DLA?pc_redir=T1

        – Sridhar-Sarnobat
        Jun 1 '16 at 18:07





        Sounds like physical damage. If I were you I'd buy a drive duplicator to do a low level copy of all bits, and throw that drive away before it causes you to lose more precious data. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003WV5DLA?pc_redir=T1

        – Sridhar-Sarnobat
        Jun 1 '16 at 18:07













        @sridhar Thannks it worked

        – Er. Mohit Agrawal
        Jun 5 '16 at 10:16





        @sridhar Thannks it worked

        – Er. Mohit Agrawal
        Jun 5 '16 at 10:16













        This worked as a charm nevertheless I have to do the same command at EACH reboot of my system...

        – c24b
        Jun 7 '17 at 20:02





        This worked as a charm nevertheless I have to do the same command at EACH reboot of my system...

        – c24b
        Jun 7 '17 at 20:02











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        Just in case this happens to anyone else and they don't hit dr Hannibal Lecter's comment, I just had to try a different USB port. There's nothing wrong with that USB port, but for some reason, it wouldn't work with this drive.






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          Just in case this happens to anyone else and they don't hit dr Hannibal Lecter's comment, I just had to try a different USB port. There's nothing wrong with that USB port, but for some reason, it wouldn't work with this drive.






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            2







            Just in case this happens to anyone else and they don't hit dr Hannibal Lecter's comment, I just had to try a different USB port. There's nothing wrong with that USB port, but for some reason, it wouldn't work with this drive.






            share|improve this answer















            Just in case this happens to anyone else and they don't hit dr Hannibal Lecter's comment, I just had to try a different USB port. There's nothing wrong with that USB port, but for some reason, it wouldn't work with this drive.







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            edited Jan 11 at 19:06









            wjandrea

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            answered May 16 '17 at 2:15









            trueCamelTypetrueCamelType

            2141213




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                This looks like an old question, but I ran into this issue in ubuntu 15.10. I mounted the hard drive in windows and simply removed the ._.Trashes directory on the drive that happened to contain a lot of data. Then I plugged it back into linux and it worked fine.






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                  Hello from 2017! Mine is even weirder: I just plugged my disk into a different USB port..? No idea why the error occurred.

                  – dr Hannibal Lecter
                  Apr 15 '17 at 20:05
















                1














                This looks like an old question, but I ran into this issue in ubuntu 15.10. I mounted the hard drive in windows and simply removed the ._.Trashes directory on the drive that happened to contain a lot of data. Then I plugged it back into linux and it worked fine.






                share|improve this answer



















                • 1





                  Hello from 2017! Mine is even weirder: I just plugged my disk into a different USB port..? No idea why the error occurred.

                  – dr Hannibal Lecter
                  Apr 15 '17 at 20:05














                1












                1








                1







                This looks like an old question, but I ran into this issue in ubuntu 15.10. I mounted the hard drive in windows and simply removed the ._.Trashes directory on the drive that happened to contain a lot of data. Then I plugged it back into linux and it worked fine.






                share|improve this answer













                This looks like an old question, but I ran into this issue in ubuntu 15.10. I mounted the hard drive in windows and simply removed the ._.Trashes directory on the drive that happened to contain a lot of data. Then I plugged it back into linux and it worked fine.







                share|improve this answer












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                answered Dec 9 '15 at 17:38









                MagicsowonMagicsowon

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                • 1





                  Hello from 2017! Mine is even weirder: I just plugged my disk into a different USB port..? No idea why the error occurred.

                  – dr Hannibal Lecter
                  Apr 15 '17 at 20:05














                • 1





                  Hello from 2017! Mine is even weirder: I just plugged my disk into a different USB port..? No idea why the error occurred.

                  – dr Hannibal Lecter
                  Apr 15 '17 at 20:05








                1




                1





                Hello from 2017! Mine is even weirder: I just plugged my disk into a different USB port..? No idea why the error occurred.

                – dr Hannibal Lecter
                Apr 15 '17 at 20:05





                Hello from 2017! Mine is even weirder: I just plugged my disk into a different USB port..? No idea why the error occurred.

                – dr Hannibal Lecter
                Apr 15 '17 at 20:05











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                Formatting the device in the FAT format using the ubuntu utility Disks solved the problem for me






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                  Formatting the device in the FAT format using the ubuntu utility Disks solved the problem for me






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                    Formatting the device in the FAT format using the ubuntu utility Disks solved the problem for me






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                    Formatting the device in the FAT format using the ubuntu utility Disks solved the problem for me







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                    answered May 25 '18 at 9:50









                    Jose KjJose Kj

                    1365




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                        Connect the external hard disk to a windows pc.



                        When the disk enumerates, run chkdsk /f [driveletter]: from Command Prompt.



                        When I tried ntfs-3g, it suggested in terminal to run chkdsk. :)
                        (I am on Ubuntu 14.04, real native install, not on any virtualized env)






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                          Connect the external hard disk to a windows pc.



                          When the disk enumerates, run chkdsk /f [driveletter]: from Command Prompt.



                          When I tried ntfs-3g, it suggested in terminal to run chkdsk. :)
                          (I am on Ubuntu 14.04, real native install, not on any virtualized env)






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                            0







                            Connect the external hard disk to a windows pc.



                            When the disk enumerates, run chkdsk /f [driveletter]: from Command Prompt.



                            When I tried ntfs-3g, it suggested in terminal to run chkdsk. :)
                            (I am on Ubuntu 14.04, real native install, not on any virtualized env)






                            share|improve this answer















                            Connect the external hard disk to a windows pc.



                            When the disk enumerates, run chkdsk /f [driveletter]: from Command Prompt.



                            When I tried ntfs-3g, it suggested in terminal to run chkdsk. :)
                            (I am on Ubuntu 14.04, real native install, not on any virtualized env)







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                            edited Jan 11 at 19:07









                            wjandrea

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                            8,63442260










                            answered Jan 7 '16 at 13:36









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