NTFS partitions are not mounting

[Anessen]

Hello,
Just installed Gutsy on my main desktop today, and my NTFS drives are no longer mounting.
Following console output should explain things:

anessen@****:~$ sudo mount /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1
$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 0)
Failed to mount '/dev/hdb1': Operation not supported
Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action:

Choice 1: If you have Windows then disconnect the external devices by
clicking on the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows
taskbar then shutdown Windows cleanly.

Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for
your own responsibility. For example type on the command line:

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1 -o force

Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file:

/dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1 ntfs-3g defaults,force 0 0

Any idea what's causing this?

[ubuntu dave]

$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 0)



The error nicely tells you what's causing it :)

[Dark_X]

I have ran into this problem before. Is this an external hard drive or internal? Did you unplug this hard drive when you where logged into windows (assuming you have it).

[Anessen]

Sorry, this one was PEBKAC. Parents didn't shut down the computer when they were using Windows.

[gerlinde]

had the same problem with a ntfs-partition.
I just created a folder under /home/me/disk and added into fstab

# Entry for /dev/sda8 :
UUID=59FB5B313CB50588 /home/me/disk ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 1

works fine, but I'm not sure, if it's really ok...
anyone knows?