michael.j.jacobsen
February 21st, 2009, 07:52 PM
I am running a dual boot Ubuntu 8.10 / XP on my laptop and since updating from 8.04 I suddenly cant mount any ntfs partitions with my files on it or ntfs usb hard drives. I have read other posts but cant get anywhere.
Initially whenever i tried to mount any ntfs drive I got an error message telling me to go back into windows and safely remove the drive or force mount it. Now after some fidling with NTFS configuration tool and trying terminal commands I am told I cant access the partition with my files on it because I am not privilidged to mount it. I still get the force mount error on my usb hard drive.
the fdisk output is
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x26d126d0
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3919 31479336 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3920 30401 212716665 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 3920 4860 7558551 bc Unknown
/dev/sda6 4861 28346 188651261+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 28347 30309 15767766 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 30310 30401 738958+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
michael@michael-laptop:~$
sda1 seems to be my c: drive with windows and program files on it.
sda6 is the partition I need to mount with my personal files on it, no programs.
sda5 is I think my accronis secure zone with backups on it but i'm not sure.
I'm a little new to terminals and stuff.
Initially whenever i tried to mount any ntfs drive I got an error message telling me to go back into windows and safely remove the drive or force mount it. Now after some fidling with NTFS configuration tool and trying terminal commands I am told I cant access the partition with my files on it because I am not privilidged to mount it. I still get the force mount error on my usb hard drive.
the fdisk output is
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x26d126d0
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3919 31479336 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3920 30401 212716665 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 3920 4860 7558551 bc Unknown
/dev/sda6 4861 28346 188651261+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 28347 30309 15767766 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 30310 30401 738958+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
michael@michael-laptop:~$
sda1 seems to be my c: drive with windows and program files on it.
sda6 is the partition I need to mount with my personal files on it, no programs.
sda5 is I think my accronis secure zone with backups on it but i'm not sure.
I'm a little new to terminals and stuff.