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Questions tagged [ntfs]

NTFS (New Technology File System) is the standard file system of Windows. Use this tag in questions about using NTFS partitions and tools on your system.

NTFS is a filesystem developed by Microsoft and is used as default filesystem on modern Windows systems.

NTFS partitions can be mounted on in read/write mode using driver, which has been available since 2007.

The ntfs driver can support limited write features, but often it is used to mount NTFS partitions in read-only mode. For this reason most users likely want to use driver instead of the kernel driver on Linux systems. Separate utilities provided by ntfsprogs can be used without any additional driver support to manage and examine NTFS parititions.

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"Input/output error" when accessing a directory

I want to list and remove the content of a directory on a removable hard drive. But I have experienced "Input/output error": $ rm pic -R rm: cannot remove `pic/60.jpg': Input/output error rm: cannot remove `pic/006.jpg': Input/output error rm:…
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Can't access Windows drive: “Windows is hibernated, refused to mount”

I'm using Fedora 20 along with Windows 8. However, I'm unable to access the contents of the drive in which Windows 8 is installed. It shows: Error mounting /dev/sda2/ The NTFS partition is in unsafe state Windows is hibernated, refused to…
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exFAT vs NTFS on Linux

Situation: I need a filesystem on thumbdrives that can be used across Windows and Linux. Problem: By default, the common FS between Windows and Linux are just exFAT and NTFS (at least in the more updated kernels) Question: In terms of performance on…
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Why ext4 File System is better than NTFS?

For a presentation, I need to show ext4 File System is better than NTFS. I searched and got nice article on both ext4 and NTFS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS But I need a comparison guideline with better…
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How to auto mount / permanently mount external devices on NixOS

I have a USB stick and an NTFS hard drive partition that I'd want to use in NixOS. On some other distribution, I'd mount it using ntfs-3g in /mnt. But on NixOS, the directory doesn't exist; I suppose NixOS has some other canonical way and/or place…
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How does "rm" on a NTFS filesystem differs from Windows' own implementation?

I have an external USB disk with an NTFS filesystem on it. If I remove a file from Windows and I run one of the several "undelete" utilities (say, TestDisk) I can easily recover the file (because "it's still there but it's marked as deleted"). If I…
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fdisk -l shows ext3 file system as HPFS/NTFS

I have an external HDD which I formatted as NTFS partition in Windows. Now, I formatted this HDD in my linux system using the below command. mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 It was formatted successfully. However, when I run the fdisk -l command, it gives me…
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Why is the size of a directory either 0 or 4096?

$ ls -l total 28 drwxrwxrwx 1 t t 4096 May 8 2018 dir1 drwxrwxrwx 1 t t 0 Mar 12 2015 dir2 drwxrwxrwx 1 t t 4096 Jan 17 2014 dir3 drwxrwxrwx 1 t t 4096 Jun 12 2017 dir4 drwxrwxrwx 1 t t 0 Aug 24 2012 dir5 Why is the size of a…
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Ubuntu - No space left on device (NTFS)

I have a server which stores a lot of data, I keep many nested directories with millions of files in them. While trying to move one big directory (~700GB) from one disk to another I get an error: mv /media/storage3/dir /media/storage4/ "No space…
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How to mount a disk encrypted with cryptsetup(crypto_LUKS) in Ubuntu 14.04?

I have a 4TB Disk formatted as NTFS and some data has been written into it. I then tried to encrypt it and mapped it to /dev/mapper/volume_sde1 like this: $ lsblk -io NAME,TYPE,SIZE,FSTYPE,UUID,MOUNTPOINT sde disk 3.7T `-sde1 …
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Is there a Linux tool for defragging NTFS partitions?

Can NTFS partitions be defragged within Linux? Does fsck work for this? (Here and there I've seen a recommendation to use fsck -t ntfs --kerneldefrag /dev/XXX. Would this work?)
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How do I get the creation date of a file on an NTFS logical volume?

I created an NTFS logical volume on my Linux system for Windows file storage because I want to retain the creation date of my files (I would probably zip them into an archive and then unzip them, though I have no idea if that would work). Does…
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Disadvantages of ntfs-3g `big_writes` mount option

man ntfs-3g makes the big_writes mount option seem like a Good Thing: big_writes This option prevents fuse from splitting write buffers into 4K chunks, enabling big write buffers to be transferred from the …
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How do I resize a windows partition without using gparted?

Suppose I have a native (i.e. coming from manufacturers) windows 7 installation on a laptop (with an SSD device, BIOS/MBR partition table if that matters). The partition on the device is completely allocated and dedicated to windows. I now want to…
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How to clone a NTFS partition (WinXP) from a damaged disk to a new one?

I need to clone a NTFS partition from a damaged, near to die hard disk (SCSI, if this matters) to a new one (SATA). I've installed the last version of Hiren's Boot CD utilities on a USB stick, and tried with GParted, which told me that it can't…
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