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Mounting an external disk you would also use with Windows 8, 10 or newer you might get an error that looks somewhat like this:
Mounting an external disk you would also use with Windows 8, 10 or newer you might get an error that looks somewhat like this:


<blockqoute>
Ubuntu error
Ubuntu error
The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state
Error mounting /dev/sdXY
Error mounting /dev/sdXN
Exited with non-zero exit status 14
Exited with non-zero exit status 14
The disk contains an unclean file system
The disk contains an unclean file system
Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount
Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount
</blockqoute>


The reason for this might be the Windows hibernation feature. When you shutdown Windows the services are not stopped but instead are hibernated and pick up were they left the on the next boot. Only when you choose 'restart' everything is really stopped.
= From terminal =
 
Find your device name (here referred to as sdXN)
 
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL | grep -e sd
</syntaxhighlight>
 
Try re-mount from the terminal:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
device=/dev/sdXN
mountpoint=/media/wilbert/Data
 
#un-mount
sudo umount $device
 
#mount read/write
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o rw $device $mountpoint
</syntaxhighlight>
 
Possible result:
 
The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0). Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount. Falling back to readonly mount because the NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting.)
 
Note: to view the files on the mounted device with Nautilus,  all instances need to be closed first
 
= Fix =
 
The reason for this might be the Windows hibernation feature. When you shutdown Windows, the services are not stopped but instead are hibernated and pick up were they left the on the next boot. Only when you choose 'restart' everything is really stopped. Apparently there is also some speed to be gained by leaving your disks in a mess. If you are sure to have disabled this, note that with updates it might be turned on again without asking you.  


You could disable the hibernation feature in Windows:
You could disable the hibernation feature in Windows:
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You could clean-up the NTFS partition from within Ubuntu:
You could clean-up the NTFS partition from within Ubuntu:
Install Linux NTFS tools:
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdXY
</syntaxhighlight>
 
Fix:
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
device=/dev/sdXN
mountpoint=/media/wilbert/Data
 
#un-mount
sudo umount $device
 
#fix
sudo ntfsfix $device
 
#mount read/write
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o rw $device $mountpoint
</syntaxhighlight>
 
=Snippets=
 
== Show who and what is using the device ==
 
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
mountpoint=/media/wilbert/Data
device=$( mount -l | grep $mountpoint | cut -d' ' -f1 )
echo $device
sudo fuser -v -m $device
</syntaxhighlight>
 
== Cleanup ==
 
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
mountpoint=/media/wilbert/Data
device=$( mount -l | grep $mountpoint | cut -d' ' -f1 )
echo $device
sudo umount $mountpoint
sudo ntfsfix $device
sudo mount $mountpoint
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>

Latest revision as of 08:33, 7 April 2023


Mounting an external disk you would also use with Windows 8, 10 or newer you might get an error that looks somewhat like this: 

Ubuntu error
The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state
Error mounting /dev/sdXN
Exited with non-zero exit status 14
The disk contains an unclean file system
Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount

From terminal

Find your device name (here referred to as sdXN) 

lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL | grep -e sd

Try re-mount from the terminal: 

device=/dev/sdXN
mountpoint=/media/wilbert/Data

#un-mount
sudo umount $device

#mount read/write
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o rw $device $mountpoint

Possible result: 

The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0). Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount. Falling back to readonly mount because the NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting.)

Note: to view the files on the mounted device with Nautilus, all instances need to be closed first

Fix

The reason for this might be the Windows hibernation feature. When you shutdown Windows, the services are not stopped but instead are hibernated and pick up were they left the on the next boot. Only when you choose 'restart' everything is really stopped. Apparently there is also some speed to be gained by leaving your disks in a mess. If you are sure to have disabled this, note that with updates it might be turned on again without asking you.

You could disable the hibernation feature in Windows:

  1. Control Panel
  2. Hardware and Sound
  3. Power Options
  4. System Setting
  5. Uncheck "Turn on fast startup"

You could clean-up the NTFS partition from within Ubuntu:

Install Linux NTFS tools: 

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

Fix: 

device=/dev/sdXN
mountpoint=/media/wilbert/Data

#un-mount
sudo umount $device

#fix
sudo ntfsfix $device

#mount read/write
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o rw $device $mountpoint

Snippets

Show who and what is using the device

mountpoint=/media/wilbert/Data
device=$( mount -l | grep $mountpoint | cut -d' ' -f1 )
echo $device
sudo fuser -v -m $device

Cleanup

mountpoint=/media/wilbert/Data
device=$( mount -l | grep $mountpoint | cut -d' ' -f1 )
echo $device
sudo umount $mountpoint
sudo ntfsfix $device
sudo mount $mountpoint
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