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.
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Which Linux file system should I use for compatibility with Windows programs?
I'm new to Linux, yet am now committing to Linux, probably formatting HDDs to run the ext4 file-system, for (almost) all work. I need to keep one Windows machine running an NTFS file-system for a few ...
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Why does mkfs.ntfs count one Byte less?
Apparently, ntfs.mkfs counts one byte less when checking if the block device is large enough; or I have made some kind of mistake. After creating a partition of 2048 512-byte sectors (exactly 1MiB ...
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Failed to mount partition
This is my fstab file: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name ...
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Cannot shrink *unmounted* External drive ntfs partition
I'm relatively new to linux mint(4-5 months in [loving it!]) and I have a 2TB USB 3.0 HDD connected (WD Drive in the photo) I'm trying to shrink the main NTFS Partition on said drive, and it says max ...
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Can you explain why mount -o ro,noload sometimes modifies the filesystem?
This reddit post explains that using mount -o ro over NTFS changes the atime of files. They say something like that the kernel is not obliged to honour the ro flag, and to achieve reliable readonly ...
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Recovering data from incomplete ddrescue iso
I've got a 2.5 inch 5200RPM 320G HDD to recover data from. As I've been told, a child has stepped on the laptop and broke it. They gave me the laptop and motherboard seems to be completely fine. There'...
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How to determine, with certainty, the filesystem type of a partition from the outputs of the Linux "file -s" command?
My problem is to decode the output of the command file -s /dev/sdX on my system (where /dev/sdX is the device file associated to a USB key). Below I'll show the output of the command file -s /dev/sdX ...
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ubuntu system freeze while diff reading, SysRq REISUB not working
I've experienced total system freeze while checking if files where copied correctly by diff -rq [INTERNAL HDD] [USB HDD] This happened twice, always while running the diff. On the second occasion I ...
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