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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse
      last edited by gjacobse

      Installed Windows, shrank drive, installed Ubuntu 18.04.

      Unable to mount the Windows drive even though shutdown is clean.

      Windows is (or should be) sda4,..

      sda1 - ntfs
      sda2 - vfat /boot/efi
      sda3 -
      sda4 -
      sda5 ext4

      I'm following this (which has worked in the past)

      https://askubuntu.com/questions/978746/how-to-mount-ntfs-partition-in-ubuntu-16-04

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse
        last edited by

        NTFS signature is missing.
        Failed to mount '/dev/sda4': Invalid argument
        The device '/dev/sda4' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
        Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
        partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

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        • travisdh1T
          travisdh1
          last edited by

          Any reason you're duel booting instead of running one as a VM?

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          • dbeatoD
            dbeato @gjacobse
            last edited by

            @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

            Installed Windows, shrank drive, installed Ubuntu 18.04.

            Unable to mount the Windows drive even though shutdown is clean.

            Windows is (or should be) sda4,..

            sda1 - ntfs
            sda2 - vfat /boot/efi
            sda3 -
            sda4 -
            sda5 ext4

            I'm following this (which has worked in the past)

            https://askubuntu.com/questions/978746/how-to-mount-ntfs-partition-in-ubuntu-16-04

            What happens when you mount sda1?

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            • gjacobseG
              gjacobse @travisdh1
              last edited by

              @travisdh1 said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

              Any reason you're duel booting instead of running one as a VM?

              No 'real' reason I don't guess. I know with 8GB of memory, I should have plenty.. But I'd rather have all of it available to the OS - Esp Windows

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              • gjacobseG
                gjacobse @dbeato
                last edited by

                @dbeato said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

                @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

                Installed Windows, shrank drive, installed Ubuntu 18.04.

                Unable to mount the Windows drive even though shutdown is clean.

                Windows is (or should be) sda4,..

                sda1 - ntfs
                sda2 - vfat /boot/efi
                sda3 -
                sda4 -
                sda5 ext4

                I'm following this (which has worked in the past)

                https://askubuntu.com/questions/978746/how-to-mount-ntfs-partition-in-ubuntu-16-04

                What happens when you mount sda1?

                sda is listed as the recovery partition,.. and likely doesn't have any of the User data.

                That being said,.. I'll check that.

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                • notverypunnyN
                  notverypunny
                  last edited by

                  Might be a stupid question, but can you still boot into the Windows install?

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse @notverypunny
                    last edited by

                    @notverypunny said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

                    Might be a stupid question, but can you still boot into the Windows install?

                    Yes, both boot fine.

                    Ubuntu is faster and the default, but Windows boots

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      Could this be an issue with a newer release of NTFS? What Windows 10 version is it?

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                      • notverypunnyN
                        notverypunny
                        last edited by

                        Is bitlocker or another encryption / security solution in play? I think bitlocker would have caused grief with the linux install in general, but I've never had the pleasure of messing around with it too much.

                        How about just booting a live linux? Can you see and automount the windows partition from a live disk?

                        Other possibility, is it ReFS instead of NTFS?

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                        • gjacobseG
                          gjacobse @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                          Could this be an issue with a newer release of NTFS? What Windows 10 version is it?

                          ExFAT- the partition is listed as NTFS in Ubuntu and Windows.

                          I’ve been able to read a exFat partition via USB.

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse @notverypunny
                            last edited by

                            @notverypunny said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                            Is bitlocker or another encryption / security solution in play? I think bitlocker would have caused grief with the linux install in general, but I've never had the pleasure of messing around with it too much.

                            How about just booting a live linux? Can you see and automount the windows partition from a live disk?

                            Other possibility, is it ReFS instead of NTFS?

                            I’ve not set up bitlocker, but it is listed in Disk management. And I have looked into this.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @gjacobse
                              last edited by

                              @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                              @notverypunny said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                              Is bitlocker or another encryption / security solution in play? I think bitlocker would have caused grief with the linux install in general, but I've never had the pleasure of messing around with it too much.

                              How about just booting a live linux? Can you see and automount the windows partition from a live disk?

                              Other possibility, is it ReFS instead of NTFS?

                              I’ve not set up bitlocker, but it is listed in Disk management. And I have looked into this.

                              I had a weird problem once where Bitlocker turned itself on. Caused all kinds of problems with what i was trying to do (images)... killed it and life was good.

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                              • black3dynamiteB
                                black3dynamite
                                last edited by

                                Can you try accessing that partition from a live ubuntu installer?

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                                • gjacobseG
                                  gjacobse @gjacobse
                                  last edited by

                                  @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                                  @dbeato said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

                                  @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

                                  Installed Windows, shrank drive, installed Ubuntu 18.04.

                                  Unable to mount the Windows drive even though shutdown is clean.

                                  Windows is (or should be) sda4,..

                                  sda1 - ntfs
                                  sda2 - vfat /boot/efi
                                  sda3 -
                                  sda4 -
                                  sda5 ext4

                                  I'm following this (which has worked in the past)

                                  https://askubuntu.com/questions/978746/how-to-mount-ntfs-partition-in-ubuntu-16-04

                                  What happens when you mount sda1?

                                  sda is listed as the recovery partition,.. and likely doesn't have any of the User data.

                                  That being said,.. I'll check that.

                                  Follow up, yes I can mount and access /dev/sda1.

                                  But there isn't anything there other than the recovery.

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                                  • dbeatoD
                                    dbeato @gjacobse
                                    last edited by

                                    @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                                    @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                                    @dbeato said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

                                    @gjacobse said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows from Ubuntu:

                                    Installed Windows, shrank drive, installed Ubuntu 18.04.

                                    Unable to mount the Windows drive even though shutdown is clean.

                                    Windows is (or should be) sda4,..

                                    sda1 - ntfs
                                    sda2 - vfat /boot/efi
                                    sda3 -
                                    sda4 -
                                    sda5 ext4

                                    I'm following this (which has worked in the past)

                                    https://askubuntu.com/questions/978746/how-to-mount-ntfs-partition-in-ubuntu-16-04

                                    What happens when you mount sda1?

                                    sda is listed as the recovery partition,.. and likely doesn't have any of the User data.

                                    That being said,.. I'll check that.

                                    Follow up, yes I can mount and access /dev/sda1.

                                    But there isn't anything there other than the recovery.

                                    Interesting, that's so weird.

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                                    • dbeatoD
                                      dbeato
                                      last edited by

                                      What does this command show:

                                      lsblk -f
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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse @dbeato
                                        last edited by gjacobse

                                        @dbeato said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                                        What does this command show:

                                        lsblk -f

                                        redacted
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                                        • dbeatoD
                                          dbeato @gjacobse
                                          last edited by

                                          @gjacobse But that is now that command...

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                                          • gjacobseG
                                            gjacobse @dbeato
                                            last edited by gjacobse

                                            @dbeato said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                                            @gjacobse But that is now that command...

                                            redacted
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