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    • dbeatoD
      dbeato @gjacobse
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      @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
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        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
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            @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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              • dbeatoD
                dbeato @gjacobse
                last edited by

                @gjacobse still not the command 😞

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                • gjacobseG
                  gjacobse @dbeato
                  last edited by

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

                  @gjacobse still not the command 😞

                  lsblk -f
                  NAME   FSTYPE   LABEL    UUID                                 MOUNTPOINT
                  loop0  squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-logs/45
                  loop1  squashfs                                               /snap/core/4917
                  loop2  squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-calculator/180
                  loop3  squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
                  loop4  squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-characters/103
                  loop5  squashfs                                               /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
                  loop6  squashfs                                               /snap/core/6130
                  loop7  squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-logs/37
                  loop8  squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-calculator/260
                  loop9  squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
                  loop10 squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57
                  loop11 squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74
                  loop12 squashfs                                               /snap/gnome-characters/139
                  loop13 squashfs                                               /snap/skype/66
                  loop14 squashfs                                               /snap/gtk-common-themes/818
                  loop15 squashfs                                               /snap/core/6259
                  sda                                                           
                  ├─sda1 ntfs     Recovery 027ED5D87ED5C497                     /media/windows
                  ├─sda2 vfat              30D7-1C6E                            /boot/efi
                  ├─sda3                                                        
                  ├─sda4                                                        
                  └─sda5 ext4              ade0b36a-cebd-41e7-bf39-f3950255dfcd /
                  
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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @gjacobse
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                    @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.

                    That is all that should be there.. your list proved that.

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                    • dbeatoD
                      dbeato
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                      I believe this is because of the Windows 10 does not fully restart, it actually hibernates... maybe disable fastboot on Windows 10. Then try to mount it again.

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                      • gjacobseG
                        gjacobse @dbeato
                        last edited by

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

                        I believe this is because of the Windows 10 does not fully restart, it actually hibernates... maybe disable fastboot on Windows 10. Then try to mount it again.

                        Turned off,.. still getting same error that sda4 doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS

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                        • black3dynamiteB
                          black3dynamite @dbeato
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                          @dbeato said in Dual Boot: Unable to access Windows NTFS Filesystem from Ubuntu 18.04:

                          I believe this is because of the Windows 10 does not fully restart, it actually hibernates... maybe disable fastboot on Windows 10. Then try to mount it again.

                          Or hold down the Shift key and restart.

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse
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                            2019-01-28 20_07_00-C__WINDOWS_system32_diskpart.exe.png

                            System shows it's NTFS - so,.. what the what?

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                            • gjacobseG
                              gjacobse
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                              Windows DUMBASS-ory..

                              Talking to my brother, he mentioned some 'issues' with Windows not releasing the lock on the partition. He suggested and this is the really dumb part on windows.

                              To boot Windows and RESTART normally.

                              Since grub starts Ubuntu by default, it booted normally into Ubuntu.

                              I did the lsblk -f as before, only this time for /dev/sda4 - there is a UID for it. AND it shows as NTFS..

                              so,.. FFS Windows,.. FYS. now,.. to see how to prevent this stupidness in the future.

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

                                Windows DUMBASS-ory..

                                Talking to my brother, he mentioned some 'issues' with Windows not releasing the lock on the partition. He suggested and this is the really dumb part on windows.

                                To boot Windows and RESTART normally.

                                Since grub starts Ubuntu by default, it booted normally into Ubuntu.

                                I did the lsblk -f as before, only this time for /dev/sda4 - there is a UID for it. AND it shows as NTFS..

                                so,.. FFS Windows,.. FYS. now,.. to see how to prevent this stupidness in the future.

                                This why someone suggested that you go into Windows and do a full shutdown with shift shutdown.... normal shutdowns now aren’t full shut downs to allow the system to boot faster.

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                                  @Dashrender 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:

                                  Windows DUMBASS-ory..

                                  Talking to my brother, he mentioned some 'issues' with Windows not releasing the lock on the partition. He suggested and this is the really dumb part on windows.

                                  To boot Windows and RESTART normally.

                                  Since grub starts Ubuntu by default, it booted normally into Ubuntu.

                                  I did the lsblk -f as before, only this time for /dev/sda4 - there is a UID for it. AND it shows as NTFS..

                                  so,.. FFS Windows,.. FYS. now,.. to see how to prevent this stupidness in the future.

                                  This why someone suggested that you go into Windows and do a full shutdown with shift shutdown.... normal shutdowns now aren’t full shut downs to allow the system to boot faster.

                                  But he did that and it made no difference

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

                                    @Dashrender 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:

                                    Windows DUMBASS-ory..

                                    Talking to my brother, he mentioned some 'issues' with Windows not releasing the lock on the partition. He suggested and this is the really dumb part on windows.

                                    To boot Windows and RESTART normally.

                                    Since grub starts Ubuntu by default, it booted normally into Ubuntu.

                                    I did the lsblk -f as before, only this time for /dev/sda4 - there is a UID for it. AND it shows as NTFS..

                                    so,.. FFS Windows,.. FYS. now,.. to see how to prevent this stupidness in the future.

                                    This why someone suggested that you go into Windows and do a full shutdown with shift shutdown.... normal shutdowns now aren’t full shut downs to allow the system to boot faster.

                                    But he did that and it made no difference

                                    Yup - a FULL shutdown didn't do anything more that the SHIFT shutdown.

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