How to Solve Error Linux Cannot Mount Windows NTFS Partition
Why Linux Can’t Mount Windows Partition
If you are running two operating systems or dual boot Linux distribution with Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 operating system on your device. You will definitely find error or error on Linux when trying to open or commit mount partition on the Windows operating system.
Usually a failed message appears mount the partition of the Windows operating system with the reason that the partition contains system files that are not clean, as in the illustration picture header above or as follows:
Error mounting /dev/sda6 at /media/sudoway/Multimedia: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000" "/dev/sda6" "/media/sudoway/Multimedia"' exited with non-zero exit status 14: The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0). Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount. Failed to mount '/dev/sda6': Operation not permitted The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option
This is due to features fast startup which is on the operating system Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8. Usually during the process shutdown a device, all metadata system files will be cleaned, but apparently this is not done on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 due to features fast startup the.
Feature fast startup that is on Windows saves metadata from the system file in the form of cache and registry when the computer is turned off, it is intended that the computer can perform startup faster when turned on.
Feature fast startup that’s what makes Linux unable to do mount Windows partition because the disk is still there metadata in the form of cache and registry of the Windows operating system accidentally saved.
Solving Linux Cannot Mount Windows 10, 8.1, and 8 Partitions
So that Linux can do mount partition of the Windows operating system, you can use the “ntfsfix” command on Linux to repair or clean the disk from metadata, so that the Windows partition can be mount and opened on Linux.
Open Terminal on your Linux by pressing the keyboard combination CTRL + ALT + T or open Terminal via the application menu.
Enter the following command in Terminal to clean the Windows partition you want to open or mount on linux:
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda6
Replace the word “/dev/sda6” in the command with the partition on your device that you want to open or mounts. You can see the partition name (eg : /dev/sda6) in the notification message error previously.
After process fix done and successful. Try to do it mount or reopen the Windows partition you want to open on Linux via file manager. The partition will open without any further notification error.
Closing and Follow Up
When you turn on the Windows operating system again later, then go back to using Linux, maybe you will experience the same problem, Linux can’t do it mount partition of the Windows operating system.
That’s because the above method doesn’t solve the problem permanently, so if you go back to using the Windows operating system and then use Linux, you will have a failure problem. mount the same one. To fix this you can enter the command again.
If you want to solve the problem permanently, you have to do it by turning off the feature fast startup on your Windows operating system.
