NTFS (New Technology File System) is the standard file system of Windows.
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Writing on NTFS drives (on Debian Wheezy)
I am currently setting up a personal server on Debian Wheezy. My machine is an ARM based architecture (Cubox).
The problem appear when I want to mount and use my NTFS external hard drives.
The mount ...
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How do I mount a Windows folder with cifs on Raspian
I'd like to access the music library from my desktop with my Raspberry Pi, and I'd like to do this via Samba/cifs.
I did the following:
Set the folder Q:\musik as a shared folder on my Windows ...
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How can I backup a directory to NTFS while preserving Unix file attributes?
I want to make a backup of my home directory to an NTFS partition (an unfortunate limitation). However, when I last tried using just cp, the attributes (owner, etc) went away. How can I make a backup ...
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How do I resize a disk image device?
I'm trying to reduce the size of a backup drive image. Original disk had these partitions:
Model: ST916082 1A (scsi)
Disk /dev/sde: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: ...
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How do I mount an NTFS partition in /etc/fstab and prevent files/directories from receiving exec permissions when they're created?
I have an NTFS partition that I want to mount using /etc/fstab. I don't want any files to have executable permissions on this drive, so I wrote the following rule:
/dev/sda2 /media/sharedfolder ntfs ...
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The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state
I try to mount a NTFS partition in nautilus, and it refuse to mount it and suggests resume and shutdown
Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), the problem is that I have already disabled ...
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Cannot execute files on another partition
On my system I have three partitions: one is shared between W7 and Linux Mint (NTFS), and the other two are OS-specific.
In my home directory I have created a symbolic link to another directory on ...
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Constant reading using ext4
I had a disk with a full size NTFS partition. I just deleted it and created an EXT4 one.
When it was NTFS, if it wasn't in use (mount but no in use) it was quiet. However now, using EXT4, it is ...
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Use Linux to read contents of Windows encrypted folder
Windows allows the selective encrypting of certain files or folders. I currently have a Windows folder that is set to "encrypt contents to secure data". (The Windows partition is NTFS.)
If I mount ...
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Mac OS X partition type problem
As a 2 decades of MS-Windows user I have switched to Mac OS X a month ago. And my knowledge is not enough to fix my big problem which I encountered yesterday and my brand new MBPro is dead now.
I ...
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Can I read and write to alternate HFS+ file forks or NTFS data streams from Linux?
It's possible to mount both Apple HFS+ and Microsoft NTFS filesystems under Linux.
Both filesystems support multiple content streams per file, though this is not widely used.
Apple uses the term ...
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Read/write access on raw NTFS image
I backed up an entire 32GB NTFS partition to a raw image with with dd. The file-system on the partition in accessible under Debian after mounting with:
$ sudo mount -o ro,loop ...
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Xubuntu installer not showing NTFS option
So, I wanted a part of my extended partition to be NTFS formatted to access my data from both Win 7 and Xubuntu OSes. Only problem, Xubuntu installer did not show the NTFS option when I was manual ...
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Why ext4 File System is better than NTFS?
For a presentation, I need to show ext4 File System is better than NTFS. I searched and got nice article on both ext4 and NTFS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS
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Extended partition should have many filesystems
I need some related information on the following lines I found in an answer:
A logical partition is a container for a filesystem (or an LVM volume or some swap space or a BSD partition or other ...
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Will Linux use NTFS as correctly as windows?
I had a bad experience once when I did some unexpected behavior and maybe the power went out and a Windows driver I used to access my Mac harddrive fudged something enough that even my Mac couldn't ...
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Which filesystem to use when a samba share should allow for NTFS encryption?
I'm using a NAS (Buffalo LinkStation Pro with SSH access, if that matters) which runs Linux (2.6.31.8 #1 Fri Jun 8 11:07:30 JST 2012 armv5tel GNU/Linux, with smbd --version = Version ...
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Login fails from Windows on NTFS-3G Samba Share
I have a Raspberry Pi (though could be any Debian Linux box) connected to an external hard disk formatted as NTFS.
My disk mount in fstab is:
/dev/sda1 /media/disk ntfs-3g ...
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Partition wiped out possibly due to the partition table changed by Windows, malicious software, or …?
When the data loss problem occurred:
My Lenovo laptop has both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. There are two ntfs partitions shared between the two OSes: one for Windows 7 installation ,and the other for ...
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rsync error: Time value of file truncated on receiver
I run the following rsync command to back up my data. I am on Ubuntu 12.04.
rsync -rt --delete --links --exclude-from '/home/john/rsync-exclude.txt' /media/data/ server:/backup/data
The data ...
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What does altering a file/directory mean?
From man ntfsundelete
Look for deleted files altered in the last two days
ntfsundelete /dev/hda1 -t 2d
I wonder what altering files/directories mean?
Does deleting some files/directories ...
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Can Safecopy Help Me Recover Data from a Drive that I can not Mount?
I have an old hard drive that I put data on, but it died when I tried to retrieve it, and it tells me I have to format it under Windows. Running on Linux now, can Safecopy help me even though I can ...
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No access to symlink folder on NTFS partition
I am using an NTFS parition for storing data I like to access both from Ubuntu and Windows 7. On my Ubuntu HOME partition, I like to link the folder Assets in order to access it from an application ...
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How long does it take for fls (from the Sleuth Kit) to run on a ntfs partition of 110 GiB (96% used)?
I have been running fls (from the Sleuth Kit) since last night, in verbose mode, hoping it will identify the files and directories I just deleted before running the program.
sudo fls -f ntfs -d -r ...
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How to recover most recently deleted directories on NTFS partition under Ubuntu 12.04
In Nautilus under Ubuntu 12.04, I accidentally selected several directories on a partition and deleted them at once (unfortunately, I deleted them by Shift+Delete such that they don't remain in ...
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Mounting a Windows partition without giving execute permission
How can I mount a Windows partition so that the files within it don't have execution permission? I mount a Windows partition using:
sudo mount /dev/sda3 win
win is a folder in my home dir.
This of ...
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Saving files to NTFS is corrupted?
I have recently started using Fedora on my laptop. I've set it up so that it sits on a roughly 20GB encrypted partition and most of the Home folders (Downloads, Documents, Pictures) are symlinked to ...
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Advanced NTFS partition file recovery techniques for damaged drives (IO errors)?
I've recently suffered a maddeningly small but quite important amount of damage to a hard drive on a ESXi host affecting a couple VMs. There's a file that I would very much like to recover, and of ...
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Can CONFIG_NTFS_FS be disabled completely?
I use ntfs-3g as file system type , I'm wondering if CONFIG_NTFS_FS is still necessary ? Seem you could remove that.
Also does ntfs-3g have better performance than kernel ntfs driver ?
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Where to find source code of Linux NTFS driver?
Brief description :
Linux driver gives us a chance to interface with an NTFS filesystem. Thanks to this driver, we can use built-in Linux commands on an NTFS filesystem.
Ex : ls, chown, chmod, cd, ...
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“Input/output error” when accessing a directory
I want to list and remove the content of a directory on a removable hard drive. But I have experienced "Input/output error":
$ rm pic -R
rm: cannot remove `pic/60.jpg': Input/output error
rm: cannot ...
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Mount NTFS image file created using partimage
From an old disk which I don't have at hand, I have created a file named winxp.img using partimage. As the filename suggests, the partition contained Windows XP and was formatted with NTFS.
(The ...
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Recover many files using ntfsundelete
I am using the following command to scan for deleted files:
sudo ntfsundelete /dev/sda1 -S 400m-20g -p 100
How can I restore the all of the results?
I have tried:
sudo ntfsundelete /dev/sda1 -u ...
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Can I mount NTFS flash drive on linux
Hi I'm using RHEL 6 an WIN 7. I have a flash drive of 16GB. To copy the files which are above 4GB size I changed it to NTFS(FAT32 is allowing only file size below 4GB). But now I am not able to use in ...
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Whats the best way to copy files from an ext3 file system to a NTFS and maintain the ownership and permissions?
I need to transfer over 1tb of data from a share on a ext3 file system that our corporate office uses. The share contains files with different owners and groups and needs to be copied over maintaining ...
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How does “rm” on a NTFS filesystem differs from Windows' own implementation?
I have an external USB disk with an NTFS filesystem on it.
If I remove a file from Windows and I run one of the several "undelete" utilities (say, TestDisk) I can easily recover the file (because ...
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Backing NTFS in linux
Is partimage ready for NTFS volumes ? it said that support for NTFS is experimental , is that safe for production ?
Thanks !
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Recovering NTFS drive with safecopy
Several days ago, I dropped my USB external hard disk. As a result, I cannot read some of the files. I would like to recover it, and now I am using safecopy. I used the following command,
sudo ...
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Mount NTFS Partition on Startup in Ubuntu
I have a 10 gigabyte partition which I use for files which I share between my Windows installation and my Oneiric Ocelet (Ubuntu) installation.
My Eclipse workspaces exist on this partition. Eclipse ...
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Getting Samba on suse to work with NTFS drives [closed]
For a server with samba. I've just added (to the server, just shoved it in) an ntfs drive with some stuff and I want to access it through win7 (home edition). After a small struggle I've managed to ...
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How to check if the system is ready for mounting NTFS by user?
There are (too) many posts already on the subject, yet I am stuck.
I found very relevant post here:
Unable to mount NTFS partition from user account
and I also read FAQ here:
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Unable to mount NTFS partition from user account
I'm trying to mount a Windows ntfs partition on openSuse 11.4. When I mount it using the root account (either directly or via sudo) it mounts without problems. But when I try mounting it without any ...
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How are NTFS drives handled by Linux? Nothing is in fstab yet it's automounted. Nothing in mtab yet it's currently mounted
I'm running Fedora 14 with the 2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686 kernel and Gnome 2.32.0. I have a few NTFS drives that are mounted when I start up. However, there is no entry for them in fstab and nothing in ...
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How to read NTFS drives in Linux (RHEL 6)?
My system is on dual boot. I have installed both RHEL 6 and win7 in it. I use RHEL mostly and I want to use my windows' NTFS drive in RHEL. How can I do it? Tell me the procedure.
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pure-ftpd permission denied on external usb drive
I have a sheevaplug PC (Debian installed) that I'm trying to setup my personal FTP server with. So far I was able to set up auto mounting and installed pure-ftpd. I currently have autofs setup to ...
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Can 'nix handle NTFS ADS data streams?
Two-three years ago, I experimented (in Windows) with NTFS ADS meta-data (Alternate Data Streams). It seemed like an interesting idea, but it is certainly not "portable".
Is there an NTFS-ADS ...
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Is there a Linux tool for defragging NTFS partitions?
Can NTFS partitions be defragged within Linux? Does fsck work for this?
(Here and there I've seen a recommendation to use fsck -t ntfs --kerneldefrag /dev/XXX. Would this work?)
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How does the Unix file privilege system differ from that of Windows?
Related question: How does the Linux file system/organization differ from Windows?
I am somewhat familiar with how privileges work when it comes to files and directories - each entry has an owner and ...
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ntfs external HD works read-only on Arch
I only have read-only access to my external hard-drive which is using NTFS filesystem. How do I fix this problem to get full access to my hard drive?
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A Live CD distro for getting data off a NTFS partition without X Windows
The Windows partition on my laptop seems to refuse to boot, and since I lack the original install CD, I was thinking of installing my preferred Linux distro, Arch on it.
I want to recover data off ...
