[GRLUG] Mount a windoz XP drive

[Bob Kline]

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdf2 /disk2  worked.

Said something about the file system wasn't
safely closed on Windows, but it fixed something,
and did the mount.  I can now see the file system,
and will proceed to copy the material while the
getting is good.

My thanks to everyone for the great suggestions
and insights.

   -- Bob


On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Clay Ashby <kingpoiuy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you tried using ntfs-3g? I believe it is installed by default in
> Ubuntu.
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Scenario:  I have an IDE drive from
>> a machine running windoz XP that I'd
>> like to mount on Kubuntu.
>>
>> The drive might be bad, but assuming
>> it's not, what would be an appropriate
>> mount command?
>>
>> I've tried mount -t ntfs /dev/sdf  /X  and
>> mount -t ntfs /dev/sdf /X -o ro - the latter
>> because one source claim you can only
>> read from a windoz XP drive.
>>
>> Neither works.  Messages include
>> "doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS."
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>>   -- Bob
>>
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