Nautilus will not open an external hard drive with NTFS file system
This bug report was converted into a question: question #272427: Nautilus will not open an external hard drive with NTFS file system.
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nautilus (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/
Failed to read NTFS $Bitmap: Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/
for more details.
Failed to sync device /dev/sdb1: No such device
Failed to close volume /dev/sdb1: No such device
NB I noted a recent update that referred to the NTFS file system and prior to that update I had no problem accessing the external hard drive that I use for backup. Now I cannot access that hard drive, a Seagate Expansion Portable Drive
Not a bug. NTFS inconsistencies can and do occur, there are steps provided in the output to resolve this.