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YannUbuntu (yannubuntu) wrote : ntfs-3g refuses to mount Windows8 even when not using hibernation

Bug reported by Malbo (ubuntu-fr member): http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=10558721#p10558721

HOW TO REPRODUCE:
1) Shutdown Windows8 completely (without hibernating)
2) From Ubuntu 12.04, try to mount the Windows8 partition:
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb8 /media/Windows8partition

EXPECTED RESULT:
The Windows partition is mounted in write/read mode.

OBSERVED RESULT:
The partition is not mounted. The output of the command is:
  Windows is hibernated, refused to mount.
  Failed to mount '/dev/sdb8': Opération non permise
  The NTFS partition is hibernated. Please resume and shutdown Windows
  properly, or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option, or
  mount the volume read-write with the 'remove_hiberfile' mount option.
  For example type on the command line:
            mount -t ntfs-3g -o remove_hiberfile /dev/sdb8 /media/Windows8partition

Remarks:
- When completely shutting down Windows8 (without hibernating), the hiberfil.sys file does NOT disappear.
I guess this was different with Win7.
- until now, according to ntfs-3g's man, ntfs-3g considers that Windows is hibernated when the hiberfil.sys is present. I think we should find another way to detect if Windows8 is hibernated or not.
- this bug is severe as it makes Wubi fail on Win8 ( Bug #1042159 )