Ubuntu – Mounting Windows partition inside Ubuntu (dual boot)

command linedual-bootmountwindows 10

I have dual boot with Windows 10 and Ubuntu, and when I open the Files application, I can see the Windows partition in "+ Other Locations" (99Gb Volume), but I cannot see it under /media/user/:

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And then when I click on the Windows partition (99Gb Volume), it shows under /media/user/:

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First question: Is there a way to mount it via terminal? I have a script that backs up Windows files into my external HDD, but I'd like to mount it via script, so I don't need to first open it via Files application.

Second question: Is there a way to rename this Windows partition (9866C54866C52838) to a friendlier name so I can use it in the script more easily?

Best Answer

Thanks @oldfred for sending me the links, I could add it to my script and now it works:

# Mount Windows Partition
mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda2 /media/wh9whi9d7/windows

# Backup
rsync ...

# Unmount Windows
umount /dev/sda2

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Putting /home in an NTFS partition is not advisable as Linux cannot preserve ownership and permissions on NTFS partition.

I would recommend keeping /home in the default / partition in the SSD and creating sym links to the folders with most data (Documents, Music, Pictures, videos etc.) in a "Storage" partition formatted NTFS, that both Ubuntu and Windows can read and write to.

Since /home also stores all your config files, keeping /home in the / partition in the SSD helps keep things speedy.

A detailed How To is at: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/35807/how-to-harmonize-your-dual-boot-setup-for-windows-and-ubuntu/

After following the instructions in the "How To" create the sym links like this:

Open Nautilus and delete the folders you will not use in /home/[user], such as Documents etc. You should already have Documents etc. in the Storage folder. (In linux a partition is a folder as well).
Navigate to the Storage folder and you will see the Documents etc. folders there.
Right click on Document folder and select make Link. This will create a folder Called "link to Documents".
Similarly, create "Link to Music", "Link to Pictures" and all the other sub-folders in the Storage folder.
Copy these "Link to..." folders to your Home folder /home/[user].
Finally, right click on "Link to Documents" and rename it "Documents". Repeat for the remaining links.

Alternately

Delete the folders in /home/[user] as before.

Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and enter

ln -s /media/storage/Documents /home/[user]/Documents
ln -s /media/storage/Downloads /home/[user]/Downloads
ln -s /media/storage/Public /home/[user]/Public
ln -s /media/storage/Pictures /home/[user]/Pictures
ln -s /media/storage/Music /home/[user]/Music
ln -s /media/storage/Videos /home/[user]/Videos

Hope this helps

Windows Partition – Unable to Load Windows 8.x Partition in Ubuntu

You've probably followed this answer and that's a dangerous thing to do.

Ubuntu can easily recover data from a crashed Windows provided you don't have any hardware or Windows file system (NTFS) errors.

To get rid of NTFS errors you need to have Windows check your drive with chkdsk /f before attempting recovery under Ubuntu.

The "best" thing you can do under the circumstances you now have is to:

Stop working on the original disk
Make a full sector-by-sector copy of your disk onto a new disk using ddrescue

After you've booted from the Ubuntu Live CD (the newest stable version is recommended) type the following commands:
```
sudo apt-get install gddrescue
sudo ddrescue --binary-prefixes --cluster-size=64 --sparse --timeout=20s /dev/XdY /dev/AdB /media/ubuntu/ddrescue.log
```
where XdY and AdB are the drive letters for the source and target drive. Ensure you don't copy the empty disk on the full disk. Examples are sda, sdb, hd0, hd1, ... Ubuntu doesn't work with Windows drive letters but with disks and partitions. If you're unsure, ask!

If the copy doesn't give you the data you need, continue to the next step.
Use testdisk on the copy to recover some files

If you cannot recover enough, execute Step 2 again and continue to step 4.
use photorec on the fresh copy to recover some more files.

That's it! You will not be able to recover everything but let's hope that 87.5% is enough.

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