Problem mounting NTFS hard drive

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@menguele

You can use $ntfsfix

@cscs

Danger, Will Robinson!

PSA ..

ntfsfix or any other tool on linux purporting to ‘fix’ ntfs partitions are snake oil.

They can, at best, forcibly remove the ‘dirty bit’ set on those partitions. They do not ‘fix’ anything. Meaning users may then continue using a fragmented partition - possibly leading to further damage and/or data loss.

The only proper way to fix/repair the proprietary NTFS filesystem is to use the proprietary windoze OS or a clone/PE like Hirens and chkdsk.

@cscs

To the original issue.

Error mounting … bad fs type, bad option, bad superblock

This usually occurs if the partition was not properly unmounted.
This most often is caused by not disabling windoze ‘Fast Startup’ - which is a misleading option that actually ensures the system never shuts down but instead only hibernates. This causes many issues, especially in cases like dual-booting with other OSs.