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Mounting /media/sda1 failed.

$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 1)
Failed to mount '/dev/disk/by-uuid/C4445B1A445B0F14': Operation not supported
Mount is denied because NTFS logfile is unclean. Choose one action:
   Boot Windows and shutdown it cleanly, or if you have a removable
   device then click the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows
   taskbar notification area before disconnecting it.
Or
   Run ntfsfix version 1.13.1 on Linux unless you have Vista.
Or
   Mount the NTFS volume with the 'ro' option in read-only mode.

Got this error ,,, with NTFS config.. even replace ntfs with ntfs-3g in fstab doesn't work My hadd are not mounted but yes this do job in Fat32

 

[praka123]

@shashwat:first find ur ntfs partition via "sudo fdisk -l".then if u have ntfsprogs ,try "ntfsfix /dev/xxx" and boot to windows and windows will fix via chkdisk ur ntfs errors.(seems u have)
reg /etc/fstab,use /dev/sdax for ur ntfs partition instead of UUID.or if u want UUID to be entered,use "sudo blkid" or "vol_id" command to get uuid's corresponding to the partition and edit /etc/fstab accordingly.

 

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Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1275    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            1276        6949    45576405    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3            6953        9729    22306252+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5            1276        3825    20482843+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda6            6758        6949     1542208+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7            3826        6757    23551258+  83  Linux

I do not have windows but some traces are there in sda1

 

[praka123]

u do have windows xp right?try below commands and boot to windows twice and wait for windows CHKDSK to fix the errors.

ntfsfix  /dev/sda1

ntfsfix  /dev/sda3

and reboot into windows.then try ubuntu able to mount ur ntfs partitions.

 

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Also meathods and repo. of latest Cf links would do fine

shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ ntfsfix  /dev/sda1
Mounting volume... Error opening partition device : Permission denied
Failed to startup volume : Permission denied
FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... Error opening partition device : Permission denied
FAILED
Failed to startup volume : Permission denied
Volume is corrupt. You should run chkdsk.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ ntfsfix  /dev/sda3
Refusing to operate on read-write mounted device /dev/sda3.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$

shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ ntfsfix  /dev/sda1
Refusing to operate on read-write mounted device /dev/sda1.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ ntfsfix  /dev/sda3
Refusing to operate on read-write mounted device /dev/sda3.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$

I did install NTFS fix by

sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs

 

[praka123]

haan!"sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1"

 

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Main pagal ho jaunga .. It seems I had to format sda1 and sda3 has been formatted the problem.. is due to sda 1

shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1
Password:
Mounting volume... FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... 
Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr...
Reading $MFT... OK
Reading $MFTMirr... OK
Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully.
Setting required flags on partition... OK
Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK
Remount failed : No such file or directory
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda3
Refusing to operate on read-write mounted device /dev/sda3.
shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$

and plz Cf Travino latest link to guide ot it the same that I/vish posted

 

[praka123]

unmount /dev/sda3 dude! and again run ntfsfix
then run ur windows twice to fix any write/corrupt errors.
then check ur ubuntu for ntfs partns mounted.
btw i am not aware of CF repos for ubuntu much.but sure ubuntuforums.org does have

*forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=1012

 

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Cannot unmount /dev/sda3

Cannot unmount the volume. 
unmount:/medai/sda3 disagree with fstab

 

[praka123]

post the o/p of "mount -l"

 

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shashwat@shashwat-desktop:~$ sudo mount -l
/dev/sda7 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro) []
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda5 on /media/sda5 type vfat (rw,utf8,umask=007,gid=46) [MY MUSIC]
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/disk/by-uuid/47CFB1F354E0B828 on /media/sda3 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,blksize=4096) []

 

[praka123]

actually which partn where u want to clean up .ini and other files?no need to check sda3. i think it is mounted and works?
u haf to see sda1 to be fixed.try mounting with ntfs-3g.
since /dev/sda1 is not mounted now.do a reboot to windows and come back to ubuntu.

 

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I did not have windows dude else ya I have also done this reboot fix thing 1 time But I did not have Windows installation

 

[praka123]

so...hopefully now u need to get ur sda1 mounted?
try sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
and tell whether it is mounted?

 

[infra_red_dude]

trevino's repos:

deb *download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy
deb-src *download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy

 

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