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Cant mount Window's partition on bootable ubuntu 20.04

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I am trying to recover some files from a Window's PC that is not booting up. So i am using my usb with Ubuntu to boot from there and recover the files.
When I try to mount the partition using the GUI Disks app it shows an error saying this:

Error mounting filesystem

Error mounting /dev/sda3 at /media/ubuntu/Acer: Unknown error when mounting /dev/sda3 (udisks-error-quark, 0)

It also shows a disk health alert saying: Disk is likely to fail soon

Is this disk completely dead or do I need to do something before mounting the NTFS disk?

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answered 2 Years ago kilusy · Accepted Answer

After trying with many distros using Medicat (an usb tookit) and not being able to mount nor access the disk in any way, and after all the tests I ran on the disk failing and returning a 0% health status. I assume the disk has a mechanical issue. I will try unplugging it and reading it with another machine running windows but I'm 99% sure the disk is dead. And as that no longer concerns ubuntu I'll mark this answer as the solution.

PS: If you are also having trouble mounting a windows partition try to mount as read-only, and if the disk health status is good and you still can't it may be one of the reasons @Davmor2 mentioned in its answer: the windows partition might be hibernated or the disk could be encrypted