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Can't access from ubuntu to windows 8 drives that install along side it

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I installed Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8 but when I want to access Windows drives I see this error massage:

Error mounting /dev/sda1 at /media/xalid/3A56A42656A3E0BD: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0077,fmask=0177" "/dev/sda1" "/media/xalid/3A56A42656A3E0BD"' exited with non-zero exit status 14: Windows is hibernated, refused to mount.

Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Operation not permitted

The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown

Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume

read-only with the 'ro' mount option.

As a workaround I tried this:

mkdir /media/sd4

mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda1 /media/sd4

This allows me to access the partition, but I am unable to change anything on the drive since it was mounted as read only.

How can I access to my Windows drives whenever I login to Ubuntu?

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answered 2 Years ago ticeate · Accepted Answer

Windows 8, by default, hibernates instead of fully shutting down (read: to allow for fast boot). It's a pain but I believe if you tell windows to reboot into the special "Advanced Options" mode in the settings then you could potentially tell windows to shutdown fully. Check out this link to shut down your windows 8 pc fully (link to another question click here for their tutorial they found to disable fast boot).

Running the command mount -t ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/sda1 /media/sd4 makes it read only hence the ro. Change that command to mount -t ntfs-3g -o rw /dev/sda1 /media/sd4 for writing.