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Find the drive that isn't mounted on the left hand sidebar in the Dolphin file explorer, hover your mouse over it and copy the /dev/sdX part from the small pop up. | Find the drive that isn't mounted on the left hand sidebar in the Dolphin file explorer, hover your mouse over it and copy the /dev/sdX part from the small pop up. | ||
[[File:Dolphin NTFS.png | [[File:Dolphin NTFS.png|Look for the /dev/sdX or /dev/nvmeX information here|none|frame]] | ||
For the NTFS3 driver (default, faster, less stable) | For the NTFS3 driver (default, faster, less stable) | ||
Revision as of 00:04, 29 April 2026
Mount
Find the drive that isn't mounted on the left hand sidebar in the Dolphin file explorer, hover your mouse over it and copy the /dev/sdX part from the small pop up.
For the NTFS3 driver (default, faster, less stable)
mount -t ntfs3 /dev/sdX /mnt/FolderNameHere
For the NTFS-3G driver (slightly slower, far more stable)
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdX /mnt/FolderNameHere
Repair
Example error messages found in dmesg/journalctl
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error
please run chkntfs
Download
https://archive.org/download/tools_202401/tools.zip
Extract anywhere on the system, we'll use the desktop
Find the drive that isn't mounted on the left hand sidebar in the Dolphin file explorer, hover your mouse over it and copy the /dev/sdX part from the small pop up.
sudo "/home/user/Desktop/disk tools/chkufsd" -fs:ntfs -f /dev/sdX
If process runs successfully mount with
sudo mount /dev/sdX