Mount NTFS in Arch Link to heading

wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

use sudo fdisk -l to find out the drive.

sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /mnt/

Fix NTFS HDD Link to heading

sudo ntfsfix -b -d /dev/sda6

Automount Windows NTFS drive in Linux Link to heading

Find out where the windows drive is located: lsblk -lf

Edit fstab file (careful, any mistake and Linux would not be able to boot): sudoedit /etc/fstab

For e.g. sdb2:

# <file system>             <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
/dev/sdb2                      /media/data       ntfs    defaults 0 0

Reboot the system: reboot

Create a launcher, for e.g:

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=xdg-open /media/data/Users/username/Videos
Name=Open Windows Videos Path
Comment=comment here
Icon=icon path here

Troubleshooting Link to heading

In Arch Link to heading

The newer kernels now use the in-kernel ntfs3 driver, which often fails. When you are mounting them manually, you are using ntfs-3g as the driver, which is the one that works. By blacklisting ntfs3, you make sure that it’ll always use ntfs-3g diver.

sudo pacman -S ntfs-3g
echo 'blacklist ntfs3' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/disable-ntfs3.conf

ref: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/unable-to-automatically-mount-ntfs-external-harddrive-in-thunar/153481