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Barranka
Asked: 2020-12-22 09:16:28 +0800 CST 2020-12-22 09:16:28 +0800 CST

How to mount an NTFS hard drive on Linux (Debian)?

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I have an NTFS-formatted (external) hard drive, and I need to copy files from this drive to my computer, which is running Debian Linux. Usually, just plug in any USB drive and Debian automatically recognizes it; however, it does not seem to automatically recognize this NTFS drive.

How can I mount this disk in Linux?

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  1. Best Answer

    I found the solution here ; If someone has this problem, I put here the most relevant steps:

    First of all, you have to install two packages to be able to read NTFS drives: libfuse2and ntfs-3g. To install these packages, you have to type the following commands in the console (you need to use the user account root):

    apt-get install libfuse2
apt-get install ntfs-3g

    Once these packages are installed, it is possible to mount the NTFS volume in question. In a console (with the user root) you have to check where the disk is connected. The following command displays the connected NTFS partitions:

    fdisk -l | grep -i ntfs

    (The option -iis to ignore case when filtering the results of fdisk -l).

    The result, in my case, is this:

    /dev/sdb1              63  1953520064   976760001    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

    So in my case the external NTFS drive is connected in /dev/sdb1. Now, we need to create a mount point. To do this, you have to create a folder for this purpose. In my case, create a folder called windowsen /media:

    mkdir /media/windows

    And now, finally, to mount the disk:

    mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /media/windows

    The disk is now available to read its contents.

    Important: When you finish using the disk, you must unmount it before disconnecting it:

    umount /dev/sdb1

    Hope this information is helpful.

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