NTFS/GPT Mount exited with Exit Code 13
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This is the thing that worked:
- I first needed to get
ntfs-3g
(sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g
) - Run
sudo fdisk -l
to figure out where the mount point is. Mine was/dev/sdb1
- I ran
ntfsfix -b /dev/sdb1
and that fixed the problem.
Author by
dearN
Updated on June 18, 2022Comments
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dearN almost 2 years
This is a duplicated post since I didn't get any help on askubuntu.com.
I have a 1TB external hard drive that I recently formatted to NTFS. It was mounting on my Ubuntu 11.10 fine until just now. I didn't make any changes to affect my OS or my exhdd.
The error that I get is:
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 13: $MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 0). Failed to mount '/dev/sdb2': Input/output error NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g. /dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation for more details.
I did read this and this. But neither helped.
I tried installing
ntfsfix
but no such package exists anymore. I have never used this HDD on a windows machine. If I need to use an other machine to do stuff to fix this, I have access to a mac.Any advice?
This is my sudo fdisk -l output: What in the world is GPT? I didn't do that. It used to be NTFS.
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000586fb Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2148 961320312 480659082+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 961320313 976773167 7726427+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 961320314 976773167 7726427 83 Linux WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xcfd88605 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 1953525167 976762583+ ee GPT
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Sridhar Sarnobat over 10 yearsntfsfix worked for me. The output said: " NTFS signature is missing. Trying the alternate boot sector The alternate bootsector is usable Rewriting the bootsector The boot sector has been rewritten"
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Purvik Rana over 7 yearsI tried to follow these steps and It says invalid option b while i was trying to do specified procedure. Help me out for this issue.
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Eric Sokolowsky about 6 yearsThis solution worked for me, but I did not use the -b flag. This flag will clear the list of bad sectors. If you suspect disk errors you should probably not use this flag.