Many thanks, will try 14.04 first<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Martinx - $B%8%'!<%`%:(B <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com" target="_blank">thiagocmartinsc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Windows 8 uses NTFS ?<br></div>
<div>Try to install on your Ubuntu, the software called "gparted", it is the best one to manage harddisks on Linux!</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">"sudo apt-get install gparted"</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">"sudo gparted" on a Terminal, examine your disks</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Then, you can mount it with (probably): "ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/windows", where /dev/sdb1 is the disk/partition of your Windows that you'll need to figure out using gparted (I tink that each step above can be read-only).</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">BTW, go for Ubuntu 14.04 already! It is by far much better than 13.10! ;-)</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Cheers!</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 27 March 2014 19:07, Herman Christiani <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:herman.christiani@gmail.com" target="_blank">herman.christiani@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks for replying, hdd is inside computer and connected.
<div>Do I have to remove it and reconnect?</div>
<div>Or is there a command line to force the OS to mount this drive?</div>
<div>Thanks, Herman</div></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Tom Rausner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom@rausner.dk" target="_blank">tom@rausner.dk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p>Connect the HDD to the computer using a hard disk docking station. Should be accessable like any extern drive.</p>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi, gave up on windows 8.1 a few days ago and installed ubuntu 13.10 64 bit.
<div>Very impressed and not willing to go back to windows.</div>
<div>Problem: can't access a backup HDD disk, ubuntu refuses to mount because windows did not properly shut down, are there ways to force mount? if so how?</div>
<div>Thanks in advance for any pointers, Herman</div></div><br></div></div><span><font color="#888888">--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>
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