Windows Drives Won't Mount
I have my drive partitioned with Vista on one an another free partition to store things on, and I can't get them to mount, even through disk utility. Any help? I've also tried ntfs-3g
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- @SportsGuy Published 2010-01-20
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I have my drive partitioned with Vista on one an another free partition to store things on, and I can't get them to mount, even through disk utility.
Any help? I've also tried ntfs-3g
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dmesg gets this:
Unable to obtain kernel buffer: Operation not permitted usage: sudo dmesg
They are NTFS partions on my SATA drive. They used to be mounted with leopard...
okay i'm sorry, but i uninstalled some dumb demo ntfs-3g. it finally works... my apologies
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- What types of disks are you using? Are your OS X boot disk and the problem disk of the same type (SATA, PATA, USB, etc.?)
- What does the partition table on the problem disk look like? Typing "sudo fdisk /dev/disk1" in a Terminal will show this information, although the disk number might vary.
- Do you see device files for the partitions in question? They should be called /dev/disk1s#, where # is a number that I can't predict with certainty, although it's probably 2, 3, or 5. The "1" in "disk1" might also be a different number.
Does "dmesg" on Terminal show any errors happening when OS X attempts to mount your NTFS volumes?
• What types of disks are you using? Are your OS X boot disk and the problem disk of the same type (SATA, PATA, USB, etc.?) • What does the partition table on the problem disk look like? Typing "sudo fdisk /dev/disk1" in a Terminal will show this information, although the disk number might vary. • Do you see device files for the…
he asked you a few questions..
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| @SportsGuy | Primary Author | 4 | 2010-01-20 → 2010-01-23 |
| @Imkantus | Contributor | 2 | 2010-01-21 → 2010-01-22 |
| @srs5694 | Contributor | 1 | 2010-01-21 |
| @spalek83 | Contributor | 1 | 2010-01-22 |
| @s2n117 | Contributor | 1 | 2010-01-22 |