Solution "cannot mount volume" for ntfs Partition in Ubuntu


For users who use a dual OS ubuntu and windows, often in ubuntu when you mount the volume will appear error message "can not mount volume" well then we are confused, why and how to resolve the issue.

the problem is usually due at the time drew no removeable disk using remove safety in the windows, and to overcome these problems we follow these steps:
One way is to manually force mount, another option is to use a tool called ntfsfix where you can use to make pengesetan on the NTFS log file as unused. To overcome this, the following tips and tricks:
Install application ntfsprogs by type :

$ sudo su
$ apt-get install ntfsprogs

Determine the NTFS partition to be cleaned his log to be mounted by typing the following command on terminal :

$  fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0×44fdfe06

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 257 2064321 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 258 19457 154224000 83 Linux

Then to find out where the NTFS partition it, go to terminal type the following command: (example on the partition / dev/sdc1) 

$ ntfsfix /dev/sdc1

After log NTFS cleaned, you can mounting volume by clicking 2 times on the drive that will be mounted

Happy Testing...!!

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