windows files can't be read

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pegasis
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windows files can't be read

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I have a windows 10 HD and I have it in an external USB dock, but the files on it can't seem to be read

the drive gets mounted to /home and the files can't be read

getting mounted to home as a windows drive deems odd


how can I fix this so I can fix the mount and read the files?
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Re: windows files can't be read

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Can you paste back the results of sudo blkid and mount|grep ^/dev
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Re: windows files can't be read

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sudo blkid


/dev/sda1: LABEL="root" UUID="fa752849-db4d-4c8b-9e3d-33dcd654d93a" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="7548b09a-01"
/dev/sda2: UUID="675300a8-f4a2-4bb0-a535-1955fdee7014" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="7548b09a-02"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="data" UUID="1f100a74-dbfb-439d-8415-3e08930eea1e" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="7548b09a-03"

external HD:
/dev/sdb1: PARTUUID="8b07a010-d7e3-44fa-aaf8-048c7915e39c"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="Recovery" UUID="9E9EBF1E40B7BE1F" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="b70c1a11-b800-4f16-866f-a0deb5c626ba"
/dev/sdb3: UUID="22C0-E967" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="528ce01c-4ad2-4187-f5f0-64bab6c10ac1"
/dev/sdb4: LABEL="Home" UUID="7917C09A644EC34B" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="17e7a2a9-21c4-4479-5588-f8b4195f73da"

mount|grep ^/dev
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered)
/dev/sda3 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb4 on /media/tdv/Home type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096,uhelper=udisks2)
WharfRat

Re: windows files can't be read

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Try this:

sudo umount /dev/sdb4 then sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=002,fmask=111 /dev/sdb4 /mnt

Check for your file in /mnt
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