I have two drives, an ssd with windows and ubuntu installed in dual boot, and an hdd with some personal files.

I used to be able to access my hdd from both OSs just fine, but now all of a sudden i can’t mount my it on ubuntu.

I can open the hdd just fine while on windows but on ubuntu i get the following error:

Unable fo access location: Error mounting /dev/sda2 at /media/MyName/MyDrive: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2, missing codepage or helper program, or other error

Real helpful error message i gotta say, “It could be either of these 5 things, or something else, idk”, lol.

Anyway, what can i do about this? I’d like to be able to access my hdd from ubuntu again.

  • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Try Shift + Shutdown in Windows, then boot in Linux, see if the problem is solved.

    • Jorgelino@lemmy.mlOP
      5·
      1 year ago

      That worked! Thanks.

      But like, i’m pretty sure i turned off fast boot, not sure why windows was still doing this hybrid shutdown bs.

      • Possibly linuxEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Because Windows. Maybe try using winbtrfs? Its alpha quality but it seems to work for some people. (You will need to format the drive as btrfs)

        • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          You could actually install Windows on btrfs with that driver 🤨? Never tried it… but would be willing to try, since I’m sick and tired of Windows store corruption 😒.

          • Possibly linuxEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            I have a feeling it would be very unstable and prone to corruption. However you could try it in a VM just for funzies