Can't mount windows HDD under Linux to recover DATA ..

[Spud1200]

Hey ..

I've been given a full Windows installation HDD with the full infrastructure on it & I can't mount the NTFS Partition under Linux.

The drive it self won't boot directly & using all other options such as safe mode isn't working.

I've got two days to try & get the Data off the disk or the guy who gave me it won't be a happy chap.

It's even got a recovery partition on the disk but the full disk seems some how to be crippled.

Nothing is booting & the disk isn't mounting under "disks" in Linux.

I desperately need the Data being documents from it.

Is anyone able to help.

Thanks.

 

[iFargle]

Command line
run "lsblk" and paste the results
Also run "blkid" and paste the results -- Look for one that says TYPE="ntfs"

 

[Spud1200]

I've ran the commands you have given me and this is what I get back.

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sdb 8:16 0 74.5G 0 disk
├─sdb2 8:18 0 10G 0 part
└─sdb1 8:17 0 64.5G 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 232.4G 0 part
│ └─sda5_crypt 253:0 0 232.4G 0 crypt
│ ├─mint--vg-root 253:1 0 229.4G 0 lvm /
│ └─mint--vg-swap_1 253:2 0 3G 0 lvm
│ └─cryptswap1 253:3 0 3G 0 crypt [SWAP]
└─sda1 8:1 0 487M 0 part /boot

/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt: UUID="sjOBvC-9M8A-4usu-761n-NMve-sZuC-EU0YGo" TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/mapper/mint--vg-root: UUID="a194d6e1-8dbd-4bb7-8267-a72bf6db9cd4" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda1: UUID="c577cf87-9c25-4f0e-b20c-1e6362e2d8ad" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="b3163d43-01"
/dev/sda5: UUID="7fee5df3-cb84-415f-9504-df8e414d4865" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID="b3163d43-05"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="Linux" UUID="58C7D01204B411B9" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="d42ad42a-01"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="HP_RECOVERY" UUID="097C20E61E6F409B" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="d42ad42a-02"
/dev/mapper/mint--vg-swap_1: UUID="cbc06b78-617d-4fc5-b382-28cfecdecdb7" TYPE="swap"

The system partition approx 70GiB under NTFS is not mounting.

 

[iFargle]

What's the output of:
mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /mnt/
?

 

[Spud1200]

The output is as follows ..

I've ran the command you have given as sudo.

ntfs_attr_pread_i: ntfs_pread failed: Input/output error
Failed to read NTFS $Bitmap: Input/output error
NTFS is either inconsistent, or there is a hardware fault, or it's a
SoftRAID/FakeRAID hardware. In the first case run chkdsk /f on Windows
then reboot into Windows twice. The usage of the /f parameter is very
important! If the device is a SoftRAID/FakeRAID then first activate
it and mount a different device under the /dev/mapper/ directory, (e.g.
/dev/mapper/nvidia_eahaabcc1). Please see the 'dmraid' documentation
for more details.

iFargle I really need this done to day if I can . Thanks for your help..

 

[iFargle]

Do either of these commands:
fsck.ntfs
fsck.ntfs-3g
or
ntfsfix
exist on your machine?

 

[Spud1200]

Do either of these commands:
fsck.ntfs
fsck.ntfs-3g
or
ntfsfix
exist on your machine?

I've ran ntfsfix the other two commands do not exist.

this is the out put.

ERROR: You must specify a device.
ntfsfix v2015.3.14AR.1 (libntfs-3g)

Usage: ntfsfix [options] device
Attempt to fix an NTFS partition.

-b, --clear-bad-sectors Clear the bad sector list
-d, --clear-dirty Clear the volume dirty flag
-h, --help Display this help
-n, --no-action Do not write anything
-V, --version Display version information

For example: ntfsfix /dev/hda6

Developers' email address: ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net
News, support and information: http://tuxera.com

I've specified the device sdb1 and this is the out put.

ntfsfix /dev/sdb1
Mounting volume... Error opening '/dev/sdb1': Permission denied
FAILED
Attempting to correct errors... Error opening '/dev/sdb1': Permission denied
FAILED
Failed to startup volume: Permission denied
Error opening '/dev/sdb1': Permission denied
Volume is corrupt. You should run chkdsk.

I've ran.

chkdsk /dev/sdb1
chkdsk: command not found

chkdsk command not found.

 

[iFargle]

Did you run ntfsfix as sudo / root?

 

[Spud1200]

Did you run ntfsfix as sudo / root?

I've ran it as sudo.

How do I run it as root.

Would this help.

Can you specify the full command ..

 

[iFargle]

sudo / root are no different (for most intents and purposes)

Paste the output of
sudo ntfsfix -bn /dev/sdb1