If you got an error message when you do pmount NTFS via command-line or file manager
$ pmount /dev/sda1
$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 1) Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action: Choice 1: If you have Windows then disconnect the external devices by clicking on the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows taskbar then shutdown Windows cleanly. Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility. For example type on the command line: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 -o force Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file: /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g force 0 0 $LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 1) Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action: Choice 1: If you have Windows then disconnect the external devices by clicking on the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows taskbar then shutdown Windows cleanly. Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility. For example type on the command line: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 -o force Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file: /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g force 0 0
and similar error message occured when you mount even with root priviledge
$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /media/drive0/
$LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 1) Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action: Choice 1: If you have Windows then disconnect the external devices by clicking on the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows taskbar then shutdown Windows cleanly. Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility. For example type on the command line: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/cdrom0/ -o force Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file: /dev/sda1 /media/cdrom0/ ntfs-3g force 0 0
$ ntfsfix /dev/sda1
Mounting volume... FAILED Attempting to correct errors... Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr... Reading $MFT... OK Reading $MFTMirr... OK Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. Setting required flags on partition... OK Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK NTFS volume version is 3.1. NTFS partition /dev/sda1 was processed successfully.