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.

  • 0x4E4FEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

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

    • Jorgelino@lemmy.ml
      OP
      5·
      11 months 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 linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        5·
        11 months 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)

        • 0x4E4FEnglish
          21·
          11 months 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 linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
            3·
            11 months 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