Fix NTFS disk on Linux

fix stupid ntfs disk on linux

Auto mount partition & Auto fix permission denied

Auto mount partition

Create folder to mount your disks in there

Example: mkdir /media/folderA

Edit file fstab sudo gedit /etc/fstab

Add partitions which you want to the last line

Example: /dev/sda1 /media/folderA ntfs-3g defaults, uid=1000 0 0 in there:

• /dev/sda1 is partition you want mount
• /media/folderA is folder you want to contain this partition (folder you created above)
• ntfs-3g is type of partition
• uid=1000 be like the recycle bin, if without this file will cant restore when it deleted

Auto fix permission denied

You will need it if you use Windows parallel Linux. When you restart to Linux form Windows you can encounter this case and its quite annoying.

If you dont want auto fix it you just do:

• unmount folder have permission denie
• run command sudo ntfsfix <path of partition need fix>
• sudo mount -a

If you want auto it:

Create sh file

sudo nano /usr/local/bin/fix-ntfs-disk.sh

write it:

#!/bin/bash

printf "Start\n" >> /home/fix-ntfs-disk-log.txt
date >> /home/fix-ntfs-disk-log.txt
umount /dev/your-partition |& tee -a /home/fix-ntfs-disk-log.txt
ntfsfix /dev/your-partition |& tee -a /home/fix-ntfs-disk-log.txt
printf "End\n_____________\n\n" >> /home/fix-ntfs-disk-log.txt

Create service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/fix-ntfs-disk.service and write it:

[Unit]
After=network.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/fix-ntfs-disk.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Set appropriate permissions for both, the Systemd service unit and script:

sudo chmod 744 /usr/local/bin/fix-ntfs-disk.sh sudo chmod 664 /etc/systemd/system/fix-ntfs-disk.sh Next enable the service unit:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable fix-ntfs-disk.service

Now you are ready to reboot your system. Once the system boots you should see the following file containing the log in your /home directory:

sudo ls /home/fix-ntfs-disk-log.txt

If its success you can see something like: