[HLUG] mounting an external HD

[graham]

I don't have a useful Windows system (I tried an old laptop with 2000me) 
so I'm stuck with the force option as in my original  question.  Is 
there a real risk?

thanks

Graham

Paul Stenning wrote:
> Hi Graham,
>
> If you have ready access to the Windows system the best thing to do 
> would be to run chkdsk with the /F option on the drive from there.  It 
> may be that Windows has marked the disk as potentially containing errors 
> and Linus is picking up on that.
>
> Best regards,
> Paul Stenning
>
> graham wrote:
>   
>> Hi all
>> I put a backup of my Linux system on the same HD as a backup of a widows 
>> system. Now trying to see the contents with my Linux OS seems to be 
>> impossible. I get this message:
>>
>> LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 0) Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': 
>> Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use.
>> If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for your 
>> own responsibility eg type on the command line
>> mount -t ntfs-3g/dev/sdb1/media/New Volume -0 force
>> or add the option to the relevant line in the /etc/fstab file:
>> /dev/sdb1/media/New Volume ntfs-3g force 0 0
>>
>> Questions:
>> What risk is attached to using the force option for mounting the HD?
>> If I do mount it will I then be able to look at both backups?
>>
>> thanks
>> Graham
>>
>>
>>