[SOLVED] How to mount a NTFS partition

[singen]

I've just recently began working with linux (fedora) and Im trying to acces my ntfs drive so I can transfer my music over since I dont have access to an external drive. Here are my results from fdisk

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders, total 78165360 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe25aef18

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      526335      262144   83  Linux
/dev/sda2          526336    21497855    10485760   83  Linux
/dev/sda3        21497856    25692159     2097152   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4        25692160    78163967    26235904    5  Extended
/dev/sda5        25694208    78163967    26234880   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf9f0ebad

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1              63  1953523119   976761528+  42  SFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 37.0 GB, 37019566080 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4500 cylinders, total 72303840 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x91689168

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1            2048    72302591    36150272   83  Linux

The disk is /dev/sdb. When I try:

mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /media/test

I get:

NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sdb1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sdb1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.

Any help would be greatly appreciate.

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
You might want to try booting into Windows and running disk checker and or defrag. I think that is what caused that message

NTFS signature is missing.

OR!
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 63 1953523119 976761528+ 42 SFS

It's not an NTFS partition.

[singen]

Hello and Welcome.
You might want to try booting into Windows and running disk checker and or defrag. I think that is what caused that message


OR!
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

It's not an NTFS partition.

Thank you for your response. I created the partitions with the NTFS file system. Also I would boot into windows but I no longer have windows installed (replaced with fedora). I used my large drive solely for data storage. Basically there is a partition on there which Im trying to mount (not sure how to mount it since only one is showing with fdisk..the disk has a few partitions) so I can copy some files over and format it with a different file system.

[singen]

I just thought I would give a quick update on my situation. I found TestDisk and installed it and after going through I was able to write the partition structure so now I can succesfuly mount and read the partitions.

[MikeTbob]

Thanks for posting your solution, hopefully everything will be good.