[SOLVED] How to mount a NTFS partition

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

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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:

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

I get:

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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.

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

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NTFS signature is missing.

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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

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/dev/sdb1 63 1953523119 976761528+ 42 SFS

It's not an NTFS partition.

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Originally Posted by 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

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.

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.

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