The disk contains an unclean file system

Ubuntu : Status 14: The disk contains an unclean file system

By mkyong | July 23, 2014 | Viewed : 10,649 times +47 pv/w

Dual boot Windows and Ubuntu, but Ubuntu is unable to access the Windows partition /dev/sdb3, shows the following error message :

Error mounting /dev/sdb3 ... status 14: The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0). Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount. Failed to mount '/dev/sdb3': Operation not permitted The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option.

Solution

Not sure what is the root cause, may be Windows didn’t shutdown properly. To fix it, use ntfsfix to check and repair the NTFS disk.

$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb3 Mounting volume... The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0). Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount. FAILED Attempting to correct errors... Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr... Reading $MFT... OK Reading $MFTMirr... OK Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. Setting required flags on partition... OK Going to empty the journal ($LogFile)... OK Checking the alternate boot sector... OK NTFS volume version is 3.1. NTFS partition /dev/sdb3 was processed successfully.