Re: NTFS partitions can't be mounted

[Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 11/25/20 2:54 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2020-11-25 at 12:31, Linux-Fan wrote:
>
> > Kanito 73 writes:
> >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > Al the previous issues I published are now solved. Relative to the
> > > RTL8821CE, I searched for a module rtl8821ce.ko but the generated
> > > module was just 8821ce.ko so when I loaded the only RTL*
> > > (rtl8821ae.ko) the right 8821ce.ko was already loaded and I thought
> > > it was the rtl8821ae activating my wifi. [SOLVED]
> > >
> > > Now I have another BIG problem.  I installed both Windows10
> > > (version OCTOBER 2020) and Debian 10.0.6 in dual boot and left a
> > > large NTFS partition for data on the primary disk (HDD) and the
> > > whole secondary disk (SDD) also as a unique NTFS partition.
> > > Well, I installed Windows, then Installed Linux and tested the NTFS
> > >   partitions from Linux (Debian) mounting and copying some files
> > > successfully.
> > [...]
> >
> > > So I think that Windows 10 locks the partitions or something weird
> > > is going on.
> > The Wanderer's post contains a more elaborate explanation of the
> > immediate issue you are most likely facing: Windows going into
> > suspend-to-disk rather than actual shutdown.
> >
> > A  possibility to bypass the fastboot/rapid startup technology is to
> > use suitable arguments to the Windows `shutdown` command.
> Yeah, I thought of that after hitting Send. The syntax for "shut down
> now" should be 'shutdown /s /t 0'.
>
> > It used to be possible to bypass it by doing a right-click on the
> > Windows logo in the lower left and then choose "Shutdown" from that
> > menu but I am not sure if this still works.
> No, to the best of my awareness it does not. If it *does*, I'd be quite
> interested to learn that.
Microsoft changes the system required to kill the fast-boot every so often,
almost surely to make it difficult for users of Linux to access Windows from
the Linux system. The routine as I last used it, a couple of months ago,
requires that you become Administrator in the Windows system, which
is not really very straightforward, but is doable. Then you access the
terminal and type in a word or two, and return. It's on the web--Firefox
is your friend.
--doug