Clayman Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Hey there, That's an annoying problem. I never had that before and I didn't change a thing on my system, so I dunno why that'd happen. The problem is this: I have 3 HDs: 1) Windows C NTFS: 30gigs -- Windows D NTFS: 170gigs 2) STORAGE (HFS+): 300gigs 3) Macintosh HD: 230gigs Now, since a few days, OSX just won't mount Windows D: anymore. I dunno why, it used to work on this installation, everything was fine, but it just won't mount the drive. In the DiskUtility, I see the 1st HD and the Windows C: partition, but the Windows D: is named disk0s5 and it says that the disk is not mounted. Now, I'm not that proficient with OSX - how the heck do I mount the drive? Glad for every help I can get, I tried to search the board here, but didn't find the answer to this issue. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris3g Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 this happens when the filesystem is corrupted and needs checking, boot into windows and run scandisk on the D drive, then boot back into os x. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-354694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Clayman, does it solved your problem ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-354719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayman Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 I just did a Scandisk and it found some bad clusters, but no, OSX still won't mount the NTFS Drive, which sucks. I used PerfectDisk to defragment D:, maybe it did something quite stupid. I'll check that later on, don't have the time right now. I'd be happy if you guy have any more tips, cause I really wouldn't know how to solve this problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-354792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris3g Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 bad clusters is a physical drive issue, not a filesystem problem. generally also means impending drive failure. what's the SMART status of the drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-354793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayman Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 But I don't have any problems in Windows - How do I check the SMART Status of the drive? OSX even detects the drive, it just doesn't mount it, so I don't think that physical damage is the problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-355203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris3g Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 no, bad clusters is most definitely a physical drive problem. Like i said earlier, it is a commonly seen issue that os x will not mount corrupted ntfs drives until they are repaired, so it is not at all surprising that the drive is detected and not mounted. you can check smart status in disk utility, click on the physical drive in the list and check it's properties. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-355223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayman Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 It says that the SMART Status is verified. So that's good, right? Now... why doesn't it mount? Is there no command line or some utility in OSX that lets me force to mount the NTFS Drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-355265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayman Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 No other ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-356154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anastassssss Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I have the same problem!!! Disks stopped mounting after using PerfectDisk!! Does anybody have any solution? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-390441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anastassssss Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 And I think that it's because Perfectdisk has moved MFT tables - Now I can partially mount this disk by mount_ntfs, but some folders look empty in mac os (actually they contain files). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-392055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekagan Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 As per Raxco: http://www.raxco.com/support/kb_detail.cfm...d=1&ver=8.0 <sigh> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/49590-asus-p5w-dh-ntfs-drive-wont-mount/#findComment-463127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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