Ubuntu 20.04 Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/

Question

Environment

Ubuntu 20.04

Problem

Ubuntu is not able to access USB drive.

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Facts

My USB drive works perfectly on Windows.
My USB drive used to work perfectly on Ubuntu 18.04

History

Last week, I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 19.10 >> USB failed to mount successfully after upgrade.
Today, I upgraded from Ubuntu 19.10 to Ubuntu 20.04 >> It is still failing.

Questions

How can I fix my lost usb functionality? Ubuntu can see the disk but I am not able to access it.

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score 30 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 14 '23 at 20:15

30

This solved my issue:

sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb4

edited Oct 14 '23 at 20:15

sotirov

4,379

answered Oct 14 '23 at 18:52

Sachin Rane

401

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '20 at 17:05

9

From @DanielMassey
Try a sudo apt install --reinstall ntfs-3g, which will reinstall the Ubuntu NTFS driver.

answered May 07 '20 at 17:05

jet2016

303

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 19 '22 at 10:37

My USB drive works perfectly on Windows. My USB drive used to work perfectly on Ubuntu 18.04

The same here. For me the solution was:

Go into Windows. (In my case, a Windows 11)
Open a command prompt as administrator.
Run the next command: chkdsk e: /f ("e" is the letter of my disk)
Restart twice the Windows with the external drive connected.
After that my Ubuntu 20.04LTS recognize it.

Before this I had exactly the same error. For more info about CHKDSK tool take a look to the next article: https://computing.which.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/115005587645-How-to-use-CHKDSK-Check-Disk-to-repair-a-hard-drive