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I have Windows and Ubuntu both installed in my laptop. Recently, during Windows installation when the computer took an update, the whole computer broke down. I had to fix the boot loader with Boot-Repair from a live Ubuntu USB. I have Ubuntu back, but after repair it is no longer possible to login into Windows. I checked my HDD with GParted, and it was showing errors in the Windows partition and also other NTFS partition. I am trying to fix the partition with the following commands but still having this error. 

rashed@rashed:~$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda2
Mounting volume... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully.
Checking file system overflow... FAILED
Error: Failed to fix the alternate boot sector

Is there a way to fixed the problem?

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If the NTFS drives are mounting as read-only, its probably because Ubuntu thinks their filesystems are unclean, probably due to hibernation, or a damaged file system. Do this...

in Windows...

  • boot into Windows
  • open the Power control panel
  • choose change what the power buttons do
  • choose change options that are unavailable
  • uncheck fast startup
  • close the Power control panel
  • open an administrative command prompt window
  • type powercfg /h off
  • type chkdsk /f c:
  • approve to run chkdsk at next reboot
  • type chkdsk /f x: (replacing "x" with drive letters of other visible NTFS partitions)
  • reboot into Windows to let chkdsk run on drive C:
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