Locked NTFS partition after I did the latest update

Akelun

Hi,

I tried to make the latest update for Solus today, and I got the same error others get with the linux-firmware (mentioned in the answer below: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/11393-solus-updates-for-week-8-2025). So, I canceled the update, and tried the solution Harvey suggested, and it worked. My Solus is considered as up to date.

BUT, since I canceled the update, I am now unable to mount the NTFS partition "DATA", where I save all my files I use on Solus, and sometimes on Windows 10. I get messages like this (sorry, it's in French, but the "avertissement (= warning)" of GParted is in English as well).

I tried to reinstall ntfs-3g, but it did nothing, even after a reboot.

Can someone help me, please?

Akelun

Alright, forget it. I remembered all of a sudden that I ALREADY encountered that problem, and fixed it by restarting on Windows and repairing the hard disk.
(Solution here: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/10728-hard-disk-refused-to-mount-any-more )

However... I'm a bit worried. It's the 2nd time that this happens to me with my "DATA" NTFS partition.
Should I do something to avoid that? Is that because it's a NTFS partition, not a EXT4 or BtRFS that this can happen?

Does anyone have an idea why such a thing can happen to my partition?

Harvey

Windows will lock a drive if fastboot is enabled or you use hibernate / suspend.

If you are not using Windows, you should avoid using NTFS for your storage.