Fixing NTFS hard drive that refuses to mount

This could be that is is not automounting coz of an error to do with bad sectors etc.

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$ yes | sudo pacman -S ntfs-3g

Then

$ sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdX

where /dev/sdX is the Hard Drive e.g /dev/sdd1

Checking the type of your mounted partitions or devices

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$ sudo blkid /dev/sdd

Where /dev/sdd1 is your

Check your mounted partitions/devices

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$ cat /proc/mounts

or

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$ cat /etc/fstab

mount device(hard drive) using terminal

$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdd1 /mnt

unmount device from using terminal

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$ sudo umount /dev/sdd1