How To Mount NTFS Volumes Manually

HOW TO MOUNT AN NTFS PARTITION MANUALLY IF IT DOESN’T MOUNT AUTOMATICALLY

1) Make sure you’re using the latest Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon Software.

2) Connect the drive containing the NTFS partition, and make sure the partition is not mounted. You can open Disk Utility, select the required partition on the left, and click “Unmount” on the menu bar above.

3) Open the Terminal utility  (Application -> Utilities -> Terminal) and perform the following command to create a mountpoint:

sudo mkdir /Volumes/ntfs

Please note that if you need to mount several NTFS volumes simultaneously, you’ll need to create the corresponding number of mountpoints.

(for instance

sudo mkdir /Volumes/ntfs

sudo mkdir /Volumes/ntfs1

sudo mkdir /Volumes/Bootcamp

etc)

A new mounpoint must be created after each system restart.

4) Run the following command:

diskutil list

and note the NTFS partition’s (listed as Windows_NTFS/Miscrosoft Basic Data) Identifier or use Disk Utility for the same purpose:

1. Choose the volume and go to “Info”, or use the hotkey combination cmd+I. You will find this information there:

Disk Identifier : diskXsY

where X and Y are natural numbers. We will need them later.

5) Run the following command to mount it:

sudo /Library/Filesystems/ufsd_NTFS.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_ufsd_NTFS /dev/diskXsY /Volumes/ntfs

where diskXsY – the NTFS partition’s identifier from the previous step

/Volumes/ntfs – the mountpoint from Step 3

(for instance)
sudo /Library/Filesystems/ufsd_NTFS.fs/Contents/Resources/mount_ufsd_NTFS /dev/disk0s3 /Volumes/ntfs

Please be sure to:

• copy and paste the commands correctly in order to retain all the spaces and syntax;
• use the volume’s (partition) identifier (such as diskXsY), not the disk’s (such as diskX), in the mount command

If the mount issues persist:

Please contact Paragon Software support Team.

Be sure to save screenshots of the Terminal commands’ output as well as attach new verbose logs:
https://kb.paragon-software.com/article/8138

and attach those to your request.

General, HowTos: Mac OS X, Know how: Mac OS X, NTFS for Mac OS X
Tags: bootcamp, howto, mac, manual, mount, ntfs

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