ovh NTFS signature is missing. need help

Nickman

I'm using kimsufi server, and installed a windows system, but have some problem with the 3899 port now, so I turned it to rescue mode. and want to mount the disk, but it shows as below, anyone have same experience? and could u share the solution ? thanks

`root@rescue:~# mount.ntfs-3g /dev/sda /mnt
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/sda': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sda' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
root@rescue:~# gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10

root@rescue:~# mkntfs /dev/sda
/dev/sda is entire device, not just one partition.
Refusing to make a filesystem here!

root@rescue:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/ram0: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram1: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram2: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram3: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram4: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram5: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram6: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/ram7: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x996b79ec

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 41940991 41734144 19.9G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT`

Cartman

Shhh /dev/sda /dev/sda is entire device, not just one partition.

Partitions are sda1, sda2 and etc. Run "fdisk -l" and locate the drive. Check the list of partitions there to locate the exact partition path of your Windows NTFS OS partition.

WSS

As you've been told, you're trying to mount the whole drive. It doesn't work that way.
You have /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 which both claim to be NTFS. /dev/sda1 is bootable, so that's likely it.

newkind

@Cartman said:
Shhh /dev/sda /dev/sda is entire device, not just one partition.

Partitions are sda1, sda2 and etc. Run "fdisk -l" and locate the drive. Check the list of partitions there to locate the exact partition path of your Windows NTFS OS partition.
@WSS said:
As you've been told, you're trying to mount the whole drive. It doesn't work that way.
You have /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 which both claim to be NTFS. /dev/sda1 is bootable, so that's likely it.

it shows like this
root@rescue:~# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/ The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0). The file system wasn't safely closed on Windows. Fixing.

WSS

You need to fsck /dev/sda1 and specify the filesystem. If you can't do that, well.. you really are over your head because lord knows what else you did, but it may be broken.

Hxxx

Some people can't google or even spare a few minutes to analyze the problem. To be honest he got lucky you guys did the work for him.

WSS

Much unlike @painfreepc who is an outright troll that needs a red avatar? Sometimes we're nice. Sometimes we smell bullshit.

newkind

@Hxxx said:
Some people can't google or even spare a few minutes to analyze the problem. To be honest he got lucky you guys did the work for him.

to be frankly, I googled about two days, lot's of same problems find on google, but no solution or fake solution found on google, why not google "NTFS signature is missing" before u comment me like this.

newkind

@WSS said:
You need to fsck /dev/sda1 and specify the filesystem. If you can't do that, well.. you really are over your head because lord knows what else you did, but it may be broken.

the disk there is no error