I'm using Kubuntu 24.04. I have had zero problems mounting the NTFS partition on my external HDD before.
But now I get this error message in the Dolphin file manager when I try to mount, it shows "An error occurred while accessing 'Seagate Backup Plus Drive'", with logs:
The requested operation has failed:
Error mounting /dev/sda2 at /media/crowgirl/Seagate Backup Plus Drive:
wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2, missing codepage or helper program, or other error"
Your help would be greatly appreciated. My PC through Kubuntu can see the drive and see its partitions. But I can't mount!
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NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/b2/48
loop1 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/bare/5
loop2 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/core/17200
loop3 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/core18/2846
loop4 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/core20/2434
loop5 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/core22/1564
loop6 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/core22/1722
loop7 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/core24/609
loop8 0 100% /snap/desmume-emulator/26
loop9 0 100% /snap/dolphin-emulator/118
loop10 0 100% /snap/fafarunner/25
loop11 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/element-desktop/121
loop12 0 100% /snap/fafarunner/22
loop13 0 100% /snap/ffmpeg-2204/126
loop14 0 100% /snap/gnome-46-2404/77
loop15 0 100% /snap/firefox/5600
loop16 0 100% /snap/firmware-updater/127
loop17 0 100% /snap/firmware-updater/147
loop18 0 100% /snap/gaming-graphics-core22/184
loop19 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/198
loop20 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/143
loop21 0 100% /snap/gnome-42-2204/176
loop23 0 100% /snap/gtk2-common-themes/13
loop24 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop25 0 100% /snap/kf5-5-113-qt-5-15-11-core22/1
loop26 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/kf5-core22/3
loop27 0 100% /snap/krita/104
loop28 0 100% /snap/krita/108
loop29 0 100% /snap/mesa-2404/143
loop30 0 100% /snap/mgba/704
loop31 0 100% /snap/nightmayr-kf5-qt-5-15-2-core20/30
loop32 0 100% /snap/ppsspp-emu/11
loop33 0 100% /snap/rpcs3-emu/851
loop34 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/sameboy/2128
loop35 0 100% /snap/snapd/23258
loop36 0 100% /snap/snapd/23545
loop37 0 100% /snap/steam/206
loop38 0 100% /snap/thunderbird/507
loop39 0 100% /snap/thunderbird/609
loop40 0 100% /snap/vice-jz/84
loop41 0 100% /snap/element-desktop/123
loop42 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/gnome-46-2404/66
loop43 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/core24/716
loop44 squash 4.0 0 100% /snap/firefox/5647
sda
├─sda1
└─sda2 ntfs Seagate Backup Plus Drive C2B2254FB22548ED
nvme1n1
├─nvme1n1p1
│ vfat FAT32 27A3-8869 291.7M 3% /boot/efi
└─nvme1n1p2
ext4 1.0 kubuntu_2404 122feed1-9e25-42c0-bb0d-0242afffecbc 618.2G 29% /
nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1
│ vfat FAT32 SYSTEM 507D-4FE8
├─nvme0n1p2
│
├─nvme0n1p3
│ ntfs OS 2AE27EF9E27EC919
├─nvme0n1p4
│ ntfs RECOVERY C6745C56745C4B77
└─nvme0n1p5
vfat FAT32 MYASUS 2E13-6C39