While mounting a volume of Windows on Ubuntu in a dual boot people soemtimes get the following error :Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. $LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 1) Failed to mount ‘/dev/sda3/’ .
For solving this problem always run Windows’ scandisk/chkdsk on that volume to check for errors. In XP, open Windows Explorer, right-click on the volume, click Properties, go to Tools, then Check For Errors. Also, be sure to shutdown Windows properly, or if it’s an external hard drive, Safely Remove it.
Or you can also do this in your terminal if somehow you are facing a problem in accessing Windows to recover your files:
Open terminal and enter:
sudo mkdir /media/sda3
sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda3 /media/sda3 -o force
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