NTFS not seen in Kubuntu 24

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2025-01-05 at 22:15 +0000, Stephen Constantinou wrote:
>       lsmod | grep ntfs
> This command did not output anything

You should get an output when running

  modinfo ntfs3

if so, then you don't need to install ntfs-3g as suggested by Colin,
since this module is provided by the kernel.

To load the module run

  sudo modprobe ntfs3

then create a mount point by running

  sudo mkdir /mnt/ntfs

and finally mount the partition.

  sudo mount -t ntfs3 /dev/sdxY /mnt/ntfs

replace x and Y in sdxY with the correct values, it might be sdb1, you
can run gparted to see which drive it is.

I can't comment on "prealloc", "windows_names" etc., the Arch Wiki
provides some pointers: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NTFS

I found a German Ubuntu related Wiki, but didn't read it. It seems to
suggest using ntfs-3g,
https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Windows-Partitionen_einbinden/NTFS-3G/ and
points out a few pitfalls.

IIUC the NTFS partition should be used to share data and doesn't contain
a Windows install, if so, consider to use another Windows compatible
file system.

If possible I would use FAT, e.g. FAT32, but it has got limitations, so
the only alternative to NTFS might be exFAT and exFAT is similar
annoying as NTFS. However, if FAT32 should provide everything you need,
it's usage is easy, so go with FAT32.