NTFS drive does not mount under Lion.

I am having the same problem with mounting and been to delete the files to solve problem but i dont have the file?? any sugestions? i am a noob to mac.

I have a problem since installing the ntfs. the drive is no longer recognized (mac running under mountain lion). the disc is seen but will not mount. i don't see how the above works, how do you identify the proper usb port?

Similar prob here.

My 1TB WD HDD worked fine until I had the terrible idea of running Disk Utility to try and clear the trash of the HDD. From that moment on the unit is visible in Disk Utility but will not mount (neither in Lion nor in Vista).

NTFS-3G (just upgraded to moste recent version) gives me the following error msg:

"NTFS-3G could not mount /dev/disk1s1at /Volumes/Large External because the following problem occurred:

/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) link error;

check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).

the MacFUSE file system is not available (71)"

Can anyone here suggest any way to fix this problem?

Thx in advance.

If you can arrange for a Linux machine, then just enter the USB hard drive there, and it would recognize and work.

Or, if you can uninstall ntfs-3g from your Mac Box, and then the system would revert back to read-only access to the external NTFS drive.

🙂

Thank you Nmondal. I have no access to a linux box. May try and uninstall NTFS-3G to see if it gives me at least read-access again.

My impression is that something has been thrown out of whack in the HDD's file system - still hoping someone here may have a way to get the wretched thing back on the rails.....

i have no problem running NTFS upgraded version on my Mac, you need to ensure your external hard drive properties are shared.

I suggest uninstalling NTFS go to the web site and search for you purchase and download the upgraded version that is what I did no issues at all. Do not delete any files no need.

If you have a windows computer just plug your external hard drive into go to properties and ensure it is shared check all tabs, you should find two.

Then eject properly or your mac won't recognise it.

I have done this with all four of my hard drives all successful

Hope this helps you

have no problem running NTFS upgraded version on my Mac, you need to ensure your external hard drive properties are shared.

I suggest uninstalling NTFS go to the web site and search for you purchase and download the upgraded version that is what I did no issues at all. Do not delete any files no need.

If you have a windows computer just plug your external hard drive into go to properties and ensure it is shared check all tabs, you should find two.

Then eject properly or your mac won't recognise it.

I have done this with all four of my hard drives all successful

Hope this helps you

Thank you Bbungy. I actually paid to upgrade to the latest version of Paragon NTFS before posting this request, but it had no positiive affect. My impression is that the HD directory system has been seriously screwed up by Apple's Disk Utility and that there is no feasible way to step back again. The HD unit does not even mount on Vista any more.

I have also just found out, to my delight, that after paying to upgrade to Lion the card-reader on my MBP no longer recognises SDHC cards and that this problem has hit a number of other users.

it is starting to look to me as though Apple may have released a very flaky operating system upgrade with Lion, creating all kinds of trouble, annoyance and waste of time to users, and providing no apparent corrective .response.

My impression of Apple and my good-will towards the company is being driven ever more steeply downhill by the company itself. If things are as they seem, it is downright shameful in my opinion.

Of course, this brings me no nearer to any kind of useful solution.

Can you uninstall the NTFS-3G or paragon, and then reboot the system, and then see if the default NTFS read mount is happening? 😐 Please let us know how it worked out.

I agree with nmodal uninstall the NTFS reboot and take your mac back to a backup date it did work then plug your HDD back in this should give the read write, then go to properties ensure the HDD is shared in both tabs and then eject properly then reinstall the NTFS upgraded version which you bought this should work and fix your issues, it is worth a try.

Hi bbungy and nmondal

I took your advice and made a step in the right direction - thank you both :-)

Uninstalled NTFS-3G and re-booted - at this stage the HDD mounted the volume read-only. Ejected the disc and tried it on Vista: the PC sees the HDD but could not perform any operation on it at all - not even get the disc properties - Windows sees the disc as corrupted.

Went back to the MBP again and re-installed NTFS-3G. The HDD remains read-only. This is in any case a step forward as I could back it up and could now re-format the disc under MacOS.

Better still would be if I could get the write functionality working again too. Any idea how I might do that ?

Thanks again both.

Thank you nmondal - my reply below. 🙂

just deleting /System/Library/filesystems/ufsd.fs solved my problem

lynnlove,

I used your suggestion. it helped me a lot!! It is an easy fix.

Thanks a ton!!!

Hello

This solution helped me without problem, since I couldn't finish last step, immediately after that could not mount stopped. I have Lion 10.7.5 Macbook Pro 2011 and have NTFS Mac-fuse solution installed from early beginning. Don't stop be interested in know, there are solutions for Paragon and some other to. This looks quite dificult for me at first look but now I finally tried it and it takes about 10 minutes. Just don't be scare if you don't know terminal yet, then you'll be prompted to type password it looks like you can't type but you can. Just type and press enter.

Here's the link http://fernandoff.posterous.com/ntfs-write-support-on-osx-lion-with-ntfs-3g-f (sometimes it takes little bit longer to load)

Hope it helps

PS: Sorry, I don't have time to read everything, just found working solution so I decided to post it everywhere 🙂