[Discuss] External NTFS hard drive sometimes says it needs to be formatted when connecting to Windows computer

[brendan]

On 14-09-18 06:22 PM, Murray Strome wrote:
> On 14-09-18 05:37 PM, brendan wrote:
>> double check that it has the correct partition type for ntfs, linux 
>> doesn't care but windows does.
>>
> It was originally formatted as NTFS by Windows and worked fine for a 
> long time on both LINUX and Windows (more than one computer). So, how 
> do I check that it has the correct partition type (other than sudo 
> fdisk -l or gnome-disk which both say it is NTFS)?

if windows originally formatted it and it was working before, it almost 
certainly has the correct partition type.

in the fdisk output, i believe ID 7 is the one for a normal NTFS volume.