Re: Can't mount my NTFS disk.
I have got a 1 TB external hard drive with NTFS-format, and one with 500 MB
I loaded the following ones, and tryed both in relation to macfuse to be able writing an reading the hard drives with my Mac:
--> tuxerantfs_2010-1.dmg
--> ntfs-3g-2010.1.16-macosx.dmg
What happened was, that my Mac was unable to mount the external hard drive and showed those error messages i loaded up.
I did as I was told in the messages and plugged in the disk at my windows-PC and tried a 'chkdsk'.
The result was, that my Mac again mounted the hard drive and I was able to read files.
Right.. there were some minor inconsistencies on the drive. NTFS-3G and Tuxera NTFS for Mac are both very careful about not doing anything that could possibly endanger your data. That is why it requires you to repair your on-disk structures if they seem inconsistent before using your drive with our software.
Idecidet to uninstall tuxerantfs and ntfs-3g but it didnt work.
How did you attempt the uninstall, and what were the error messages when uninstalling?
I tryed to uninstall them via the Systemmanager and the Terminal too and it seemed as if it worked.. BUT it didnt!
What commands did you use for uninstalling, and what error messages did they result in?
I still got errormessages with my secon hard drive which I didnt plugged in to my windows-PC to make a chkdsk - although I uninstalled the programm - macfuse too by the way.
After about 4 hours of big fun I thought to myself: 'Okay, fat32 will handle it!' and Itried to.
The texurantfs kind of 'killed' several functions of the mac Disk-Utility-tool.
There wasnt any longer the format 'fat32' which was there before I installedtexurantfs and ntfs-3g.
NTFS-3G / Tuxera NTFS for Mac certainly does not touch any files related to other filesystem types, so that sounds virtually impossible. Could you give me a list of which file systems you can choose from now?
This function and others got los.
What other functions were that?
In adition there were other new formats to choose like 'Windows NT Data System (NTFS-3G)' and 'Windows NT Data System (TUxera NTFS)'
This is normal, and those are hooks to the formatting utilities installed by NTFS-3G and Tuxera NTFS for Mac, respectively.
How can I delete ntfs-3g and TuxeraNTFS completly from my Mac
AND
what do I have to do for repairing my Disk.Utility-Tool?
As soon as NTFS-3G and Tuxera NTFS for Mac is gone from the system, Disk Utility should be back to normal.
Normally, you uninstall the software from the respective preference panes (System preferences->NTFS-3G and System Preferences->Tuxera NTFS). There's an uninstall button in those that should work.
If that doesn't work for some reason, you can manually clean out the files installed by NTFS-3G by following the instructions in the following thread: http://tuxera.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1271
For Tuxera NTFS for Mac, open up the Terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal) and paste the following command:
sudo rm -rf '/Library/PreferencePanes/Tuxera NTFS.prefPane' /System/Library/Filesystems/fusefs_txantfs.fs /Library/Receipts/TuxeraNTFS.pkg /var/db/receipts/com.tuxera.pkg.Tuxera_NTFS.* /sbin/mount_fusefs_txantfs /sbin/newfs_fusefs_txantfs
I hope this helps.
Sorry for the late reply. We've been busy lately. I hope you understand.
Regards,
- Erik
