Problem: The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state error in Ubuntu I dual boot Ubuntu 14.04 with Windows. After upgrading to Windows 8, I often see an error “The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully” when I try to mount the NTFS partitions in Ubuntu. The full text of error is as following: Error mounting /dev/sda5 at /media/itsfoss/01BC76G7Z2628FB0: Command