I recently partitioned my drive to dual-boot Windows 10 and Kubuntu, with my partitions set up as Windows, Kubuntu, D, and E. However, today when I attempted to access my default data partition (D) from Dolphin, I encountered an error message that reads: "An error occurred while accessing 'Data 1', the system responded: The requested operation has failed: Error mounting /dev/sda5 at /media/User/Data 1: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda5, missing codepage or helper program, or other error." It's strange because the E partition works fine and both partitions operate correctly when accessed through Windows. What could be causing this issue?
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It sounds like your D partition is NTFS, and Windows might not have properly unmounted it during the last session. This is common if you have the fast startup feature enabled in Windows. This setting can cause issues when switching between the two OSes. You might want to check out some guides on how to disable fast startup. That could resolve the mounting issue.
Should I go ahead and turn it off? Are there any downsides to doing that?