Cannot remove hiberfile on NTFS partition

Solution 1:

I had same problem. Try:

ntfsfix /dev/sda5

remove_hiberfile option no longer works. ntfs-3g package policy is to use the new tool ntfsfix.

However, this tool didn't work for me either. So I plugged the hard disk in a Windows machine, turned off "Fast Startup" in power button options from within Windows, then shutdown and replaced back the HDD in my Ubuntu machine.

I found about it here: Using Ubuntu To Delete hiberfil.sys From Unbootable Win 8.1

Solution 2:

Moving the -o to the end worked for me:

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /mnt/win -o remove_hiberfile 

(Ubuntu 16.04 live cd and a vanilla windows 7)