Cannot mount Windows 8 partition disk on Ubuntu 12.10

Solution 1:

Windows 8 uses hybrid shutdown by default. It means that it will just close most applications and hibernate to start faster next time. And hibernated Windows partitions can't be mounted.

There are few solutions:

  • disable hybrid shutdown completely
  • shutdown Windows from command line (or simply by typing on the Start screen, or with a shortcut to this command): shutdown /s /t 0
  • reboot to Ubuntu - reboot is always using complete shutdown