Comment 5 for bug 1729695

I thought of something that could be a change on the system. I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows. The target disk for backups is formatted as NTFS, and Windows 10 mounts it when it boots. I just checked the Windows logs, and the second to last time I booted Windows was just before the backup started failing. Then, the last time I booted Windows was just before the backup started working again.

Ohh, here is a thing. In Windows 10, under Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > System Settings > Shutdown settings, Fast Startup is enabled. This option must be disabled for Ubuntu to be able to reliably use the NTFS hard drives.

I did have Fast Startup disabled. I'm guessing that the Fall Creators Update re-enabled it. Windows likes to do things like that. Stupid Windows.

Ok, I've turned off Fast Startup again. I think we can call this bug resolved, but I don't know what I should change the status to.