I fixed the problem by mounting them by UUID in the fstab, you can view the ''UUID'' for your harddrives by entering: ''sudo blkid'' Make a back-up of your fstab file: sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig **Make sure you tripple check the >>, if you place one > you overwrite your fstab!** sudo blkid >> /etc/fstab If you still screwed up you can replace your fstab with the original: sudo cp /etc/fstab.orig /etc/fstab Next make a folder: sudo mkdir /media/mydrivename Configure the fstab: sudo vim /etc/fstab Don't forget to comment the output from the blkid with a '#' on the beginning of the lines! Add this to the fstab file, you can find the UUID in the block on the bottom you inserted with the command above. media/mydrivename is where the partition should be mounted. UUID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx /media/mydrivename ntfs permissions,locale=en_US.utf8 0 2 This is my fstab file: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # # / was on /dev/sda2 during installation UUID=5d4940cf-5cf5-443a-be11-1f7e551962d1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda1 during installation UUID=84b7e5e9-08c3-4641-b28b-99e0255e604d none swap sw 0 0 # 500 GB Webserver harddisk from lr-serv-01 UUID=BA9A48D39A488E37 /media/hdd1 ntfs permissions,locale=en_US.utf8 0 2 # 2 TB Movie share harddisk from lr-serv-01 UUID=7EB09666B09624A5 /media/hdd2 ntfs permissions,locale-en_US.utf8 0 2 #/dev/sda1: UUID="10EC004DEC003010" TYPE="ntfs" #/dev/sda2: LABEL="system" UUID="88A4FE47A4FE3772" TYPE="ntfs" #/dev/sda3: LABEL="storage_01" UUID="BA9A48D39A488E37" TYPE="ntfs" #/dev/sdb1: LABEL="storage_02" UUID="7EB09666B09624A5" TYPE="ntfs" #/dev/sdc1: UUID="84b7e5e9-08c3-4641-b28b-99e0255e604d" TYPE="swap" #/dev/sdc2: UUID="5d4940cf-5cf5-443a-be11-1f7e551962d1" TYPE="ext4" #/dev/sdd1: LABEL="storage_spotnet" UUID="EC6E8F416E8F0394" TYPE="ntfs" #/dev/sdd2: LABEL="storage_backup_pcs" UUID="6C2699D026999BA0" TYPE="ntfs" #/dev/sdd5: LABEL="storage_series" UUID="7670ABF770ABBC6D" TYPE="ntfs" #/dev/sdd6: LABEL="storage_winmx" UUID="564AB81B4AB7F5B9" TYPE="ntfs" Reboot the system by typing: sudo reboot To check if the partition is mounted you can type ''df -k''. Give ownership to yourself: sudo chown -R USERNAME:USERNAME /media/mydrivename **Did this on Ubuntu Server 14.04.01!** Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/113733/how-do-i-correctly-mount-a-ntfs-partition-in-etc-fstab#113746