Suddenly unable to write and delete files in external harddrive
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I am running Ubuntu 18.04, I upgraded from 17.10. I dual-boot with Windows 10. I have a hard drive that I formatted ntfs to store files so I can access through windows or ubuntu. It worked well until today when I tried to delete a file and all of a sudden I found that I did not have the permissions. I am unable to delete files, or make any changes to the files on the hard drive. I also cannot change the permissions on the hard drive.
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I am running Ubuntu 18.04, I upgraded from 17.10. I dual-boot with Windows 10. I have a hard drive that I formatted ntfs to store files so I can access through windows or ubuntu. It worked well until today when I tried to delete a file and all of a sudden I found that I did not have the permissions. I am unable to delete files, or make any changes to the files on the hard drive. I also cannot change the permissions on the hard drive.
permissions hard-drive
asked Jun 6 at 16:29
user6118548
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Can someone help with this?
– user6118548
Jun 6 at 17:51
Did you try booting with Windows and see if from there you can access the file system and do a partition check?
– dadexix86
Jun 11 at 21:59
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I am running Ubuntu 18.04, I upgraded from 17.10. I dual-boot with Windows 10. I have a hard drive that I formatted ntfs to store files so I can access through windows or ubuntu. It worked well until today when I tried to delete a file and all of a sudden I found that I did not have the permissions. I am unable to delete files, or make any changes to the files on the hard drive. I also cannot change the permissions on the hard drive.
permissions hard-drive
asked Jun 6 at 16:29
user6118548
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I am running Ubuntu 18.04, I upgraded from 17.10. I dual-boot with Windows 10. I have a hard drive that I formatted ntfs to store files so I can access through windows or ubuntu. It worked well until today when I tried to delete a file and all of a sudden I found that I did not have the permissions. I am unable to delete files, or make any changes to the files on the hard drive. I also cannot change the permissions on the hard drive.
permissions hard-drive
asked Jun 6 at 16:29
user6118548
62
asked Jun 6 at 16:29
user6118548
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asked Jun 6 at 16:29
user6118548
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asked Jun 6 at 16:29
user6118548
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Can someone help with this?
– user6118548
Jun 6 at 17:51
Did you try booting with Windows and see if from there you can access the file system and do a partition check?
– dadexix86
Jun 11 at 21:59
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Can someone help with this?
– user6118548
Jun 6 at 17:51
Did you try booting with Windows and see if from there you can access the file system and do a partition check?
– dadexix86
Jun 11 at 21:59
Can someone help with this?
– user6118548
Jun 6 at 17:51
Can someone help with this?
– user6118548
Jun 6 at 17:51
Did you try booting with Windows and see if from there you can access the file system and do a partition check?
– dadexix86
Jun 11 at 21:59
Did you try booting with Windows and see if from there you can access the file system and do a partition check?
– dadexix86
Jun 11 at 21:59
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not really a solution, but this tends to happen to me when windows doesn't shut down properly, eg. freezes and I have to force restart. booting windows and restarting properly usually solves it for me.
answered Jun 11 at 21:50
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I figured it out and forgot to come back here and say so. What happened was that somehow the mounting option settings got changed. Under Identify as, I had it under label which I named my hdd as Volume. That got changed somehow and that was the cause of my issues. As soon as I changed it back to Identify as label, it all got resolved. Thank you for getting back to me, I should not be so impatient.
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not really a solution, but this tends to happen to me when windows doesn't shut down properly, eg. freezes and I have to force restart. booting windows and restarting properly usually solves it for me.
answered Jun 11 at 21:50
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not really a solution, but this tends to happen to me when windows doesn't shut down properly, eg. freezes and I have to force restart. booting windows and restarting properly usually solves it for me.
answered Jun 11 at 21:50
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up vote
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not really a solution, but this tends to happen to me when windows doesn't shut down properly, eg. freezes and I have to force restart. booting windows and restarting properly usually solves it for me.
answered Jun 11 at 21:50
unyikabonya
112
not really a solution, but this tends to happen to me when windows doesn't shut down properly, eg. freezes and I have to force restart. booting windows and restarting properly usually solves it for me.
answered Jun 11 at 21:50
unyikabonya
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answered Jun 11 at 21:50
unyikabonya
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answered Jun 11 at 21:50
unyikabonya
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answered Jun 11 at 21:50
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I figured it out and forgot to come back here and say so. What happened was that somehow the mounting option settings got changed. Under Identify as, I had it under label which I named my hdd as Volume. That got changed somehow and that was the cause of my issues. As soon as I changed it back to Identify as label, it all got resolved. Thank you for getting back to me, I should not be so impatient.
answered Jul 10 at 3:42
user6118548
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up vote
0
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I figured it out and forgot to come back here and say so. What happened was that somehow the mounting option settings got changed. Under Identify as, I had it under label which I named my hdd as Volume. That got changed somehow and that was the cause of my issues. As soon as I changed it back to Identify as label, it all got resolved. Thank you for getting back to me, I should not be so impatient.
answered Jul 10 at 3:42
user6118548
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up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I figured it out and forgot to come back here and say so. What happened was that somehow the mounting option settings got changed. Under Identify as, I had it under label which I named my hdd as Volume. That got changed somehow and that was the cause of my issues. As soon as I changed it back to Identify as label, it all got resolved. Thank you for getting back to me, I should not be so impatient.
answered Jul 10 at 3:42
user6118548
62
I figured it out and forgot to come back here and say so. What happened was that somehow the mounting option settings got changed. Under Identify as, I had it under label which I named my hdd as Volume. That got changed somehow and that was the cause of my issues. As soon as I changed it back to Identify as label, it all got resolved. Thank you for getting back to me, I should not be so impatient.
answered Jul 10 at 3:42
user6118548
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answered Jul 10 at 3:42
user6118548
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answered Jul 10 at 3:42
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answered Jul 10 at 3:42
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Can someone help with this?
– user6118548
Jun 6 at 17:51
Did you try booting with Windows and see if from there you can access the file system and do a partition check?
– dadexix86
Jun 11 at 21:59