Ubuntu – NTFS Partition is mounted as read only

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It's my first time installing Ubuntu. I deleted Windows and installed Ubuntu 17.04 but there is a problem NTFS Partitions are mounted as read only. What do I need to do?

Best Answer

Step #1:

First, you should also check your /etc/fstab to assure that the mount for your NTFS partition does so as rw, not ro.

Step #2:

If you still had Windows installed, I'd recommend a different path to fix this problem.

And as always, I'd always recommend good backups.

However, without windows, (and although I wouldn't normally recommend this in a dual-boot environment) you might use ntfsfix.

In terminal...

For more information:

man ntfsfix

To use:

sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdaN # replacing "N" with the correct partition number
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