I am an infrequent Ubuntu / Linux user, only use it in case of major disaster (in this case Ransom-ware nuclear, but that's another story).
So i booted up another laptop using Ubuntu from a USB-drive; inserted my external ntfs drive, and it gets recognized automatically, but if i try to create a new folder / drive anywhere, the "file manager" interface just closes down, and i have to launch it again (try again, rinse and repeat).
This leads me to guess my ext.drive was mounted in read-only mode by default.
Q1. How / where can i verify it is mounted in read-only mode?
Q2. What's the best way to make it mount in read-write mode?
Best Answer
This is a common question and has been answered numerous times in AskUbuntu (for example, here).
In short, you probably have
fast boot
turned on in Windows, which is why Linux will only mount it in read-only mode.You should also have
ntfs-3g
installed, which you likely will because it is installed by default on UbuntuQ1. Just mount your Windows partition and see if you can create or edit a file there.
Q2. To mount it reliably in read-write mode, you need to disable
fast boot
in Windows. Then just double click the Windows partition in your file manager. Alternatively, you can do it from the terminal:Find out which partition is your windows partition:
In my example above, it's
sda4
.Now mount it to mount-point
/mnt/windows
:Then just navigate to
/mnt/windows
in your file manager and create a test text file and make sure you can save it.You can umount the mount using: