Read-only Hard Disk

[Phoenix]

Hello everyone,
I’ve tried following several guides for this problem, and I still couldn’t solve it as you can imagine.

I have a hard drive that I use for back-ups, currently while trying to pass material it tells me that it is impossible because it is read-only.

I’ve tried changing the permissions but it won’t let me, I’ve tried passing the folder to root privileges but it doesn’t work.

Do you have any ideas?

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[andreas85]

@Phoenix

Do you have any ideas?

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[maycne.sonahoz]

Try remounting from the terminal, and check for any error that may explain the read-only mount.

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[winnie]

Is this an NTFS formatted drive?

Did you try changing the permissions/ownership via the terminal or file manager? Did you use sudo when you tried it?

Please, provide more information.

[linux-aarhus]

If the device is using NTFS and is in a readonly state the most likely cause is a Windows setting - Fast startup or hibernation. Reboot to Windows and issue a clean shutdown.