since today, i have been no longer able to download files, create new folders, remove folders, or anything to my hard drive which was working perfectly before. even opening with root permission (right clicking and opening with root idk about other methods) it will not allow me. i have looked in permissions and it confirmed i can't do anything with it and i can't change the permissions. what can i do to change this
#can't use my hdd
ember musk
to reiterate in permissions it says i am not the owner but root permissions show allowance of file creation and deletion
eternal lake
Does "your hard drive" refer to the entirety of your physical disk space, or just one specific drive among several?
ember musk
Does "your hard drive" refer to the entirety of your physical disk space, or jus...
sorry didnt see your message
i have an ssd where i store my linux mint and windows os
and the hdd is where i prefer to keep everything else
eternal lake
It might be time for an fsck. If a volume gets re-mounted read-only, that can be an early sign that it is failing. Also make sure it is not full - as in, completely full.
solemn sparrow
and the hdd is where i prefer to keep everything else
have you got some time right now?
ember musk
Wdym
ember musk
It might be time for an `fsck`. If a volume gets re-mounted read-only, that can ...
That would be odd as it's not full
Oh wow I just looked it up Ive had the drive for over 3 years now I think
It'd be annoying if it's starting to fail but other than that sign I've noticed nothing
solemn sparrow
are you running mint on the drive or it's the storage one ?
ember musk
Mint runs on an SSD which is working fine
I have a different drive, the HDD, which I cannot edit files or download files into
May it be possible that dual booting windows which also uses the HDD has messed it up
solemn sparrow
Mint runs on an SSD which is working fine
are you running Mint currently and at the computer?
ember musk
Because it worked fine for a week or so before it's done this
ember musk
are you running Mint currently and at the computer?
In 2 mins I could be
I have it off rn
solemn sparrow
alright.. tag me when ready
ember musk
alright.. tag me when ready
Ok Im ready
solemn sparrow
ok run Disks app
from Mint. then click the misbehaving hard drive in that app
then click in each partition of it, one at a time, pressing the triangular play button beneath each
ember musk
I am idk if the icon is meant to be changing
solemn sparrow
each partition that successfully mounted will now have a triangular "playing" icon in it
solemn sparrow
do a ctrl-shift-printscn to do a screen shot of the Disks window
or alt shift prn.. whatever gets it
then upload here
ember musk
ember musk
ember musk
It looks to be that way on disks app
it showed the same icons which is why i said this
solemn sparrow
go back here, to this, and mount partitions one and two please.
then show a pic with Partition one highlighted
ember musk
i think theyre windows partitions for hidden files or something but sure
uh by mount do u mean create a "shortcut" through my ssd
like i have it mounted it at /home/user/drives
for example
solemn sparrow
uh by mount do u mean create a "shortcut" through my ssd
nope, just click p1, hit the play button, click p2, hit the play button
ember musk
cant
solemn sparrow
that's what mount is
ember musk
no option to
solemn sparrow
highlight p1 on the big drive, n send pic
solemn sparrow
go back to this drive.. p1, p2, please
ember musk
mb i sent the wrong screenshots
solemn sparrow
ok it looks like Microsoft still has your drive locked on p3. it has a star on it
this may be to an improperly set-up dual-boot.
reboot into windows, u need to turn off a function
ember musk
how would i do that
solemn sparrow
i'll link u
ember musk
i love microsoft i think i remember now when i was booting into it it said like repairing drives and i thought nothing of it
that was a couple of days ago but hdd on linux stilled worked on that day after so idk
solemn sparrow
reboot to Windows,
When it boots up, launch a web browser
and then visit this link
read at bottom there
check method 1 first, to see if u find it was left ON
the link describes method 1 , and 2
@ember musk
solemn sparrow
so now, in Disks app, u should NOT see a star on the p3 of the big disk.
and u should be able to mount all three (just for fun, u dont really need p1 n p2, but to prove a point) - and u should be able to read/n write to the main NTFS area of the big drive
future reference: anything with a star is being used by the "system" deep in the heart of computer.
@ember musk ^^
2nd future reference - ALWAYS turn off Fast Startup in Windows for any dual-boot business (even with 2 disks!)