how to delete stuff from my drives that I was using in windows in mint
#drives from win 10
elfin lake
So probably a NTFS drive, you need to re-Mount it with write permissions.
pale root
So probably a NTFS drive, you need to re-Mount it with write permissions.
can you teach how
elfin lake
Ok. First run
lsblk -f
This will show the drivers and let's see if there is a drive with NTFS
elfin lake
Ok. Just had to check. You have two NTFS dices with stuff on them. Sda1 that is mounted as New Volume1 and sdb2 that is mounted as New Volume.
To make them both writable in one swoop you can run this in your terminal
sudo umount /media/susgus/New\ Volume* && sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sda1 /mnt/sdb2 && sudo mount -t ntfs3 -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 && sudo mount -t ntfs3 -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2
pale root
sudo umount /media/susgus/New\ Volume* && sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sda1 /mnt/sdb2 && s...
so just run this?
elfin lake
Yes that unmounted both and remounts them
pale root
elfin lake
Aha older one, no problem Just swap ntfs3 → ntfs-3g:
so run this:
sudo umount /media/susgus/New\ Volume* && sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sda1 /mnt/sdb2 && sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 && sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2
elfin lake
Aha set in Fast Startup
So windows has not properly let go of the drive.
You are going to have to go into windows to have it let go of the drive.
In Windows:
Control Panel → Power Options
Choose what power buttons do
Disable Fast Startup
Fully shut down (not restart)
Then you can boot back into Linux and we'll see if we can mount them correctly
pale root
So windows has not properly let go of the drive.
You are going to have to go int...
issue
I dont have windows anymore
this isnt a dual boot
I completly overwrriten my nvme
unless im tripping
elfin lake
Ok no problem.
Run these commands
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb2
This clears the dirty flag so Linux will allow write access.
pale root
Ok no problem.
Run these commands
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb...
one at a time ?
elfin lake
Yes
Then this whole thing
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 && sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2
and you should be good
pale root
elfin lake
Aha that lock.
elfin lake
Bill gates cold dead hand is still gripping your drive. But if ntfsfix ran without error you are very close to done
elfin lake
Ok let's just make sure the fix worked.
Run this
mount | grep sda1
pale root
elfin lake
Ok still mounted as read only, run this
sudo umount -l /mnt/sda1 /mnt/sdb2
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2
And then this again
mount | grep sda1
pale root
the mout is still denied
elfin lake
Ok let's take it slow. Let's try to only unmount
sudo umount -l /mnt/sda1 /mnt/sdb2
pale root
elfin lake
Ok cool. Good.
Let's just check that the fix took, and then mount the first drive.
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
elfin lake
Good times.
Then we try the other one.
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb2
That might be enough if it causes the lock to be relinquished
pale root
elfin lake
Well that's fine. It's read-write so that's the one that works.
Something is funky with sda1.
Run:
fuser -vm /dev/sda1
And we will see what's holding on
pale root
elfin lake
First this
sudo umount -lf /mnt/sda1 say?
Then
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
and that drive should be done as well
pale root
Then
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
and th...
didnt work
other volume still missing
and this msg again
elfin lake
Son of a.... What did
sudo umount -lf /mnt/sda1
say?
elfin lake
Ok.
Run
mount | grep sdb1
Just to sanity check that this one is the correctly mounted one
pale root
Ok.
Run
mount | grep sdb1
Just to sanity check that this one is the correctly ...
nothign is happenin
when I run it
elfin lake
Ofc because I'm stupid.
I meant
mount | grep sdb2
pale root
Ofc because I'm stupid.
I meant
mount | grep sdb2
this one is fine I think
elfin lake
Yes that's the one that is good and works.
Cool
Only sda1 that won't play ball.
pale root
Yes that's the one that is good and works.
Cool
Only sda1 that won't play ball.
and sda 1 is the one with some files I actually do need
my photo catalog is on that drive
elfin lake
Ok.
You run this:
sudo umount -lf /mnt/sda1
and it says not mounted?
elfin lake
Ok something is very fishy.
Run this:
findmnt /dev/sda1
pale root
wait
I just checkedf file
AND its here and I can delete
stuff and adjust stuff
Im so confused
elfin lake
Ah fantastic. Shit works and I have no idea why.
My job here is done.
pale root
Ah fantastic. Shit works and I have no idea why.
My job here is done.
lol
side note
when I distro hop
I wouldnt need to go through this again right?
elfin lake
Not the fix part. But NTFS drives are a bit problematic sometimes on Linux.
If you don't plan on going back to windows you will have an easier time if you reformat them to ext4 or something
But mounting and stuff can be done through the UI now so it won't be a huge problem if you keep them
pale root
Not the fix part. But NTFS drives are a bit problematic sometimes on Linux.
If y...
I'm not..
My system can't even run win 11
going back to 10 would just be a downgrade
I'm going to hop to nobara or cachyos
For the HDR support mostly