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I have a laptop with 2 HDD drives, an M.2 SSD and a SATA SSD. I was using Windows 10, but I changed to Kubuntu 20.04.1 LTS. I installed the OS to a complete new M.2 SSD, and I let the SATA HDD as it was with the files (as when I used it on the windows). The problem now is that when I try to write to the files on the SATA HDD, I cannot due to access privileges. I looked at the properties labels and I haven't succeeded in changing this. Any ideas? I am googling it but I do not find a similar situation.

Tejas Lotlikar
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    How do you mount the HDD? – Pilot6 Dec 27 '20 at 17:31
  • I am not sure... But if this helps: I opened the laptop, I disconnected ( ejected) the SATA HDD, I installed the OS to the m.2 ssd. When everything of the Kubuntu installed correctly, I opened the laptop and I connected the SATA ssd. And the OS sees it, I can access the files of the sata hdd but not change them. – just_learning Dec 27 '20 at 17:37
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    How is the HDD formatted? Is it NTFS? – Pilot6 Dec 27 '20 at 17:40
  • It was used on Windows 10, so I assume yes, NTFS.. – just_learning Dec 27 '20 at 17:45
  • Then the problem must be that you didn't shut down Windows properly before you removed it. – Pilot6 Dec 27 '20 at 17:46
  • https://askubuntu.com/a/532753/167850 – Pilot6 Dec 27 '20 at 17:46
  • Ok I read the thread, very risky... I am about to eject the SATA ssd from the laptop, and copy the data to another hdd (a backup one) in order to format the SATA ssd and the connect it to the laptop. One question...if I press "unmount" and then "mount" on the SATA hdd, can this solve the problem? – just_learning Dec 27 '20 at 18:18
  • It is not "very risky". But your plan is good. Backup your data and format the HDD to some linux FS, like ext4. Unmount and mount won't fix anything. – Pilot6 Dec 27 '20 at 18:26
  • If I delete from the OS inside, instead of opening the laptop removing the SATA SSD and format it with a SATA to USB adapter, it is the same thing right? – just_learning Dec 27 '20 at 22:25
  • There is no need to take it out and use an adapter. But it doesn't matter much. – Pilot6 Dec 28 '20 at 09:12
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    Ok, here is the solution to my problem. I opened the laptop, I removed the SATA HDD, I used a USB to SATA adapter and I connect it to a Windows 10 OS, then I safely removed the HDD and I disassembled from the adapter. I connected back to the Linux OS laptop, and turned it on. It works perfectly now. – just_learning Dec 28 '20 at 15:12
  • A perfect solution. Write it as an answer. – Pilot6 Dec 28 '20 at 15:17

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Ok, here is the solution to my problem. I opened the laptop, I removed the SATA HDD, I used a USB to SATA adapter and I connect it to a Windows 10 OS, then I safely removed the HDD and I disassembled from the adapter. I connected back to the Linux OS laptop, and turned it on. It works perfectly now. No backup, no copy-paste.

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    But be aware that having an NTFS disk without Windows installed is not a good practice. If the disk needs repair, you won't be able to do it inless you connect it to a Windows machine again. It is better to format it to something else. – Pilot6 Dec 28 '20 at 15:38
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    Finally, I formatted it to ext4 because with NTFS I had problems. – just_learning Dec 30 '20 at 12:36