I want to copy .wav sounds from my SD reader to my USB drive but it doesn't seem to work. It does work with Windows with the same devices and files.
Error code: Error opening file “/media/filessamplesfs/b471cde8-2a15-44e7-acce-e9a2a54511a6/padio/th06_01.wav”: Access Denied
Ubuntu version: 18.04
UPDATE: Stopped working on Windows. I tried it on another computer and the files were gone.
The drive may be failing if it no longer works on Ubuntu and Windows, or maybe its in read-only mode? If it's stuck in read-only mode that might be a setting in software or the physical drive, or its dying.
If it's formatted ntfs you may need to install ntfs-3g before being able to read/write.
It could also be a permissions issue. Have a look at the output of:
sudo blkid
And:
mount
To find out where the mountpoint of your card is (in Ubuntu 18.04 it's often somewhere in /media/<your-username>/something). Then use ls -la /media/your/mount/point to look at who owns the folder and whether it's read-write to your user. It
