I Cann't Copy any file to My Pendrive

Question

I can't copy any files from my Ubuntu (13.10) to Pendrive (Jetflash Transcend 8GB) When I try to copy a simple file, it says -

*Error While copying to "Transcend".
*The destination is read only

I tried both NTFS and FAT filesystem. As I am new to Ubuntu, tell me in detail.

Answer 1

The following methods will often solve the problem and let you write to the pendrive.

• Change the ownership of the mounted partition (if possible) or

• re-mount the partition with changed ownership or permissions described in the following link

  Mount a FAT32 partition in an SD card with write permissions for everybody,

If it does not work, there might be another problem, which can be analyzed as described in the following links

• Can't format my usb drive. I have already tried with mkdosfs and gparted: Analysis of the problem

• Repair the partition table and file system of a pendrive

Answer 2

You probably have a hardware switch on your pendrive enabling read only access. It's usually marked with a little padlock or "lock" word.

Otherwise it may be an ownership issue. In terminal:

cd /media/your_username
ls -l

and check if you have owner status. If not:

sudo chown -R your_username pendrive_name

Replace your_username with your active user name, and pendrive_name with your pendrive name (found by ls command).