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I have migrated from Windows to Ubuntu very recently. In Windows I had 3 drives and I am using the same here. I have installed my OS in one. I can't read/write or remove files/directories from either of the other two drives.

root@vishnu-desktop:~# sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xa3e0317f
Device     Boot      Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *          2048     206847     204800   100M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2           206848  314572799  314365952 149.9G 83 Linux
/dev/sda3        314572800 1363148799 1048576000   500G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4       1363148800 3907026943 2543878144   1.2T  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

In the above /dev/sda2 is where I have installed Ubuntu.

In /dev/sda3 and /dev/sda4 I am unable to do anything.

Zanna
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Vishnuvardhan Ch
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It seems you have mounted the partition read-only. Please unmount it and mount it read-write (should be possible with the ntfs-3g driver, that you have installed).

  • Unmount

    sudo umount /dev/sda3 /dev/sda4

  • Create mountpoints (only once)

    sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sda3
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/sda4

  • Mount the partitions

    sudo mount -o rw,users,umask=022 /dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3
sudo mount -o rw,users,umask=022 /dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4

  • Now you should have read and write access. Change directory to /mnt/sda3 and /mnt/sda4 and try to write something to the partition(s).

  • See also this link,

    askubuntu.com/questions/886701/how-do-i-get-permission-to-edit-in-my-usb/886735#886735

sudodus
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