Internal drives mounted as read-only

Hello everyone! I recently switched from Ubuntu to Fedora. My computer has two internal SSDs (First with Win10, Second with Fedora) and a data HDD. When I open the file manager in Fedora, I can see the other two drives, but when I mount them (which requires a password) they are mounted as read-only. On Ubuntu they were mounted automatically with full read-write access. Any ideas about this (do I need to edit fstab)?

Can you post the output of lsblk -f please so we have details of your disks?
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When working with nfts formatted drive, make sure they are “clean” before attempting to mount them under Linux.

  • If not “clean”, have them checked with the MS Windows disk check and repair tool
  • Make sure the drive is fully disconnected from Windows before connecting to Linux
    • If a removable drive, properly disconnect from Windows using the icon before unplugging.
    • If an internal drive (with dual boot), make sure Windows is fully shut down, with the “fastboot” feature turned off.
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You will need to set the owner to your user

Find the mount point and

sudo chown $USER:$USER /media/sdb1

replacing the /media/sdb1 with your mount point and $USER with your username.

I figured out that this was the issue I was having: Mounting an existing internal drive

Solution: Disable quick boot in Windows 10. Drive mounts in read-write mode now :slight_smile:

Great! b.t.w., that is the information you got in this thread as well, about two days ago :wink: