Looking for guidance on claiming ownership of an NTFS partition in Linux Mint?
Looking for guidance on claiming ownership of an NTFS partition in Linux Mint?
You have a small Linux partition on your SSD that you want to repurpose for extra storage. Since you don’t own the drive, you can only read it, and because it uses NTFS format, you can’t change ownership with the chown command. You also retain Windows installation, so you still need access in Windows.
Execute the file manager with sudo, as the command becomes: sudo *file manager*. Identify your Linux Mint file manager first. Once located, go to the desired drive and modify the permissions accordingly.
Execute the command in the terminal: `sudo nemo enter your password` to launch the file manager. Proceed to copy a file to the drive, then close the manager. Confirm whether this process functions correctly.
I don't have direct access to root. If you need to perform this action, ensure you're logged in with appropriate permissions and consider using safe methods like chkdsk from a non-root environment.
In reality, all content shared here applies only to a standard Linux filesystem. Using NTFS isn't ideal unless necessary. I suggest exfat instead. If you need to use NTFS, edit fstab with sudo nano /etc/fstab and follow the guidelines provided.