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I recently bought an SSD where I installed Ubuntu 19. I decided to use my old HDD as extra storage. However, the mounted HDD is unusable as it requires root access. I can't change it from the properties since it states that I am not the owner of it. Rookie here.

Update: Followed the instruction on this link:How to manually mount a partition? , this is what I got after entering the last step.

$ sudo mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /mnt/storagedrive
mount: /mnt/storagedrive: /dev/sdb1 already mounted on /hdd.
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    Follow this answer and then post what you entered and the error messages received: [How to manually mount a partition?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029040/how-to-manually-mount-a-partition/1029041#1029041) – WinEunuuchs2Unix Sep 17 '19 at 10:52
  • So the old drive is already mounted at /hdd, but with root only access? Try `sudo ls -l /hdd` – Wayne Vosberg Sep 17 '19 at 16:54
  • Which file system is used on that partition? Please add output of `mount | grep /dev/sdb1` via [edit](https://askubuntu.com/posts/1174753/edit) to your question. – mook765 Sep 17 '19 at 17:15

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I would recommend sudo gnome-disks to reconfigure the old disk. See https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Disks

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