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I have additional HDD:

cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
...
# External 1TB drive for some data
/dev/disk/by-uuid/20A949F121CEADD8 /mnt/20A949F121CEADD8 auto rw,acl 0 0

but its always mounted in read only mode..

Partition type of this HDD is NTFS.

uname -a
Linux My-Tower 5.14.0-1052-oem #59-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 9 09:37:59 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I tried from other SO but:

sudo mount -o rw,users,umask=000,exec /dev/sdc1 /mnt/hdd_data
The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount.
Falling back to read-only mount because the NTFS partition is in an
unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation
or fast restarting.)
Could not mount read-write, trying read-only

what can I do to change it for normal usage?

thanks

FrancMo
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  • You've not provided any OS/release details, but have you checked system logs for issues that will cause a RW mount to *flip* to RO? You also didn't provide us with any clues as to what sort of *file-system* you're trying to mount. – guiverc Mar 09 '23 at 06:51
  • You've added kernel details but still not OS/release details (it's an OEM kernel which would require more specific details about your hardware for us to interpret the results into your *unstated* Ubuntu product/release details, so why not tell us?) Have you explored system logs for clues? (*Its the first place I'd look, and I still don't know what OS/product/release details though I now know you're using an OEM kernel on that unstated release*) – guiverc Mar 09 '23 at 07:12
  • [This link](https://askubuntu.com/questions/11840/how-do-i-use-chmod-on-an-ntfs-or-fat32-partition/956072#956072) to an answer [to another question] at AskUbuntu may help you solve the problem. – sudodus Mar 09 '23 at 07:56
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    Does this answer your question? [How to make read-only file system writable?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/47538/how-to-make-read-only-file-system-writable) – guiverc Mar 09 '23 at 08:19
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    You've still not provided any OS/release details; but you've highlighted it's NTFS and also it's in an *unclean* state, thus any attempt to mount it RW is automatically *flipped* to RO to prevent dataloss. Close the file-system making it clean (on the machine that has left it *unclean*), then you can mount it RW (ie. turn off hibernation etc. which include fastboot on windows which is just a form of hibernation; fastboot resumes from a hibernate file created during upgrades). – guiverc Mar 09 '23 at 12:38
  • Does this answer your question? [How do I use 'chmod' on an NTFS (or FAT32) partition?](https://askubuntu.com/q/11840/) – karel Mar 21 '23 at 03:15

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ok thanks guys for help!

I found here how to mount it properly: How do I use 'chmod' on an NTFS (or FAT32) partition? then I realized about NTFS issues so I did fix:

sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdc1

and its ok now :)

FrancMo
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    That can be a dangerous fix; it'll allow you to mount it RW on a GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu, but can create problems if that drive is later used on a windows system that believes that system is currently *hibernated*, ie. it may ignore any changes working from the image it stored of what the file-system was like before the machine entered the hibernate/off mode. *Ensure your backups of data on that drive are up-to-date first! and don't forget the corruption may take time before its noticed if the cause was hibernate/fastboot* – guiverc Mar 09 '23 at 12:40
  • @guiverc thanks but that Issue was due to that in the past there was some Windows there, not I keep on this HDD only data. So no problem at all :) – FrancMo Mar 10 '23 at 07:24
  • I had the same issue. .In my case, I just needed to shutdown windows properly. – fx-kirin Mar 15 '23 at 00:52