Glass Wizzard Asked: 2018-05-21 00:19:41 +0800 CST2018-05-21 00:19:41 +0800 CST 2018-05-21 00:19:41 +0800 CST NTFS Drives suddenly mount as read-only, how to fix? [duplicate] 772 my NTFS drives have always mounted with write access now suddenly they don't. How do I get them to mount with write access? I mount them simply by going to "other locations" and clicking the drive. I'm on Ubuntu Budgie 18.04. mount ntfs read-only 1 Answers Voted n0krashy 2018-05-21T01:06:00+08:002018-05-21T01:06:00+08:00 if you have dual boot and have windows installed. make sure that "fast startup" is disabled in windows settings and then reboot. latest windows update re-enables the fast startup.
if you have dual boot and have windows installed. make sure that "fast startup" is disabled in windows settings and then reboot. latest windows update re-enables the fast startup.