Linux mounted NTFS partition as read-only suddenly
Sometimes in dual boot system (Windows / Linux), the NTFS partitions might have some problem causing the Linux mounted the NTFS partitions as read-only. To solve this problem, one might try following to see if it works: Step 1: Unmount the partition first This can be done via Disks application OR command line: e.g. umount -v /dev/sda1 Step 2: Run ntfsfix on the target partition e.g. sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1 If the command is successful, the following output should be shown: Mounting volume... The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0). Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount. FAILED Attempting to correct errors... Processing $MFT and $MFTMirr... Reading $MFT... OK Reading $MFTMirr... OK Comparing $MFTMirr to $MFT... OK Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully. Setting required flags on partition... OK Going to empty the journal ($L...