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 ($LogFile)... OK

  Checking the alternate boot sector... OK

  NTFS volume version is 3.1.

  NTFS partition /dev/sda1 was processed successfully.

Step 3: Remount the partition

    The partition should be read-write enabled