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Error while copying to Disk ___ destination is read only

Asked by Irshad Ahmead

first of all i'm thanking you for this opportunities...

i am a newbie i have installed ubuntu 11.10 with alongside Windows xp. initially that was working fine. but after some installation of programs i cannot access my local disks. i have partitioned 8 drives. 1 has windows and second one has ubuntu. right now i can access my home folder. but i cannot access other drives. when i am trying too copy and paste this message came "Error while copying to Disk__ Destination is read only". so please assist me

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What format are the partitions?

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Irshad Ahmead (afirshadahmead-z) said : 		#2

ntfs format. i have formatted through windows xp.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Do they chkdskas ok in Windows?

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Irshad Ahmead (afirshadahmead-z) said : 		#4

i didn't try this. but all of sudden happen this. that's why...

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Irshad Ahmead (afirshadahmead-z) said : 		#5

i did chkdsk through windows. they state "F Parameter is not specified CHKDSK Is running read only mode" here what'd i do bro...

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Irshad Ahmead (afirshadahmead-z) said : 		#6

i did chkdsk all my drive but after this also i cannot write my drives and usb also///

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Irshad Ahmead (afirshadahmead-z) said : 		#7

please help me i cannot access my disks. i cannot copy paste my files into any of my local disks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

use the right click menu in the file browser to test your partitions as ok

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#9

Could you provide file /etc/fstab ?
In which folders are mounted NTFS files on Linux file tree ?

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