Writing to external hard drive

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi M.R.P,

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 at 20:01, M.R.P. zensky via ubuntu-users <
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hello Running ubuntu mate. I have a external hard drive that I want to
> write to but can’t. On my desktop I can see the drive and can see the files
> on drive but cannot alter any of its contents.
>

It could be many things. What is the full path to the hard drive? It could
be a file permissions problem.

Run the 2 commands below and post its output to this list:-
mount
lsblk

Best Wishes,


Ian

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