Writing to external hard drive

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

M.R.P. zensky via ubuntu-users 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.

This page has some good steps on it that are similar to what I had to
do in Ubuntu MATE to prepare external drives for use. It shows how to
format, label, and take ownership of the permissions for the drive,
any or all of which you may need:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/68809/how-to-format-a-usb-or-external-drive

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Little Girl

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