Storage partition doesn't have the right permissions on Linux

Question

I have a dual boot setup on my PC, Windows and Ubuntu. I have 3 main partitions 100GB for Windows, 100GB for Ubuntu and ~800GB as a common storage partition. On Windows everything works fine, on Ubuntu though certain programs, namely my browser, are not able to access the partition throwing errors similar to "permission denied". Even from the command line I don't have execute permission. I followed this tutorial https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/35807/how-to-harmonize-your-dual-boot-setup-for-windows-and-ubuntu/

I modified /etc/fstab as shown in the tutorial, adding the line:

UUID=01D5B8E922E76B20 /media/storage/    ntfs-3g        auto,user,rw 0 0

Another problem I'm experiencing is, when trying to delete a file: ' "file.ext" can't be put in trash. Do you want to delete it immediately? '

Answer 1

Windows Fast Startup is a problem when using NTFS volumes in multi-boot, since it will set all volumes to read-only when Windows is shutdown.

I would suggest:

• Boot with Windows
• Run chkdsk to ensure that the disk is good
• Run Power Options
• Click Choose what the power buttons do
• Click Change settings that are currently unavailable
• Click "Turn on fast startup (recommended)" so that the check-mark disappears
• Click Save changes
• Shutdown Windows and try Linux again.