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#1 2011-04-02 12:11:35

Rician
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Registered: 2010-10-24
Posts: 44

(SOLVED) external hard drive

when i try to delete files on my external hard drive i get error could not delete file. do i need any special permissions or what?

Please help.

Thanks!

Last edited by Rician (2011-04-02 16:16:26)

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#2 2011-04-02 15:26:58

thisoldman
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From: Pittsburgh
Registered: 2009-04-25
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Re: (SOLVED) external hard drive

What is the filesystem used on the drive?

Default filesystem support for NTFS is read only.  To perform writes (and deletions), ntfs-3g must be installed.

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#3 2011-04-02 16:15:15

Rician
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Re: (SOLVED) external hard drive

The filesystem used on the drive is NTFS. i installed ntfs-3g, its fixed. smile i cant belive how much time i have spent trying to figure out how to get it working... and here you come with a simple solution... Thanks smile

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