Mount NTFS disk as a read and write volume and not read only.

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 11/18/06, redhatdude at bellsouth.net <redhatdude at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a PC that doesn't start because the HD is completely full. The
> user filled up the recycle bin and never emptied it. I need to be
> able to delete all the junk in the recycle bin so WindowsXP can start
> and I don't have to reformat the HD and reinstall everything. I only
> have macs and linux machines to do this. I put the HD in a firewire
> enclosure and mounted in both macs and linux boxes and it always
> mounts as a read only volume. Therefore, it lets me see the content
> of the disk but it doesn't let me delete anything. Can someone tell
> me how I can get to delete files in this NTFS volume using FC6?
> Thanks,
> EJ
>

Install the ntfs-3g package:
yum install ntfs-3g

Then when mounting instead of ntfs as the partition type, use ntfs-3g

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