Hello all
I can't seem to delete, rename, move etc files frome my external Seagate 1TB USB drive getting an input/output error. If I go into a sub folder on the external drive I can do all these things (delete, move rename ETC) from there. The external USB drive is formatted as NTFS. Does any one have any idea where I can start to troubleshoot this? I don't think permissions are a concern in a NTFS drive, right? I am running Linux Mint 19.3 on a Lenovo T430 laptop. I haven't had this problem until recently, like a couple of days.
Thanks:
Rich

it would only take a few seconds to check. since you don't know what has changed, permissions are as good a place to start as any.

See how it's mounted. Assuming it worked fine under the same distro/version already?

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It's mounted thru /media/host name/seagate expansion drive as always.

Was it used on Windows previously?

My 2 cents: check the filesystem on a Windows host.
I had similar problems and this solved them.
fsck on my Debian did not solve it.

No not used on Windows

I will have to get ahold of a Windows machine to do that. I haven't used Windows for 10 years.

[SOLVED] well, I Used a relatives windows 10 machine and ran in the cmd "chkdsk /f /r /x" and everything on my Seagate Expansion drive was fixed. I can use it fully now. So easy. Took about 4 hrs to complete on a 1TB external USB HDD. Tried all sort of things in Mint 19.3 but nothing worked. I guess only Windows can fix NTFS corrupted drives.
Thanks to all.

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Yep... this was my experience as well...
Good that it works now.

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