Dual Boot - Cant Move files

Solution 1:

The Windows file system looks dirty to Ubuntu, so it gets mounted in readonly mode in Ubuntu. This is because Windows uses a hibernation file to save the system state.

You'll need to do this in Windows:

  • open the Power control panel
  • click on change what the power buttons do
  • click on change options that are unavailable
  • uncheck fast start
  • close the Power control panel
  • open an administrative command prompt window
  • type powercfg /h off (turns off hibernation)
  • type chkdsk /f c: (change c: to the correct drive letter, if required)
  • approve that chkdsk runs at next boot time
  • reboot Windows

Rather than directly editing/deleting/etc files on your Windows partition, I'd recommend creating a shared NTFS partition on your hard disk that's accessible from both Windows and Ubuntu.