Tag Archives: Hard drive

Temporary fix for updating external HPFS/NTFS/exFAT hard drive’s permissions so Plex can access

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

When I plugged in my external hard drive that was on Windows to a Linux machine (Raspberry Pi 3), it was automatically mounted at /media/brian/Brian-HD, but the permissions were drw- — — 1 brian brian. I needed Plex to be able … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive from Linux (Disable Hybrid Shutdown)

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

On dual-boot computers, Linux computers are usually able to see and have write access to the Windows hard drive. This is useful for transferring files between the operating systems. With Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows added a quick boot feature … Continue reading →

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Owncloud complaining that “You don’t have permissions to upload files here”

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

There are few likely reasons for this to happen because I have actually seen this issue a few times in differ situations. It is frustrating because OwnCloud might have had the permissions previously or it has access to the files … Continue reading →

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Owncloud and an external hard drive

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Rather, we are going to create a mount point and not a symbolic link. Continue reading →

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Hard drives do die

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Hard drives are made cheap but with lots of storage. They are not made to last forever but when hard drives seem so reliable, a dead hard drive can catch many people (including myself) off guard. Hard drives will die … Continue reading →

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