Fix Windows 10 Or 8 Partition Mounted As Read-Only On Linux When Dual Booting

Users dual booting Windows 10 or 8 and a Linux distribution, be it Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, openSUSE and so on, will sometimes noticed that the Windows partition is mounted as read only, allowing access to files from the Windows partition, but denying the creation of new files and folders, or modifying existing files.

On older Linux distributions, users might not be able to access the Windows partition at all, receiving a "Failed to mount, operation not permitted" error which also adds that the NTFS partition is in an unsafe state.

This issue is caused by the Windows fast startup (also called hybrid boot or hybrid shutdown) option, which is enabled by default. When shutting down Windows, it hibernates, allowing for a faster boot. This is a nice option to have on Windows, but it causes the problem I mentioned above when dual booting Windows and Linux.

Here are some solutions.

A Windows 10 partition mounted as read-only in Ubuntu (as you can notice, the New Folder right click menu item is unavailable)