Unable to change HDD files/HDD is detected as an external drive

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I have a Lenovo ideapad S340 with Zorin OS 16.1(if that makes a difference). It has a 120gb SSD and a 1TB HDD. I run everything from the SSD but the HDD is recognised as an external hardrive. After an update, I can't even do anything to the files in the HDD. I can't change or make new files, and to access, I have to copy everything over. I looked elsewhere and someone told me to change permissions for user but that didn't work either.

Question: How do I access all my files normally(i.e. read + edit) and make Zorin detect it as an internal drive. I am okay with complicated steps as I am adequately adept. Would prefer to copypasta commands if required.

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What file system is the HDD formatted in?

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NTFS all the way.

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Can you check if the ntfs-3g package is installed on Zorin?
Just trying to install it will tell you if so, and it will add the bonus of setting it as Manually installed if it is:

sudo apt install ntfs-3g

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It have me the message that it was set to manual, but the filesystem type is now "fuse". I can copy stuff out of the drive now but still no changes or new files added.

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Have you checked if you have Ownership of the Drive?
If that checks out, you may need to adjust your /etc/fstab file.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/phz1ii/ubuntu_2104_changing_permissions_on_external_hard/

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Perfect. That worked. Thanks a ton for sending that link.

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