Zorin 18 cannot delete files on NTFS drive

I Have just installed Zorin 18 Pro on my SSD and have two NTFS drives with accumulated files from a previous win 10 install.
The problem I am having is I cannot delete files from the NTFS drives nor can I save files to them.
I have checked the permissions for the drives and they are set to create and delete files.

I have Zorin 17 installed on a laptop and it seems to work with portable NTFS drives I have.
I have just connected a Seagate external drive to my Zorin 18 Desktop and I can copy and delete files OK.
The Seagate drive is listed where as the other two internal drives have to be accessed via the Other locations option in file manager.
Can anyone help.

A.I. search:

" If you are unable to delete files on an internal NTFS drive using Ubuntu 24.04, the issue is likely due to the drive being mounted in read-only mode, which commonly occurs when Windows was not shut down properly and left the partition in a hibernated state. This prevents any write operations, including file deletion. To resolve this, ensure Windows is fully shut down by using the command shutdown /s /f /t 0 in the Command Prompt before booting into Linux.

If the drive is mounted read-only, you can attempt to manually mount it with write permissions by first unmounting it and then using the mount command with the rw option, though this may not work if the NTFS dirty bit is set.

The dirty bit indicates the filesystem was not cleanly unmounted, and Linux will refuse to mount it for write access to prevent data corruption. In such cases, running chkdsk from a Windows system is recommended to repair the filesystem and clear the dirty bit.

If the issue persists and you have access to a Windows machine, deleting the files directly from Windows using Shift + Delete (to bypass the Recycle Bin) can resolve the problem, as Windows handles NTFS metadata differently than Linux.

After deletion in Windows, remounting the drive in Ubuntu should allow normal file operations.

Alternatively, if the files are inaccessible due to corrupted ownership or permissions, you can try changing ownership using sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /media/your_mount_point where /media/your_mount_point is the directory where the NTFS partition is mounted.

However, this only works if the partition is mounted with write access.

For a more permanent solution, especially if the NTFS partition is not needed for Windows interoperability, consider reformatting it to a Linux-native filesystem like ext4, which provides full read-write access and better integration with Ubuntu.

If the data on the drive is important, back it up first before reformatting

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Open the preinstalled ''Disks'' Program, choose Your Drive and on the right Side click on the Gears Icon and look if You have the Option ''Take Ownership''.

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