FAT32 partition locked <SOLVED>

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FAT32 partition locked <SOLVED>

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One of my drives, FAT32, shows the lock icon on all the sub-directories. All the folders and their files are now read-only, though I had given all permissions to user and group. I'm dual booting with Win10. The 'turn on fast startup' option in Win 10 has been disabled. But that didn't make a difference. I tried Chmod but it hasn't worked too. A folder I had deleted earlier still shows up when 'ls -l' command is used, but its attributes are shown as d????????? ? ? ? ?. This folder seems to be interfering with Cinnamon, but I'm unable to remove it completely.
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Where are you mounting it?

In nemo if you 'open as root' can you edit/delete files?

Your topic title is unhelpful and may not attract the help you want. Suggest you change it to something like 'fat32 partition locked'.
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Re: input/output error message

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muralik wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 5:58 amA folder I had deleted earlier still shows up when 'ls -l' command is used, but its attributes are shown as d????????? ? ? ? ?.
Your physical disk is probably dying. Check it with windows or gparted.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
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Re: FAT32 partition locked

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Thanks, I've changed the subjectline as suggested.
The drive was mounted on /media. I'm not using nemo, but I had used chmod as superuser from the Terminal.
I am using Mint 20.1, cinnamon 64 bit.
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Re: FAT32 partition locked

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I booted into Win10 and then back into Mint and the problem has been solved! I guess it must have been some error caused by win 10. Thanks to both of you for responding.
I am using Mint 20.1, cinnamon 64 bit.
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Re: FAT32 partition locked <SOLVED>

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Your disk was locked by Windows fast start up.
Hence you needed to close it out of a Windows with fast start up turned off.. :D
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