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This is the error i get when trying to write to my second hard drive. Error opening file '/media/hdd2/01 Queen - Keep Yourself Alive.mp3': Permission denied

The hdd is mounting on start up. but i have been unable to access it. It says the owner is root.

Please help i need this done before jan 10 I will be deploying to the middle east. and I despise windows. especially windows 8 which i have already gotten rid of.

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Hey Paul, please type into a terminal the command 'cat /etc/fstab' and give us the output. (fstab is the file system table) – Benjamin Maurer Dec 26 '12 at 17:28
this is the output you requested. UUID=c1a51310-b5a8-4148-94f4-933f0ea5d05e / ext4 defaults 0 1 UUID=0008-5234 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1 UUID=048c0a6e-86cb-445d-b768-e62172fcbf05 swap swap sw 0 0 – Paul Dec 26 '12 at 19:02
Got it. the answer was to log in to root. sudo bash. then i had to use chown -R <username> <location> After restart. it sill works, and i have sent files to it and deleted files. Sometimes a fresh start on the problem is all you need to fix it. Thank you for your help Ben. – Paul Dec 27 '12 at 0:41

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