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Automounting NTFS drive with RW - Ubuntu

Published: 2024-08-28

This may be niche, but I had to do it today.

I have a NTFS drive filled with files that I wanted mounted in Ubuntu at boot, full RW. I’d prefer a native format, but this is the largest drive I own so I have no where to temporarily store it..

Here’s how I did it so I can refer back if I ever have to do it again:

  1. Find the block ID of your NTFS drive, then copy it:
sudo blkid
  1. Next, modify fstab:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
  1. Add a new line using your block ID from before:
UUID=your-uuid /mnt/ntfs ntfs defaults 0 0

ctrl-o to write changes and leave.

  1. Next, make the mount point folder you just referred to:
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/ntfs
  1. Then mount the drive:
sudo mount -a

With that line in your fstab, it will remount at reboot.