MBP problems with External HD - Add/Delete

I can't seem to recall how I worked around this to begin with but the problem returned.

I have a WD external passport HD that is NTFS formatted that I use with my MBP...I add/delete content to it almost on a daily basis.

Yesterday, my MBP went to sleep and drained the battery while the external HD was still connected...When I reconnected the power supply and fired the MBP up, I noticed that I couldn't add/delete files to the external HD anymore.

Anyone recommend a solution?

Not much info to go on.... How were you reading and writing to the NTFS drive before the problem occurred? Paragon NTFS? NTFS-3G?

Regards.

Is the Ext HD mounting on Desktop when it is connected? Can you see the icon?

chscag said:

Not much info to go on.... How were you reading and writing to the NTFS drive before the problem occurred? Paragon NTFS? NTFS-3G?

Regards.

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NTFS-3G...Been doing that really, almost daily for more than 6 months now...Suddenly isn't able to now, only read permission to the external HD

Collin Bl said:

Is the Ext HD mounting on Desktop when it is connected? Can you see the icon?

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Yep, sees it fine...I can even copy items from within the external HD to the Mac's native HD...The other way around though, nope

FCBarca said:

NTFS-3G...Been doing that really, almost daily for more than 6 months now...Suddenly isn't able to now, only read permission to the external HD

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Try removing NTFS-3G and reinstalling it. Some of us who have used it have found it to be unstable and unreliable which is why I purchased Paragon NTFS. It seems to work much better.

Regards.

I have a western digital EX HD also, it's made for pc/mac. I was able to save things to it prior to using with MAC. Just now i noticed it says "you can read only" for permissions. What's up with that? can i change it?