# Can only read/write files in my hard drive if i have admin **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [August 21, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/can-only-read-write-files-in-my-hard-drive-if-i-have-admin/59371 "2024-08-21T12:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Calypso](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Calypso](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Calypso)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/can-only-read-write-files-in-my-hard-drive-if-i-have-admin/59371/1 "2024-08-21T12:38:37Z")
i need to use my second drive for games, i partitioned it in gparted in brtfs ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/7/877100a0b0df387afff33d20046197e648fa7858.jpeg) ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/5/658684038cbbb759050811afb993d72142ce99d9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/can-only-read-write-files-in-my-hard-drive-if-i-have-admin/59371/2 "2024-08-21T12:54:43Z")
By default it will be owned by root. You need to change the ownership to your user account and group. Also, you probably shouldn’t use automounting for that volume. You should mount it permanently in `/etc/fstab` Lastly, if you are using btrfs, it would be better practice to mount a subvolume instead of the whole partition. ---
**Author:** ![Calypso](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Calypso](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Calypso)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/can-only-read-write-files-in-my-hard-drive-if-i-have-admin/59371/3 "2024-08-21T15:00:42Z")
Sorry, i am new to Linux, please could you tell me how to do that.