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Windows writ locks NTFS drives, it's a hibernation glitch, to fix:
sudo ntfsfix /dev/DRIVENAMEA lot of Linux distros have ntfsfix installed but you may have to add it yourself via apt, dnf, or yum depending on your distro
https://superuser.com/questions/1394263/ntfs-file-system-read-only-by-ubuntu-remount-doesnt-work
It's not actually a glitch, it's Windows's Fast Startup feature. It sort of hibernates the system rather than shutting it off. The running state of the system is partially retained and the drives aren't cleanly unmounted. I don't know anything about ntfsfix personally, but it probably cleans this up just fine. If you're gonna be spending a large amount of time using Linux, however, you're probably better off disabling fast startup altogether. If you only use Linux a little, though, I think holding shift while you shut down also forces a full shutdown.
Yeah I say glitch because there are reports that, despite disabling it, and fully shutting down your PC, it still doesn't release the lock, it does that for me. I guess really I should call it intentional malware.
You can also permanently disable it from the Windows side (at least in Windows 10).