Oh you may need to give yourself (user) access rights to the mount point.
sudo chown -R uid:gid /mnt/windows
uid and gid are the same user and group you've been using (username:username).
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any specific reason (maybe i missed it) that you aren't using ext3/4/btrfs for the file system on the external? first thing i did to my wd passport backup drive was repartition it to ext4, as I don't need to use it in windows.
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When I reboot, it says,
[39.861000] watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop!
[39.876031] sd-umount[639]: Failed to unmount /oldroot: Device or resource busy
[39.876367] sd-umount[640]: Failed to unmount /oldroot/dev: Device or resource busy
[39.876815] shutdown[1]: Failed to finalize file systems, ignoring.
then it stucks. Then when I unplug the usb hdd then it reboots.
I do not understand. I was using garuda dragonized gaming edition iso of January 2022 and it never cause me problem. But this March 2022 iso whenever I tried to start install using nvidia driver it always stuck at Plymount. Now it is causing this. I am tired of uninstall and reinstalling os for one week. Anyways, trying sudo chown -R and let you know. However, the forum says that I'll be able to post after 21 hours. Man!!! I tried chown but did not work.
Try again to post here 
Okay, can you try changing the /etc/fstab line again? Documentation on ntfs-3g Github page is different than Arch wiki.
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
So take out user/group altogether and specify "defaults" option. 
Same problem.
setfont: KDFONTOP: Function not implemented
.......................
Then back to maintenance mode.
What is up with this watchdog0 thing that I mentioned above? It does not let me reboot without unplugging the device.
Thank you admin sir!
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Is there any tool like AOMEI Partition Assistant (for windows) in arch linux that can fix my device automatically?
If so then please let me know. So far I have found a debian based program.
If by "fix" you mean change the file system to something more useful than NFTS, yes:
To install:
sudo pacman -S ntfs2btrfs-git
To use:
sudo ntfs2btrfs /dev/sdb1
But it will format my data I assume. I have 900 gb around data and I cannot afford to do so.
I was reading the docs and it looks like it preserves most files, see here. I've never used it so I don't want to say so and be wrong--maybe do a little research, and see what people are saying about it before you pull the trigger.
Okay. Thank you very much BluishHumility for spending so much of your precious time in this post and answering kindly to all my problems. I truly appreciate it. If I find any solution I will post here. Thanks again!
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Alright. I do not know how but I have fixed it. Seems like Allah has been kind to us. But I will try to explain what I did.
Previously, I made modification to org.freedesktop.UDisks2.policy file to as follows:
<defaults>
<allow_any>yes</allow_any>
<allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
<allow_active>yes</allow_active>
</defaults>
in the <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount"> section.
Next, in youtube I found a video to fix ntfs partitions which is based on ubuntu.
Then I searched AUR for ntfsfix.
Here, I found out that,
ntfsfix is part of the ntfs-3g package (website link)
Then I installed ntfs-3g by replacing the ntfs package installed by default in garuda.
After that, I unmounted the device from KDE Partition Manager and used this command below
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1
It froze for a while and did not do anything, even the task manager was not showing any cpu usage, so I got impatient and pressed Ctrl + C
Next thing I discovered that it’s working fine and I can now write in it. 
Though I think I need to run the ntfsfix -d command later to clear dirty indexes/files.
Thanks to all of you guys who have participated in this post. It was truly an amazing journey. Thank you all for all your kind support and I wish you all best of luck in your life.
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Nice one, glad you got it fixed.
I would still get that drive off of NTFS as soon as you can--it's nothing but trouble on Linux!
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Is standard. Include in
ntfsprogs-ntfs3
pkg list
Ditto on that.
ntfsfix is not the best at cleaning up a corrupted Windows drive.
On an NTFS drive you need to properly scan for errors and defragment the drive in Windows.
You don’t need a drive using NTFS if the computer isn’t running Windows.
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yep thats why i asked why he was still using ntfs with no windows. ntfs sucks.
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The USB HDD still gave me some trouble later on.
However, I put it in Windows machine and installed AOMEI Partition Assistant software and in that software I rigth clicked on
my hdd device -> advance -> check partition, fix errors option
That's what I did and finally, without any trouble I can use my device in any linux or windows.
Yes till the next time You could do the same with gparted or parted-magic opr even windows but not KDE.
In fact just booting into windows would probably solved the problem as windows locks the file system as it taints it shutting down
If you continue to access the NTFS drive with Linux you will likely get plenty of practice using that Windows repair software you’ve discovered. The slightest mishandling will cause an NTFS drive to curl up into the fetal position crying, until daddy Windows comes along to whisper encouragingly to it and coax it back into working properly.
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