Reading NTFS Partitions

1.10.2010

If you are using a dual boot, you will have two separate partitions : NTFS Windows and Ubuntu ext. In everyday use, there are times when we need data that is in Windows. In such conditions, usually we will restart the computer and go to Windows to read the data.

Actually tou do not have to worry, because Ubuntu also be used to read NTFS aka your Windows system files. Here's how :

1. Find out the name of your NTFS partition by typing the following command in Terminal : sudo fdisk -l
2. Create a mount point for the drive with the command: sudo mkdir/media/WindowsNTFS
3. Edit the fstab with the command: sudo nano /etc/fstab
4. Give uncomment the line : # /dev/sda2 auto nouser,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 # /dev/sda2/mnt/WindowsNTFS ntfs-3g quiet,defaults,rw 0 0.
   

If the partition is still mounted to FAT32, not NTFS, follow the instructions above, but use vfat instead of ntfs-3g.

If you have created the mount point directory /mnt/WindowsFAT32 and FAT32 drive is /dev/sda3, edit /etc /fstab, enter the line:/dev/sda3/mnt/WindowsFAT32 vfat,quiet,defaults,rw 0 0.