accessing windows files while on linux?

Question

my computer has both windows and linux running side by side, but my windows (vista 64bit) is having start up issues. i know that it's software related because the linux works fine, but i'm wondering how i can access my windows files while in linux. there are a bunch of files that i would like to transfer over to my other computer that's working and i can't do that if i can't see or access them. once i get the files i'm going to wipe everything and install windows 7.

Answer 1

'not there' posted a link thats nearly 12 years out of date, its not news or a 'how to' anymore,



you need ntfs-3g, its in your repositories so just enable it,

you also need to mount your windows partition



to mount the partition



open a terminal and type



fdisk -l | grep NTFS (enter)



this will tell you where your ntfs partition is,

at the output you will see /dev/??? (??? being the location)



now type



mkdir /media/windows (enter)



mount –t ntfs-3g /dev/??? /media/windows (enter)



then add this line to /etc/fstab



/dev/??? /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0



reboot your machine and the windows partition should be seen with read and write access



oh, i forgot to mention - it all needs to be done as root, you cannot do it as a normal user

Answer 2

(LinuxWorld) -- Anyone who uses both Linux and Windows knows the problem. You need a couple of files that are on the Windows partition, but you forgot to copy them to a floppy or to the server before rebooting to Linux. Wouldn't it be great if you could just access those files from Linux, you think, as you prepare yourself for two more reboots.

As it turns out, there are a number of ways to solve that problem. You can mount your Windows partitions under Linux and you can access your ext2 filesystems under Windows. You can also access Linux (and Unix) servers from Windows via Samba and you can even mount Windows filesystems under Linux using smbmount. We will look at each of these methods below.

Answer 3

You can use your linux file browser to copy/move files to you linux partition or a usb drive. You willhave to mount the windows partition with linux if it is not automatically mounted by linux.

You can also use a linux live cd which will probably automatically auto mount the windows partition.

The exact steps for transferring the files will depend on which linux distro you are using.

This link shows how to do it with ubuntu.

Good luck

Answer 4

google ntfs-3g

You'll also need to edit /etc/fstab to mount your windows disk.