Hi,
I am a new users to Linux and I am using Ubuntu 11.04.
In my laptop, I have two logical drive C:\ and D:\. I have installed Windows XP in C drive and Ubuntu in D drive. From Ubuntu, I can mount the C drive and can access the files I stored there when logged in Windows. But from ubuntu, I can't access or see any files I stored in D drive when I logged in Windows. Even I can't mount the drive from Linux. Any help is appreciated.
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Jump to PostIf Ubuntu is installed on the logical 'D:\' volume; when you are running Ubuntu, you ARE accessing the D drive and it IS mounted. It's just not called 'D:\'
The thing to bear in mind here is that the various Linux file-systems are completely different to the NTFS/FAT based …
Jump to PostBut AFAIK, Windows cannot mount, read or write to anything other than NTFS or FAT based file-systems. And the partition you have Ubuntu on will be formatted in ext3 or ext4, which are Linux/Unix file-systems which cannot be read by Windows. This is why you are unable to read anything …
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