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Asked: 2012-02-12 10:51:42 +0800 CST

Can I map Windows drives to Ubuntu?

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I use dual-boot between Linux 11.10 and Windows 7 on my laptop. There are Windows partitions:

C Drive - 360 GB
D Drive - 200 GB
E Drive - 80 GB

I installed Ubuntu in on drive F which is 30 GB.

The drive E is totally empty and I want to map this drive to Ubuntu.

Is it possible? If yes then how can I do it?

partitioning mount automount

1 Answers

  1. What you call "mapping" is called "mounting" in Linux-speak, and the file system used by Windows is called NTFS. There is a guide in the Ubuntu Community Wiki that helps you with every step along the way to getting your NTFS partitions mounted and ready to use:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions

    As per comment from @Alexandre, here is a less comprehensive but more newbie-oriented guide that even uses a GUI tool to take care of the nitty-gritty details:

    http://maketecheasier.com/auto-mount-your-ntfs-partition-in-ubuntu/2009/04/14

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