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Contents 1 Windows 1.1 How to mount/unmount Windows partitions (NTFS) manually, and allow all users to read only 1.2 How to mount/unmount Windows partitions (FAT) manually, and allow all users to read/write 1.3 How to mount Windows partitions (NTFS) on boot-up, and allow all users to read only 1.4 How to mount Windows partitions (FAT) on boot-up, and allow all users to read/write 1.5 How to mount Windows partitions (NTFS) on boot-up, and allow users read and write access

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How to mount/unmount Windows partitions (NTFS) manually, and allow all users to read only

• Read #General Notes
• Read #How to list partition tables

e.g. Assumed that /dev/hda1 is the location of Windows partition (NTFS)

Local mount folder: /media/windows

• To mount Windows partition

sudo mkdir /media/windows
sudo mount /dev/hda1 /media/windows/ -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222

• To unmount Windows partition

sudo umount /media/windows/

How to mount/unmount Windows partitions (FAT) manually, and allow all users to read/write

• Read #General Notes
• Read #How to list partition tables

e.g. Assumed that /dev/hda1 is the location of Windows partition (FAT)

Local mount folder: /media/windows

• To mount Windows partition

sudo mkdir /media/windows
sudo mount /dev/hda1 /media/windows/ -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8,umask=000

• To unmount Windows partition

sudo umount /media/windows/

How to mount Windows partitions (NTFS) on boot-up, and allow all users to read only

• Read #General Notes
• Read #How to list partition tables

e.g. Assumed that /dev/hda1 is the location of Windows partition (NTFS)

Local mount folder: /media/windows

sudo mkdir /media/windows
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

• Append the following line at the end of file

/dev/hda1    /media/windows ntfs  nls=utf8,umask=0222 0    0

• Save the edited file
• Read #How to remount /etc/fstab without rebooting

How to mount Windows partitions (FAT) on boot-up, and allow all users to read/write

• Read #General Notes
• Read #How to list partition tables

e.g. Assumed that /dev/hda1 is the location of Windows partition (FAT)

Local mount folder: /media/windows

sudo mkdir /media/windows
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

• Append the following line at the end of file

/dev/hda1    /media/windows vfat  iocharset=utf8,umask=000  0    0

• Save the edited file
• Read #How to remount /etc/fstab without rebooting

How to mount Windows partitions (NTFS) on boot-up, and allow users read and write access

Warning: The software you will use is still in Beta. You should not enable it on production machines

• Read #General Notes

• Enable universe. Read #How to apt-get the easy way (Synaptic)

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

• Read #How to list partition tables

• Create the local mount folder and edit the fstab file to mount the disks to this folder.

e.g. Assumed that /dev/hda1 is the location of Windows partition (NTFS)

Local mount folder: /media/windows

sudo mkdir /media/windows
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

• Append the following line at the end of file.

/dev/hda1    /media/windows    ntfs-3g    defaults,locale=en_US.utf8    0    0

• You can adjust your locale. Execute 'locale -a' in a terminal to know which one are supported by your system.

• Save the edited file.

• If you reboot now, the disk will be writable to every users. If you want the changes to take effect immediately without rebooting, execute the following command, ignoring the errors about "/" and others not being unmounted.

sudo umount -a && sudo mount -a

• Further troubleshooting is listed at this comprehensive howto thread.