aLeXv305 Posted June 27, 2007 Posted June 27, 2007 I just installed Ubuntu as a second OS and installation went smoothly. Now I need to find out how to access all my files on my other harddrive. How do I transfer my files over to my Ubuntu OS? I know its a different file system. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocker16 Posted June 27, 2007 Posted June 27, 2007 Linux doesn't handle NTFS very well. Although there are way... I don't remember exactly... You'd be better off with Fat32. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
upok Posted June 27, 2007 Posted June 27, 2007 Which version of Ubuntu? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivescence Posted June 27, 2007 Posted June 27, 2007 actually most linux distros support ntfs nowadays. Here is what you want to do: 1. make a directory where you want it mounted too mkdir /wherever/the/heck/you/want 2. mount the drive, Ubuntu names its drives strangely, most distros put them as /dev/hdc or /dev/hda1 or stuff like that, ubuntu's is still in /dev, but i forget their naming scheme. By the way, sudo gives you root like permissions. sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/something/something/something 3. go into the /wherever/the/heck/you/want directory and you should see all your files. If not try changing permissions. If you are too lazy to worry about security just give the /wherever/the/heck/you/want directory 777 permission. Though I do suggest you learn what the differecnt permssions mean eventually. sudo chmod 777 /wherever/the/heck/you/want good luck. should work i think Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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