How to swap files from windows to Linux and back?
 

Hello friends at LQ,
I am a toddler in IT and new to linux.I have a PC with Windows XP with 80 GB disc.In it windows is 60 gb and 20gb partition for Linux-Redhat.
My Question is 'How do I interchange document /files from linux to Windows and viceversa'.
If that is possible please tell me How!it is done.
Normally windows files do not work in Linux.What is the solution? please provide a solution.Thank You. Sivaslinu at lq.org

I moved your post to its own thread as it wasn't on topic. Please create new threads for new questions in the future. Welcome to LQ.

As far as your question goes. Linux can mount and read/write NTFS and FAT partitions so that files can be transferred back and forth. Windows can read Linux file systems as well but I believe the software to do it is not free.

What do you mean by "normally windows files do not work in Linux."? What types of files?

If you're talking about running Windows programs in Linux you could try using Wine, but you'd want to check the Wine App DB first to make sure the software is supported.

There's free software that will allow you to read/write to an Ext2/3 partition from Windows. I'm not sure if there's anything for other filesystems.

You can create a shared NTFS data partition and install ntfs3g in Linux for read write access to the NTFS partition. NTFS can store unlimited file size compared to the old favorite shared data file format FAT32 which tops out at just under 4GB.
Windows XP operates quite fine in 15 to 20 GB partition if you keep all data in the shared partition which can be the remaining 40GB.
Another way is to install Linux in a virtual environment using vmware or similar in Windows. You'll be running both at the same time and you can access all host (Windows) drives/partitions as needed. Whatever data cannot be opened in Linux...you can access with the applicable Windows application installed in Windows and vice versa.