i am new to linux.i want to know how to
access linux files in windows within the same
machine.

you can normally only read (and copy) the win from lin... NO writing tho.

from windows, you will not be able to even see the linux.

there are ways around this.

samba is one way, but that is for networks, so i am not sure it works on the same harddisk.

there are third party products (some for $) but i'm not knowledgable enuff to recommend any of them.

you can set up a third partitian, but it will need to be fat32 (so both win and lin can see/write to it). then you can read & write.

there maybe other ways like captive ntfs (free) ... but i'm not sure how much progress that project has been making.

to read/copy the win data to linux you need to have the win partitian mounted.

good luck.

Hi and welcome to LQ Since you are asking a question rather than just introducing yourself, I have moved this thread to Linux-General.

I also edited your "Help Me" crap title to something more descriptive.

Cheers.

Nit-picking in the interests of learning.....

It's not "Linux files"---it's "Linux file system(s)" You can have a .doc .ppt .pdf .jpg----etc. on either Windows or Linux.

Set up a separate Partition (ideally a separate physical drive)--format at FAT32, and put all your data there. Easy to have read-write access from both Winodws and Linux.

Explore2fs for accessing ext2(3) partitions

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

rfstool for accessing reiserfs partitions

http://p-nand-q.com/download/rfstool.html

a gui frontend called YAReG, need .net framework

http://yareg.akucom.de/

Besides them, TotalCommender has some plugins for accessing Linux partitions.

They are all very limited, slow, read only, so as above posts already mentioned, you'd better to make a fat32 partition for changing data.

Try Ext2IFS from http://www.fs-driver.org/

i (we) forgot co linux.. i 'think' you can write from both systems then because it is on the same partitian (but don't quote me).

and symlinks 'supposedly' from win to lin (via fat32) allows writing to ntfs.. but again.. i never tried those daring feats :/ (yet).