How can I access my Windows files from Linux?
 

I am running a Mandrake 9.2/Windows 98SE dual boot, but how can I access my Windows files?

There should be a folder under /mnt/ named windows or something like that and it should contain you files.

Assuming that you installed MDK after 98 your windows drives should of been automatically configured. Look at /mnt directory do you see anything like win_c?

placing shortcut on the desktop
 

thank you very much. now i have two questions.

1. Can I place that /mnt/windows folder on my LInux desktop, and if so, how?

2. Can I access my Linux files from Windows? If so, how?

Thank you.

1. Two possibilities: you can simply make a link to you /mnt/windows folder: don't know if you are using kde or gnome, but you can probably do that by just right clicking and making a link like that. The other possibility is making a folder on you desktop called windows or so, and edit you /etc/fstab. If you open fstab there must be a line like

/dev/hda?? /mnt/win_c vfat defaults 0 2

Where the ?? must be a number. Change it into

/dev/hda?? /home/you_user_name/Desktop/windows vfat defaults 0 2

Replace you_user_name with you username of course :). The next time you boot your linux your windows-partition will be mounted on your desktop. Always a good idea to make a backup of you /etc/fstab -file first, so you can always put it back in case of emergency. However, this change isn't that dangereous. But I still recommend making a link.

2. Don't think you can acces your linux-files from windows: windows doesn't support any other filesystems than it's own. You could however use a FAT32 partition to store you data, so both linux and windows can read and write it.

Succes!

Thank you
 

Thank you very much.

Hello everybody!
sterrenkijker wrote:
2. Don't think you can acces your linux-files from windows: windows doesn't support any other filesystems than it's own. You could however use a FAT32 partition to store you data, so both linux and windows can read and write it.

I'm not agree, there is simple way to do this: you just need to use Partition Manager from Windows. You can browse Linux Partitions and make easy copy from it to Windows Fat32 or NTFS partition. :)

Bye!

P.S. sorry for my bad english, i'm new here.

:)

Sounds nice, never heard of it

Where do you get partition manager from? Under which windows-versions does it work?

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