when slackware installed it picked up the existing fat partitions and automatically mounted them. I can see all the files when i'm logged in as root but not when i'm logged in on my user account. I dont know if it's just the permissions aren't setup or what it is but here is my fstab file

/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hda7 /files vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdb5 /video vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/hdc5 /music vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

dont know if you need any more information, if so let me know
thanks in advance

try this line for your windows partitions

/dev/hda1 /mnt/c: vfat auto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=root,gid=root 0 0

Hey thanks for the help, they're finally mounting properly but i still can't see them in kongueror, however i can see all the files when i go through the command line?

do you have any more suggestions?
thanks again

sorry, here is my new fstab

/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat auto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=root,gid=root 0 0
/dev/hda7 /mnt/files vfat auto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=root,gid=root 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /mnt/video vfat auto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=root,gid=root 0 0
/dev/hdc5 /mnt/music vfat auto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=root,gid=root 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

are you saying that the files show up when you do an "ls", but not in konqueror?
if so it seems very odd
does midnight commander ("mc") see them?
and silly question - you have rebooted?