Mounting Windows Partitions in Ubuntu

Ubuntu will automatically mount external drives, but it will not automatically mount internal drives. So this will show you how to mount (or make available for use) internal NTFS-formatted (i.e., Windows) drives in Ubuntu.

Mount Windows through the menu


First click on the Home Folder to open the file browser.


Unfortunately, Ubuntu just identifies drives by their capacities. So in this case I just happen to know the 125 GB partition is the NTFS one, so if I click it, it'll mount and open.

(If you're using classic Gnome in Ubuntu 11.10 or 11.04, or if you're using Ubuntu 10.10 or 10.04, you can achieve the same thing as these first two steps by clicking on Places and then selecting the appropriate partition by size.)


When I'm done, I can eject (or unmount) the drive.

Last updated 01/28/12 12:02

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