Mounting a windows harddrive in linux(SOLVED)

unilx · 2010-10-25 03:33:17

I have a harddrive with windows installed on it,can i mount it the same way i would mount a flashdrive ( mount /dev/sdd1 /media/disk ) without damaging the files on it.
thx.

I mean mounting it so i can view the video/audio not so i can use windows

Last edited by unilx (2010-10-25 04:39:20)

karol · 2010-10-25 04:05:37

Yes you can. If it's an ntfs-formatted drive you need an app called ntfs-3g to be able to access the files.

joven · 2010-10-25 04:17:22

karol wrote:

Yes you can. If it's an ntfs-formatted drive you need an app called ntfs-3g to be able to access the files.

I've always used mount -t ntfs and its worked fine for me. Why the extra dependency?

If its not NTFS then I've had consistent luck with mount -t vfat

Last edited by joven (2010-10-25 04:18:33)

karol · 2010-10-25 04:22:02

joven wrote:

karol wrote:
Yes you can. If it's an ntfs-formatted drive you need an app called ntfs-3g to be able to access the files.
I've always used mount -t ntfs and its worked fine for me. Why the extra dependency?
If its not NTFS then I've had consistent luck with mount -t vfat

I meant you need ntfs-3g if you want to write to that drive ;P OP edited his post when I was writing mine.

unilx · 2010-10-25 04:38:52

Thanks for the help.Works great

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Mounting a windows harddrive in linux(SOLVED)

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Re: Mounting a windows harddrive in linux(SOLVED)

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Re: Mounting a windows harddrive in linux(SOLVED)

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