Howto: Mount Windows Filesystem on Linux

It can be very useful to access your Windows filesystem on a dualboot computer (one with both Windows and Linux Operating Systems). Here’s how:

1. Open a Terminal window and create a directory to mount on to:

   $ sudo mkdir /mnt/win

2. For an NTFS Windows Filesystem:

   $ mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/win

3. For a FAT32 Windows Filesystem:

   $ mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/win

4. Go to your mounted folder:

   $ cd /mnt/win

Note: Don’t type the leading $, its the prompt. This assumes that your Windows filesystem is the first partition and is called “sda1″. If not, change the relevant command above to point to the right name. Also, if it’s NTFS, it will probably be read only access so you won’t be able to copy files to it. If this is required, it may be a good idea to creat a separate FAT32 partition that would be accessible to both OSs for sharing files.