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When i boot onto kubuntu , sometimes i want to access files from (Windows drive) so then i end up rebooting again to Windows and moving files to another drive which is accessible from kubuntu. Is there any other way ,without crashing Windows files?

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Two part answer.

Part #1

Although not recommended, you can directly get to files on your Windows C: drive by mounting that partition in Nautilus (by clicking on the disk icon in the Unity launcher). You need to properly prepare Windows for this to happen.

You'll need to do this in Windows:

  • open the Power control panel
  • click on change what the power buttons do
  • click on change options that are unavailable
  • uncheck fast start
  • close the Power control panel
  • open an administrative command prompt window
  • type powercfg /h off (turns off hibernation)
  • type chkdsk /f c:
  • approve that chkdsk runs at next boot time
  • reboot Windows

Part #2

A better way is to create a NTFS partition on your hard disk that can be shared in both Windows and Ubuntu. This NTFS partition can be auto-mounted in Ubuntu by editing /etc/fstab and adding lines similar to this:

# shared ntfs disk
UUID=0C0F93CE58153D42  /media/your_username/Shared_Data  ntfs-3g  defaults  0  0

changing the UUID to the correct value.

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