However, you might find that Windows drives do not appear in the file manager.
This is because, in some distros, you’re gonna wanna manually mount them.
Let’s take a look at how it’s possible for you to access your NTFS/Windows drives in Linux.
The go-to driver when working with NTFS drives is NTFS-3G.
It’s cross-compatible between Debian/Ubuntu derivatives,Arch Linux-based systemsas well as RHEL/CentOS/Fedora systems.
Now you might move on to the next steps.
To identify all the drives and their partition types, usethe fdisk commandwith the-lflag.
Take note of the machine name carefully.
You will be needing it later on in this guide.
This process is as simple as creating a regular directory on Linux.
Using the mkdir command, create a new directory in the root partition of your Linux system.
For the sake of better organization, make the directory under the/mntdirectory and name it “media”.
In Linux, the/etc/fstabfile stores the file system configurations.
ensure to separate each input with oneTabspace.
Write out the file once you’re done inputting the data.
you’ve got the option to now freely mount and unmount your Windows drives when logged into Linux.
In case you want to permanently use the drive on Linux, you will need to format it.
