Windows partition not visible

[blazarov]

Hi everyone,
I'm currently running Intrepid with KDE 4.2 RC and have the following problem (I had it also prior the 4.2 upgrade, so I don't think it is connected). I have two windows partitions, the one with my actual windows installation and one for data, both ntfs formatted. While I have no problem browsing and reading/writing to the first partition, the second one, containing all my music, video etc. is not at all visible in Dolphin. It is also interesting, that when I click on the icon for the resierfs partition in Dolphin, nothing happens.
I will be very thankful if someone has an idea of what might be wrong.

Greets,
Boyan

[doctordruidphd]

Re: Windows partition not visible

See if the drive is mounted; from a terminal type

mount

If it's not there, then you will have to check your /etc/fstab file, and see if there is an entry in there for it.


Please report back with the results of the mount command, and the entries for your existing windows partition, and for the one you can't see.

[blazarov]

Re: Windows partition not visible

Hi,
First of all, thanx for the reply. Here's the output of both commands:

mount:

/dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)

/etc/fstab :

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda6
UUID=5706f18d-a2e7-4051-a578-729d0b9c6a70 / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda7
UUID=1db6ef42-317d-4a32-b1c0-2c978c15e373 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

[kyonides]

Re: Windows partition not visible

Have you tried to install NTFS Configuration Tool or ntfs-config? (Both are the same thing.)

You may want to install it in order to mount your Windows partition. If for some reason it fails to mount it properly, a new pop up window will show up and give you the exact command line you'd need to enter at a terminal window (Konsole). Then you should be able to check your Windows partition at anytime.