Dual-boot: How to access data in Windows partitions from Ubuntu apps

Question

I have finally made the move from Windows 7 to Ubuntu. But despite dabbling in Unix 20-30 years ago, I have no idea what to do now.

My Windows PC has these drives:

C: - an SSD that I repartitioned to install Ubuntu
E: - an internal HD with the volume name Data (shows as mounted as /media/keith/Data)
F: - an internal HD with the volume name Music (mounted as /media/keith/Music)

How on earth do I configure Ubuntu so that if I click on Music in Files, I see the directory on /media/keith/Music that holds the mp3 files? How do I access files in Documents and Pictures?

So far I have tried editing .config/user-dirs.dirs (using sudo) to:

XDG_MUSIC_DIR="/media/keith/Media/Music"

but that didn't seem to work.

Also tried to create soft links from the ~/MUSIC directory:

sudo ln -s /media/keith/MEDIA/Music . But again, nothing.

I feel like a complete noob (which I suppose I am really). Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Result from sudo parted -l

Model: ATA CT250BX100SSD1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 250GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 106MB 105MB primary ntfs boot 2 106MB 198GB 198GB primary ntfs 3 198GB 250GB 52.4GB extended 5 198GB 250GB 52.4GB logical ext4

Model: ATA ST4000DM000-1F21 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 4001GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 17.4kB 134MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres 2 135MB 4001GB 4001GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata

Model: ATA ST2000DM008-2FR1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 2000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 2000GB 2000GB primary ntfs

=================== FIXED!!! ===================

Thanks for your help @oldfred although I have to admit that, at first, I didn't fully understand those questions/answers. However, the reference to fstab proved to be the key. One of the things that I had been wary of was the ext4 reference. Happily another internet search, this time done with more knowledge, led me to a post on How-To Geek, which gave me a nice simple step-by-step guide as to what to do. First I installed ntfs-3g, then updated fstab with the following:

Add WIndows partitions (I hope - 1st try)

UUID=54703E25703E0E6C /media/keith/Data ntfs-3g auto,user,rw 0 0 UUID=00240AA9240AA230 /media/keith/Media ntfs-3g auto,user,rw 0 0

Finally, i updated user-dirs.dirs:

XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="/media/keith/Data/Documents" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="/media/keith/Data/Photos" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="/media/keith/Media/Radio TV Film" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="/media/keith/Media/Music"

And so far, so good :-)

Again, thanks for your help