Why are partitons not automatically mounting?

Question

After installing Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS, the Windows 7 partition and an extra backup partition are no longer mounting automatically as they used to do in 10.04.2 LTS.

I have an ATA HardDisk.

What could be the problem? Any insights will be highly appreciated.

You can make them to mount automatically!! You have edit /etc/fstab and make an entry to to file in order to make them mount automatically!! — Saurav Kumar, Sep 09 '13 at 17:34
Hi, please read this article first. http://askubuntu.com/questions/46588/how-to-automount-ntfs-partitions — Svyatoslav, Sep 09 '13 at 17:40
@DarkWarrior: Check my answer.. Reply for further assistance.. — Saurav Kumar, Sep 09 '13 at 17:41

Saurav Kumar · Answer 1 · 2013-09-09T17:46:36.930

You have to enter your partition information to /etc/fstab file. Then your disk will be mounted automatically!

Just go for following step:

First take back up of /etc/fstab
```
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.backup
```

Execute following command to get your partition UUID information that will help you to configure /etc/fstab file.

sudo blkid

Search for your partition's UUID which you want to mount automaticall. Your HDD partitions shouls be displayed like:

/dev/sda1: LABEL="Backup" UUID="00A0CE7EA0CE7A24" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: LABEL="40GBTWO" UUID="00A0CE7EA0CE7A24" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="7550252c-3da7-4cd9-8da3-71e9ba38e74a" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda7: UUID="088fd084-a011-4896-aa93-c0caaad60620" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="SaurK" UUID="0DB6254A58CEF6F7" TYPE="ntfs"

and so on. It is just an example but format will be same.

Now copy the UUID of the partitions which you want to insert in /etc/fstab file.
Now open /etc/fstab file and insert entry for your HDD partitions on the last line of /etc/fstab file. Take help from previous entry, for format etc:
```
sudo gedit /etc/fstab
```
When opened your entry would be like this:
```
UUID=<your_UUID_for_Disk_partitions> /media/<location_where_you_want_to_mount>             ntfs    errors=remount-ro 0
```
Just an example:
```
UUID=00A0CE7EA0CE7A24 /media/Backup               ntfs    errors=remount-ro 0
```
you may have to replace ntfs to ext4 or fat32 according to the file system of your partition. It displays in blkid output.
Now create location where to mount your disk partitions. Create a folder for each partitions to mount. ((note: a directory may be already created, if so ignore this step.) For example:
```
sudo mkdir /media/Backup
```
Then execute this command once finished:
```
sudo mount -a
```

You can refer this link for further help: Auto mounting with /etc/fstab Hope it works for you..

That's good!! New packages have come to market.. :) I told you the ancient traditional way.. You would be scared.. :D — Saurav Kumar, Sep 09 '13 at 17:55

Why are partitons not automatically mounting?

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