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How do you make windows partitions mount at startup with the ubuntu system? I always keep my media and data files on windows partition.

Fahim Mugdho
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All info above is good - but this is the EASIEST

Use the Disks application - already part of Ubuntu 14.04/16/04, click on the partition, click on the little cog wheel under - for settings. And then Edit Mount Options

  • change settings to NOT start automatically
  • mount at startup
Aveesh
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  • it works! On practice it adds to end of /etc/fstab following line /dev/disk/by-uuid/<my uuid> /home auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0 – lubart Jun 08 '17 at 18:23
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All your options to mount partitions are covered in this page.

Ensure you use the UUID for your drive, as directed in the linked page.

Edit: As noted by another member, do not mount your Windows partition that has your OS on it as RW, make sure it's Read-Only! Other partitions that are only used as storage can be Read/Write. I had originally assumed you meant storage drives, not OS drives. Edited for clarity.

Delorean
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    Often best not to directly mount the Windows system partition read/write. The Linux NTFS driver exposes all the files & folders that Windows normally keeps hidden to avoid user errors or corruption. Best to use a separate NTFS shared data partition and set Windows system partition read only (ro) or mount and hide mount so not seen at all normally. https://askubuntu.com/questions/46588/how-to-automount-ntfs-partitions and: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions – oldfred May 26 '16 at 16:28
  • True, but the question was "windows partitionS", plural, so I assume NTFS partitions and not necessarily the Windows System/OS partition. I will however update my answer to specify this, thanks for pointing out, and, +1 – Delorean May 26 '16 at 16:45
  • Editing FSTab is very dangerous. One minor misspell, and your Raspberry Pi can become unbootable. – IgorGanapolsky Jan 23 '17 at 01:59
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    @IgorG. Of course, but so are most things in Linux. Doesn't take much to kill a system, even by accident. But then you get to learn how to fix it. Welcome to Linux :) – Delorean Jan 24 '17 at 02:17