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Transferring files from OS to OS [SOLVED]

SamiSami Registered User regular
edited August 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I've got both Windows XP and Ubuntu on my pc, and I want to be able to access my music on Ubuntu. Is there any way to make files available to both operating systems on the same hard drive?

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    PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    Yeah. Create a partition just for your music in FAT32 format. Move all of your music there. Everything reads FAT32, right?*


    *I have no idea if Linux reads FAT32. I know OS X reads and writes.

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    L Ron HowardL Ron Howard The duck MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Linus can read and write FAT32. It can only read from NTFS, because of a lawsuit between the Moft and the Linux dudes supposedly stealing the technology they made first that the Moft "borrowed." Or something.
    Either way, Sami, you're good.

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    PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    Probably best to create a third partition using FAT32, though. That way if you're online in either OS and want to place some new music there, you can.

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    BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    L Ron Howard wrote: »
    It can only read from NTFS, because of a lawsuit between the Moft and the Linux dudes supposedly stealing the technology they made first that the Moft "borrowed." Or something.
    This is so wrong that it hurts my head.

    Any recent (basically "released within the last few years") Linux distro can read and write from/to NTFS partitions. If you had Windows installed before Ubuntu odds are your NTFS partition is already mounted when you boot into Linux.

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    SamiSami Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Cool beans! Do any of you know of a good guide to disk partitioning for the novice computer user?

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    WhatToThinkWhatToThink Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Although that would work, it would be much easier to just buy an external hard drive and use that. Just out of curiosity why do you have ubuntu installed?

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    L Ron HowardL Ron Howard The duck MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Barrakketh wrote: »
    L Ron Howard wrote: »
    It can only read from NTFS, because of a lawsuit between the Moft and the Linux dudes supposedly stealing the technology they made first that the Moft "borrowed." Or something.
    This is so wrong that it hurts my head.

    Any recent (basically "released within the last few years") Linux distro can read and write from/to NTFS partitions. If you had Windows installed before Ubuntu odds are your NTFS partition is already mounted when you boot into Linux.

    My bad for being behind the times. I thought there was still a lawsuit going on which wouldn't allow Linux to write to NTFS.

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    BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    L Ron Howard wrote: »
    Barrakketh wrote: »
    L Ron Howard wrote: »
    It can only read from NTFS, because of a lawsuit between the Moft and the Linux dudes supposedly stealing the technology they made first that the Moft "borrowed." Or something.
    This is so wrong that it hurts my head.

    Any recent (basically "released within the last few years") Linux distro can read and write from/to NTFS partitions. If you had Windows installed before Ubuntu odds are your NTFS partition is already mounted when you boot into Linux.

    My bad for being behind the times. I thought there was still a lawsuit going on which wouldn't allow Linux to write to NTFS.
    Nope. The NTFS-3G project (the one that brought us write support) has never, to my knowledge, been involved in any lawsuit since its inception (the end of October, 2006). Write support had been declared stable for the driver since late February of 2007.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Sami wrote: »
    Cool beans! Do any of you know of a good guide to disk partitioning for the novice computer user?

    GParted has only a small chance of breaking one or both operating systems!

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    jclastjclast Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Sami wrote: »
    Cool beans! Do any of you know of a good guide to disk partitioning for the novice computer user?

    I don't know of any tools off the top of my head, but partitioning is best done before any OS's are installed. This makes it so that you don't accidentally trash vital files. If I were in your position this is what I would do, but I haven't done it so I'm not 100% sure it would work.

    1) Back up everything you care to on an external HDD, DVD, etc.
    2) Throw in a Windows install DVD and create three partitions - one for Windows, one for Ubuntu, and one for storage.
    3) Install Windows on the Windows one and Linux on the Linux one. Then put music on the storage one.
    4) Enjoy music from either OS.

    Out of curiosity though, if you're already running Windows, why run Ubuntu as well? I run UNR on my Dell Mini 9, but that's because WinXP kept crashing on it due to the Mini 9 being pretty bare-bones specs-wise.

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    SeeksSeeks Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    All the porn sites, none of the viruses.

    If you opt to go with ext2 as the fs for your Ubuntu install, there's also a utility for windows that will let you read from/write to your Ubuntu partition.

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    SamiSami Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    For those who are wondering, I installed Ubuntu because:

    1) I support the open-source philosophy
    2) For what I use it for(web surfing, Open Office) it's a cleaner and smoother option than XP (in my experience)
    3) XP tends to become a petri dish as a matter of course, rather than user error. Ubuntu has been good to me so far in this regard.

    Looks like a reformat is my best option for creating partitions without exploding my computer.

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    FagatronFagatron Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Pheezer wrote: »
    Yeah. Create a partition just for your music in FAT32 format. Move all of your music there. Everything reads FAT32, right?*


    *I have no idea if Linux reads FAT32. I know OS X reads and writes.

    OS/X will read it, but I came across THIS when I was wondering about doing something something similar with a Macbook I'm buying next week. I don't know if it works yet but I'll be trying it out.

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    PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    Fagatron wrote: »
    Pheezer wrote: »
    Yeah. Create a partition just for your music in FAT32 format. Move all of your music there. Everything reads FAT32, right?*


    *I have no idea if Linux reads FAT32. I know OS X reads and writes.

    OS/X will read it, but I came across THIS when I was wondering about doing something something similar with a Macbook I'm buying next week. I don't know if it works yet but I'll be trying it out.

    That's really interesting. Thanks for posting it, I'm gonna try that out tomorrow.

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    ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Pheezer wrote: »
    Fagatron wrote: »
    Pheezer wrote: »
    Yeah. Create a partition just for your music in FAT32 format. Move all of your music there. Everything reads FAT32, right?*


    *I have no idea if Linux reads FAT32. I know OS X reads and writes.

    OS/X will read it, but I came across THIS when I was wondering about doing something something similar with a Macbook I'm buying next week. I don't know if it works yet but I'll be trying it out.

    That's really interesting. Thanks for posting it, I'm gonna try that out tomorrow.

    I use this basically every day and it's great.

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