can't access folder created in linux

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jgamez07 Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15	can't access folder created in linux im dualbooting windows 7 and ubuntu 9.10....i tried to back up some files from one hard drive to another under linux, and they transferred successfully...i can access them through linux but when i log into windows 7 i get an error message saying "location is not available" The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect... the file is on a second hard drive which is formatted as ntfs

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jgamez07 Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15	do i have to change permissions under linux?

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devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,596	Create a new file in Linux : Code: nano text.txt Press Ctrl+X, y and hit Enter key to save file. Copy it to that partition. Check if you able to access it Windows OS. Which command did you execute to mount NTFS partition in Linux? Post the output of this too : Code: df -h __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

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jgamez07 Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15	i was able to access the text file, but i think the prob was that i created a directory under linux called backup, where i put in all the files...i mounted the hard drive by just right clicking it and pressing mount...

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devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,596	Try to copy files again. Execute this Code: sudo mkdir /media/backup sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb<backup_partition> /media/backup -o default,umask=0 Copy file(s) in /media/backup folder. Execute umount command to un-mount partition. Code: sudo umount /dev/<backup_partition> __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

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Charles4809 Linux Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Utrecht, NL Posts: 105	If I read your post well then your problem is not in Ubuntu but in Windows7. Does Windows7 see the drive and the partitions on that drive? Was this drive/partition formatted under linux or under windows? If under linux maybe you have to reformat under Windows7. Warning: by doing that you will loose all data! Make sure to have a backup. __________________ Charles ASUS EEE Box B202, Atom 270 1,6GHz, 1 GB, HDD 80GB, XP-SP3 / Mint 7

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D-cat Linux Guru Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,514	I'm also wondering if he saved the file name using any characters that are illegal in Windows file names (like ?+\...). __________________ You just WON the game!

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elija Linux Engineer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Either at home or at work or down the pub Posts: 1,203	I'm wondering about the formatting thing to. If it is an ext2 or ext3 drive then this may help __________________ "Sometimes free software isn't free and sometimes free software isn't free. Sometimes it's both free and free and sometimes it's neither free nor free! Why is this so hard to explain" The Fifth Continent

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Charles4809 Linux Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Utrecht, NL Posts: 105	No, he wrote: " when i log into windows 7 i get an error message saying "location is not available" The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect... the file is on a second hard drive which is formatted as ntfs. " But I remember that a NTFS partition I had made with GParted gave me trouble under WindowsXP __________________ Charles ASUS EEE Box B202, Atom 270 1,6GHz, 1 GB, HDD 80GB, XP-SP3 / Mint 7

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elija

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Originally Posted by Charles4809

No, he wrote:
" when i log into windows 7 i get an error message saying "location is not available" The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect... the file is on a second hard drive which is formatted as ntfs. "

Completely missed that

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