Unable to see partition!!!!

is windows installed on one partition and ubuntu installed on another, or are they installed on the same partition? if they are separate from each other you should be able to: edit your fstab:

check your mount points by opening a terminal and typing:
sudo fdisk -l

if the output is /dev/sda3 then:
/dev/sda3 /media/windows <filessystem> defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1

<filesystem> examples: fat32, ntfs, ext4

to edit fstab: "sudo gedit /etc/fstab"

yes i have installed ubuntu and windows in separate folders!!!!! nd it wud be nice if u cud explain the procedure bit more elaborately as i am new to ubuntu!!!!!

after i type in sudo fdisk-1 it shows
Usage: fdisk [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK Change partition table
       fdisk -l [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK List partition table(s)
       fdisk -s PARTITION Give partition size(s) in blocks
       fdisk -v Give fdisk version
Here DISK is something like /dev/hdb or /dev/sda
and PARTITION is something like /dev/hda7
-u: give Start and End in sector (instead of cylinder) units
-b 2048: (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors

wht am i supposed to do now.....my windows is installed in C partition and ubuntu in D... i have two more partitions E and F.. All are visible in windows but in ubuntu only C,E,F are visible and not the partition in which linux is installed...

after i type in sudo fdisk-1 it shows
Usage: fdisk [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK Change partition table
       fdisk -l [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK List partition table(s)
       fdisk -s PARTITION Give partition size(s) in blocks
       fdisk -v Give fdisk version
Here DISK is something like /dev/hdb or /dev/sda
and PARTITION is something like /dev/hda7
-u: give Start and End in sector (instead of cylinder) units
-b 2048: (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors

wht am i supposed to do now.....my windows is installed in C partition and ubuntu in D... i have two more partitions E and F.. All are visible in windows but in ubuntu only C,E,F are visible and not the partition in which linux is installed...

open a terminal and type:
sudo fdisk -l
(fdisk SPACE -l <--this is an L)

your output should resemble:
  Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 4 18709 150255945 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18710 19457 6008310 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 1 3 24066 0 Empty
/dev/sda5 18710 19457 6008278+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

assume windows is on the 25MB partition (/dev/sda3)

now type:
sudo blkid /dev/sda3

output should resemble:
/dev/sda3: UUID="5299d27a-7bb6-48d8-bcc8-90356350e56a" TYPE="vfat"

to test:
mkdir /media/windows
sudo mount /dev/sda3 /media/windows

drive should now be visible in nautilus, to automount do this:

in terminal type:
sudo gedit /etc/fstab

add:
/dev/sda3 /media/windows vfat defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1

save and restart

when i type mkdir /media/windows they say cant create tht premission denied!!!!! i want the partition tht has linux not the one with windows!!!!

Hi :)

It sounds as though you were using Windows when you installed Ubuntu just the same as installing any other program in Windows.

Another way to find out is during boot-up do you get a menu with 1 line for booting into Windows and 1 line for booting into Ubuntu? or do you get lots of lines for Ubuntu and some other things too?

Another question i have is have you been using Ubuntu for quite a while and this suddenly went wrong or is this a recent install that has never worked yet?

Did you install from a proper Cd or from a file inside Windows. If you did make an Ubuntu Cd then please can you try booting up with the cd in the cd/dvd-drive?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
This should get you into a demo version of Ubuntu and it should let you surf the internet and also, from the "Places" menu on the top taskbar see your Windows partitions/'drives'/Media

Ok, quite a lot of questions!
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

sorry it should read:
sudo mkdir /media/windows

however i am very confused now. do you want to be in windows and see your ubuntu partition, or do you want to be in ubuntu and see your windows partition? the steps i have been taking you through should allow you to get to your windows partition from inside ubuntu.

linux does not label drives in the same way windows does. when your in linux your "D" partition is called "/" the other partitions may show up with their letter but only because they are actually named C,E,F. when you load up ubuntu your INSIDE the D partition. this answer is based on my understanding that you want to be in ubuntu and access the ubuntu partition, if thats the case your already there.

Hi TBradley.
Yes, that is what made me think the Ubuntu has been installed using the Wubi but there are a few other ways to check. I guess that Nitin is either in Europe or Asia and has sensibly gone to sleep to leave this for another day

Nitin,
Please don't worry if you don't know the answers to all my questions. Probably we can work it out if you can even answer just 1. Bradley & i are working on different ways through the problem and it is fine to try both ways at the same time as they don't stop each other from working.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

@Tom and T.Bradely : Hiiiiii....im from India so was in deeeeeepppp sleep while ur msgs were sent!!! :P
1.okay my problem is tht i have 4 partition visible in windows but only 3 are visible in ubuntu!!!! The missing one is the partition where i hv installed ubuntu (this partition doesnt have windows)...
2. I did install ubuntu using a CD
3. when i boot i get first the following screen :
   Ubuntu
   Wnidows XP
when i chose ubuntu it goes to another menu which shows some options(sorry dont remember wht it is) from which i always chose the first option!!!!

And thnks a lot for the help u ppl r providing!!!!!!! :)....Hope i can get this corrected soon!!!!

Hi :)

Ok, please can you use the Ubuntu Cd to boot up from? Please put the Ubuntu Cd in the cd/dvd-drive and switch the machine off and then on again. Does that get you to a different menu? Try the top option "Try Ubuntu without making changes to this machine" and you should get to a working desktop.

This is only a demo version of Ubuntu & it will forget things you save to it's desktop or "Documents" & "Pictures" (etc) folders. However, it should find your internet connection and you can also get to a command-line to copy&paste this command using the mouse

sudo fdisk -l

note that the "-l" is a lower-case "-L", not a 1.

I think the problem is that you have installed another demo version of Ubuntu using the "Wubi" install rather than a full proper dual-boot install. To make your installed version into a proper dual boot see part 8 of section 8 in this guide
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

Alternatively you might prefer to use this guide to do a fresh install straight from the LiveCd
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
and then copy across data from you existing install before uninstalling the Wubi from inside Windows.

So the first thing is to try booting up from the Ubuntu Cd as a "LiveCd"
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

and let us know how that goes
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)