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Accessing Windows 7 files

Asked by Tim Raaff

I have downloaded Ubuntu version 11.04 on an Acer 5740G running windows 7. I have tried to access Windows file. I have attempted to install Samba and it keeps coming up with error that it cant access the archive.
What i want is to run Ubuntu seamlessly accessing my data. I am a bit technologically challenged so please respond in simple terms.
Thanks

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Best marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#1

samba is used to access files on different opsys on a network. you don't need to use samba if all you're trying to do is access your windoze 7 files on a differnt partition.

just go into natilus (places menu) and click on the "partition" your files are in to retrieve them. i don't have windoze on my machine anymore, so i don't remember the exact name of the windoze partition. it might be called "my computer"

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Tim Raaff (timraaff) said : 		#2

Thanks marcus aurelius, that solved my question.

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Tim Raaff (timraaff) said : 		#3

Thanks very much for your help.

On , marcus aurelius <email address hidden> wrote:
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> marcus aurelius proposed the following answer:

> samba is used to access files on different opsys on a network. you don't

> need to use samba if all you're trying to do is access your windoze 7

> files on a differnt partition.

> just go into natilus (places menu) and click on the "partition" your

> files are in to retrieve them. i don't have windoze on my machine

> anymore, so i don't remember the exact name of the windoze partition. it

> might be called "my computer"

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