how can i accses to memory useing by another operating system such win xp

Hi,

Do you mean you want to use Ubuntu to access files you've created in Windows XP? or you want to use Windows XP to access Ubuntu files?

Go to the terminal and type the commands below:

$ cd $HOME
$ mkdir ntfs
$ cd ntfs
$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdax $HOME/ntfs

replace x in /dev/hdax with the partition number ...

e.g.:
 1)hda1=C:\
 2)hda5=D:\
 3)hda6=E:\

if you installed windows first. If you're not sure just repeat the last command with a different value for x until you find the right one. (type "ls" to view the files and folders in the drive you mounted). If you mount a different ntfs drive other than the one you wanted to mount then type :

$ sudo umount -t ntfs /dev/hdax $HOME/ntfs

Once you have mounted the correct partition you can start nautilus ( the file browser ) and go to the ntfs folder in your home directory and you can access the files.

Note:
1) When you use any command as sudo , sudo may(will) ask for a password. Type the password you use to logon to your computer.

2) Do NOT type the $'s before the commands. They are just there to signify that the text after them are the commands you should type.

Best of luck!

Doesn't work for me. Tried

sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdax $HOME/ntfs

running x from 0 to 5, with x=1 being my first try. This was in the ntfs directory as my current working directory. I got the password request and entered my password correctly.

ntfs directory is listed when I type 'ls' in my $HOME directory. When I 'cd ntfs' then try the 'sudo mount ...' stuff, I get the help dialog now, but was getting some other mumbo-jumbo before.

I want to import my MP3s into Rhythmbox and have jumped through the "Restricted Formats" hoops already, having downloaded and installed 50 something-or-others. Not to mention 162 updates after starting 8.04. Anyway, everything's grayed out when I try to import my MP3 music folder by-id into Rhythmbox, so I guessed that I had to (unsuccesfully) do what's suggested above.

It's just way too much easier to play MP3s in Windows because Thomson/Frauenhofer get paid in Windowsland.