Re: can't open hda1 icon on desktop



On Tuesday, 28 February 2006 04:08, alex wrote:
I downloaded a NTFS file with ubuntu and it is currently in /home.
I'd like to put in the Windows XP in hda1.
There's a hda1 icon on the ubuntu desktop but its permissions are
currently 400 and greyed out so
I can't write to it. I tried chmod 660 but it has no effect.

How can I get that NTFS file into hda1 without doing it in Windows?

Do you mean that you copied a file that was on an NTFS disk somewhere
and it's now sitting in /home where Windows can't use it?

As others already replied, you can't write to NTFS. Well, you can do
some forms of writing but the Linux kernel will not let you create
new files.

You have to copy the file to a filesystem that XP can use and that
Linux can write to. Then boot Windows to read the file. Try these:

- a FAT USB stick
- a vfat partition (you might have to make and format it first)
- burn it to cd

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