how to view files n folders in windows partition through ubuntu linux?

Question

I have win xp and ubuntu linux installed on computer how can i veiw files on win xp partition through linux and vice versa

Answer 1

Which Ubuntu? Dapper, Edgy, Feisty? Which XP format: NTFS or FAT32? Which drive is it on?
PART ONE: mount Win from Lin
If your Windows is partition one on an SATA drive it'll probably be:
NTFS: (this is one command/sentence):
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/windows/ -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222
FAT32:(this is one command/sentence):
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/windows/ -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8,umask=000

If your Windows is partition one on an ATA/PATA/ATA100/IDE drive it'll probably be:
NTFS: (this is one command/sentence):
sudo mount /dev/hda1 /media/windows/ -t ntfs -o nls=utf8,umask=0222
FAT32:(this is one command/sentence):
sudo mount /dev/hda1 /media/windows/ -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8,umask=000

If you can mount the drives, your files will be in /media/windows
If you have not installed ntfs-3g and they are on an ntfs partition, you will only be able to read your windows files.

PART TWO: Mount Lin from Win
There are programs that'll allow you to read EXT3 filesystems from within Windows, but I can't recommend them. The best way to have shared data is to have another partition formatted FAT32 and keep your shared files there, and therefore accessible read/write from both Win and Lin.

I highly recommend Ubuntuforums.org - they have HOWTO's on accessing windows from Linux.