What is the software to read data on windows partition from linux partition?

I am using dual boot system and i want to know the software for reading data on the windows partition from the linux partition...

I want to use linux but data are all in the windows partition...

Is there any software for reading the data ?What is the software to read data on windows partition from linux partition?
Linux can read the data on NTFS partitions or FAT partitions - you don't need any special software.What is the software to read data on windows partition from linux partition?
Which type of windows partition is it ?



If its FAT32, then just type sudo mount /dev/sda1 in terminal and you will have your partition on desktop



If its NTFS, use a new linux build like Open Suse 10.3 and follow the steps above.What is the software to read data on windows partition from linux partition?
Everyone has their own favorite Linux Distro (except I like to be spoiled and will gladly tell you what is wrong with whichever one I am using most at the moment). Some distros read NTFS. Some don't. My first link tells you how to mount a vfat file system onto Red Hat Linux 9.0. That's an older distro, though I have it around here somewhere. The information is still applicable to most distros, and still relevant. What you do is you make a directory you can mount it to, and mount it. To mount it automatically, you edit your /etc/fstab configuration file (CAREFULLY AND BACK IT UP FIRST -- period) by adding a line which tells the computer to read it and what the file format is. I'll let you read it.



The second link, for Ubuntu, is more elaborate but even better. It tells you how to find out what your partition is called by the operating system and what its file format is (with fdisk -l which is not Ubuntu-specific) and how to mount it (assuming you have already created the directory you are mounting it to). Used to be, drives were mounted to the /mnt directory. These days, they are mounted to the /media directory, unless you specify otherwise. On my old Dual Boot I specified the windows partition be mounted to my root directory (/). You can put it in /home/%26lt;username%26gt; if you want (though it may cause a few problems with permissions). It's pretty straightforward and you don't have to edit /etc/fstab unless you want the system to mount it for you automatically at boot.