How To Access Windows Files On Linux

If you can’t access your Windows files from Windows, you can launch a Linux live CD and access them using this. Follow the simple steps below.

Acquire a Live Linux image of a distro that can read ntfs/fat32. Download and burn or buy.

Ensure your BIOS is set to boot from CD/USB.

Put your CD/USB in. before the bootloader kicks in (after the POST is okay).

Once Linux has loaded you need to mount your Windows partition. You may need root access.

• fdisk -l
• Find the partition that contains Windows, it will probably say NTFS. (sda1 is likely)
• mkdir -p /media/windows
• mount /dev/sda1 /media/windows

You can then access your C drive on /media/windows.