How to access your Windows drives from Ubuntu

If you want to access your NTFS Windows drives follow these instructions:

1. Make sure you have internet access (see the network icon on the top right)
2. Open the “Applications” menu and select “Add/Remove…”
3. In the listbox on the right select: “Show All Available Applications”
4. Search for “NTFS” and select “NTFS Configuration Tool”. Click OK to install it
5. Run the configuration tool under Applications > System Tools > NTFS Configuration Tool
6. Select “Enable write support for internal device”. Click OK to set it up.
7. Once you reboot you will find your windows disks under /media (you can access that from Places > Computer > File System > media).