how to mount an NTFS drive in ubuntu

1. install

apt-get install libfuse2
apt-get install ntfs-3g


2. ensure your system ‘sees’ the ntfs drive

fdisk -l | grep NTFS

You should then see something like;
/dev/hda1   *           1       14387   156288421+    7  HPFS/NTFS


3. Check it isn’t mounted already.There should be nothing coming up 
   unless this isn’t the first time you are attempting this.  

mount


4. create a folder to mount the drive in

mkdir /media/windows
mount –t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /media/windows


5. to auto mount it whenever the system starts 
(Be very careful!!!! If you damage this file it will not boot.)

sudo nano fstab

#add the line

/dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0




5*. umount

umount /dev/hda1