how to mount a ntfs disk to Ubuntu
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1. check to find the ntfs disk (example: /dev/sdb1)

   sudo fdisk -l


2. make a dir for the ntfs disk

   sudo mkdir /media/ntfsDisk300GB


3. to mount the ntfs disk

   sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdc1 /media/ntfsDisk300GB

   (to un-mount: sudo umount /media/ntfsDisk300GB)

4. to check


   cd /media/ntfsDisk300GB
   ls

   


5* to automatically mount it on startup


   5.1 sudo nano /etc/fstab
   5.2 add the line to end:
      
       /dev/sdc1       /media/ntfsDisk300GB        ntfs-3g         defaults        0       0

       /dev/sdc1   /media/ntfsDisk300GB   ntfs-3g   defaults,  locale=en_US.utf8 0 0