Access NTFS external harddrive from ubuntu

[ZeroShade]

I have an external harddrive that I have set to 'share' on windows vista so that it can be accessed through my network... however I'm not even sure If I set that up correctly as its my first time doing this. Then I want to access this harddrive from my ubuntu os on my laptop. Can I do this?

 

[KSoD]

Yes. If you can see the network and connect to it with Ubuntu then you can access the drive and use it.

 

[ZeroShade]

In ubuntu... I can go to "Networks" and I see "Windows Network"... click on that... but nothing shows up inside? I'm assuming it has to be a a file format issue but I'm still a linux n00b so I could be horribly wrong.

 

[KSoD]

Ubuntu will read and recognize NTFS by default. So that just means you do not have a shared folder in there.

 

[ZeroShade]

Do you know any good guides to set me up? I've been looking but unsure what to do sometimes cause I'm so use to windows.

 

[farinha]

If I remember right you need to configure samba so that linux can access windows network.

 

[KSoD]

Do you know any good guides to set me up? I've been looking but unsure what to do sometimes cause I'm so use to windows.

I wouldnt know to tell the truth. I dont know much of Linux myself.

 

[ZeroShade]

I think samba is the answer... now its just configuring it properly.