lost hard drive space

zeeshib · 08-25-2009, 08:04 PM

Hi,
Currently i am using a dual boot system i.e windows vista sp1 and ubuntu linux..
I installed ubuntu on a system with pre-installed windows. i had a 160 gb hard drive and i allocated 60 gb to ubuntu. Now if i boot ubuntu i can access the hard drive allocated to windows (shown as a seperate partition) but when i boot from windows i cannot access the space allocated to ubuntu. In windows I checked with management..(right click my computer...etc.)it shows the ubuntu allocated space as healthy primary but on a right click only 2 options can be selected i.e "delete partition" and "help". how can i access this partition in windows.
plz help.
thanks

**raptor_pa** · 08-25-2009, 09:46 PM

What filesystem is the ubuntu partition formatted as?

zeeshib · 08-30-2009, 11:03 AM

thanks for response..
initially i installed windows on my hdd using NTFS filesystem
then a partition was made during installation of ubuntu..

**raptor_pa** · 08-30-2009, 01:17 PM

What filesystem for ubuntu? How about a screen cap from Disk management. Best guess would be when you installed ubuntu you used ext# or reiser for the file system, neither one of which windows can recognize.

08-25-2009, 08:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
zeeshib Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 OS: windows vista sp1, ubuntu linux	lost hard drive space Hi, Currently i am using a dual boot system i.e windows vista sp1 and ubuntu linux.. I installed ubuntu on a system with pre-installed windows. i had a 160 gb hard drive and i allocated 60 gb to ubuntu. Now if i boot ubuntu i can access the hard drive allocated to windows (shown as a seperate partition) but when i boot from windows i cannot access the space allocated to ubuntu. In windows I checked with management..(right click my computer...etc.)it shows the ubuntu allocated space as healthy primary but on a right click only 2 options can be selected i.e "delete partition" and "help". how can i access this partition in windows. plz help. thanks

08-25-2009, 09:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,801 OS: XP	Re: lost hard drive space What filesystem is the ubuntu partition formatted as? __________________

08-30-2009, 11:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
zeeshib Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 OS: windows vista sp1, ubuntu linux	Re: lost hard drive space thanks for response.. initially i installed windows on my hdd using NTFS filesystem then a partition was made during installation of ubuntu..

08-30-2009, 01:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,801 OS: XP	Re: lost hard drive space What filesystem for ubuntu? How about a screen cap from Disk management. Best guess would be when you installed ubuntu you used ext# or reiser for the file system, neither one of which windows can recognize. __________________