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3. Four easy steps!

3.1 Step One:

So you should write down how your hard disk is partitoned? (use fdisk or pratiton magic, etc..) your notes should be something like: 

C:      primary1        hda1
D:      logical1        hda5
E:      logical2        hda6
F:      primary2        hda2
...

3.2 Step Two:

Are you ready? Logon as a root, create the folowing directories: 

$mkdir /mnt/win_c
$mkdir /mnt/win_d
...

those are the mount pointes (the directories where you would see your beloved windows partitions ;)

3.3 Step Three:

Now, mounting: 

$mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c
...

and the general formula: (fs_type=file system type: vfat, etx2,..) 

$monut -t fs_type device_file mount_point

3.4 Step Four:

Mm.. but should i do it everytime? No! You can attach this to the filesystem table "/etc/fstab", this will cause the mount to be done automatically at every boot.

As a root, edit the "/etc/fstab", and append: (don't pay great intention to the number of spaces) 

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c auto auto,owner 0 0
..

Now, save and reboot, you will find your favourite windows partitions on /mnt floder!

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