Look under places on the top bar left hand side, under there you will see I
think window
or something like that. Click on it and it gets mounted and shows as a
folder on your screen.
You can copy folders or everything from there and onto you Linux desktop as
or in Documents.

I did as you said but all the folders are empty!

Is XP still installed on your machine, or did you install Ubuntu to the
entire hard drive?

XP is still installed on my hard drive and all the documents, pics, etc are
there. It is a dual boot system Chris.

During the partitioning of the hard drive I named the folder /shared instead of
/home. Would that have anything to do with it not coming over?

Thats good to hear! Under " places there should be something called "Computer"
if you double click on it, you should get prompted to enter your password, the
it should mount. The my documents folder from your xp account should be under
your user name, documents and settings, desktop, My Documents. Once you get
there, you can copy and paste them over. To the place of your preference.

Hope that helps...

I have never needed to enter a password to open "computer," over three computers
and more than a dozen versions/distros.

I just tried on my other laptop that has 8.04 installed, and
I don't need a password to mount those partitions either. Don't know what
the deal is with the other... I have two different passwords, so that is not
it. So anyway, I guess John should ignore those part of the instructions.
It's odd that he doesn't see anything in his windows partitions... do you
think it could be because his windows partition may be NTFS?

I believe that starting with 9.10 Ubuntu started requesting password to
mount certain file systems. It is all related to user level in file
permissions and AppArmor, I think. The same thing happens in Fedora with
SELinux, except it is more difficult to use.

I open "Computer" in Nautilus, Ubuntu's file manager.

On the left is a column of names, one of them is "62.8 GB Media" which is my
Windows C: drive. I click on it once, and the main panel shows all the folders.
Now I can double-click on a folder, and it shows me everything in that folder. I
have full control over everything; I can copy, delete, make new files, etc.

Ubuntu and Windows have the same username and password. I don't know if this
makes any difference.

Is Nautilus required? I do not see Nautilus under Applications (Ubie 10.04). I
assume I may have to install using Synaptics? There are many Nautilus items in
the list. Can you tell me which one(s) I need to install?

I just installed 10.04 using Virtual Box running on Vista laptop. I'd like very
much to have access to my Vista folders while using Ubie.

I do not see Nautilus neither running 10.04......

Nautilus is your default gnome file manager... it launches anytime you click
on a folder. open a folder, then type this into a terminal: "ps -A | grep
nautilus" it should return with the process id of nautilus if you want to
confirm it is running.

Type "nautilus --browser" into your terminal, and it will launch nautilus
and open up your present working directory (pwd)..

OK, I confirmed that Nautilus is running ( "ps -A | grep nautilus") but I do not
find anything called "file manager" nor can I find any reference to any of my
vista folders.

Suggestions?

You are looking for an application instead of what it does. It is not in the
menus, but is a menu unto itself: Places.

Nautilus IS the file manager. When you open any instance of the file manager
in Ubuntu then you have opened Nautilus.

I loaded 10.04 on my system and have the documents folder from the
windows app
loaded and it did it automatically for me. While it doesn't say Nautilus
is what it is
if you click on Places in the top pane I do believe that's Nautilus. Now
I am running
dual boot side by side not in VM that may be a difference.

Can anyone confirm that the windoze folders appear when using Virtual Box or
does it only happen with the dual boot?

I can not find the folders when I use Vbox.

I just saw an email from someone saying it doesn't work like that in VM.

I am unsure of what you mean. Do you mean Windows folders on the client (VM)
or host machine (the physical machine on which the VM is run)?

Windows folders on the client cannot be accessed from the host. Windows
folders on the host can be accessed on the client only if they are shared.

Trying to access the Vista shared folders (host) by the Ubie guest (using Vbox).
The folder names are showing up but have not been able to connect so far. Still
trying.

I can't be much help then as I do things in the opposite order, run Windows
in the VM on a Linux host. I have never had a problem doing it this way. My
biggest problem is on the Windows end where the shared folder shows as a
network device and not a folder. Once you know where to go then it is not a
problem.

Perhaps somebody with experience in doing it your way can pitch in and help.

I have only just picked up on this thread.

How to access a shared folder in an Ubuntu Vbox guest, hosted on a Vista
system:

1/ Create the folder you want to share on the Vista host

2/ In the Vbox GUI, go to the settings for your VM and move to the
Shared Folders section. Add the folder you want to share and remember
the name you give it.

3/ Start your VM and, when you're logged in, create a mount point for
the shared folder

4/ Open a terminal and enter the following command:

sudo mount -t vboxsf name-you-gave-shared-folder /path/to/mount/point

This works in Ubuntu 9.04. The only problem is that, unless you keep
the folder open in Ubuntu, the mount does not seem to be persistent.
I'm sure someone can tell you how to add this to fstab to get around
that problem but, personally, it's not important enough for me to be
that bothered about it :-)

Forgot to say that you need the guest additions installed in the
VM as well.

Your suggestion sounds like what I need. I've done 1/ & 2/.

Can you advise how & where to create a mount point for a shared folder?

The mount point is just a folder. Mine is at /media/Shared but you can
put it pretty much anywhere you like. The terminal command is

mkdir /path/to/folder

but you'll need to preface that with a 'sudo' if you want to put the
folder outside your home folder.

It worked, in both directions!

Thanks a bunch!