Unable to use Windows partitions in Ubuntu

Are your permissions set correctly in windows?
That's what it sounds like isn't working right.

That is tricky - we first need to know *which* partitions you're trying to access, and whether your W7 was a clean install or an upgrade. Also, did you create all partitions when installing W7 or were some carried over from previous installs of W7 / Vista / XP?

It definitely sounds like permissions issues. What you'll need to do is take a look at both the permissions allowed as well as the ownership of the partitions you carried over.

Check out https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...rmissions.html and possibly Take Ownership Shortcut (to make it easier on you).

DO NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF C: - you'll effectively defeat the restrictions set by the OS on Program Files and other protected resources, making your computer more vulnerable to attack. The same applies for any system created folders on other drives.

IOW, when you need to use take ownership or adjust the permissions, be sure to do it on a folder by folder basis - just about every physical drive or partition will have a System Restore folder as well as a recycle bin folder that you should not take ownership of nor adjust permissions for - so, trying to save time and doing these tasks for the whole drive may, in effect, render those folders useless to Windows.

Good thing about VMs is - 1) Snapshots, and 2) They are virtual, so it is easy to wipe them away and start over.

I have a feeling something is missing, but I haven't tried sharing my W7 partitions with any VM yet, so I am not sure what is going on. I suggest you do a bit of searching over that he Ubuntu forums too, as you may have greater luck in finding the answer (such as something that you have to enable when installing Ubuntu in order to correctly read W7 partitions).

GL, and let us know if you figure it out or else find the answer....

Okay, sorry about the length before my replay.
I am running in a domain environment but the only difference is that my permissions are slightly different.

Go to My Computer>
Right click the drive you want to share>
Properties>
Sharing>
Advanced sharing button(note you need local admin priv.)>
Click "Share this folder">
Permissions>
Add button>
Type the name of the user you want to be able to access the share.>
Save and apply all the way back to the my computer screen.

Log-in into ubuntu>
Navigate to the computer via the method of your choice.>
When you try to access the computer, it will ask for an user name ans password.>
Input the user name you want to use>
Then okay, After that your share should appear.>
Open the share and it should ask for the user name and password again.>
Input again>
You should see the shared partion/drive/folder ' listing.

I hoe that helps.