Most Linux distros will not write to an NTFS partition, but can read the data. Though they can read and write to FAT32.
The solution is to create a swap parition that is FAT32 where you store all of your major files. Then no matter what OS you're in you can open them.
You could also try and get a distro that can read NTFS. I believe that Mandrake/Mandriva has the ability, although it isn't complete.
Minor problem: I can easily change the default permissions to enable me to "write to"/transfer files to a Win ME/Hda1 drive (FAT 32) in one dual-boot (MEPIS 3.3) system, but not in another with Win XP (NTFS) installed on the corresponding Hha1. Is this due to a general incompatibility between ext3 and NTFS file systems, or is there an elegant way around the problem ?
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"septus" (aka eric)

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