Q: Harddisk sharing for Windows and Ubuntu user I have a 250gb partition of harddisk. 
I want to share this partition for another computer in my house (for windows user and ubuntu user).  What software did i need? Actually i find a software named "Samba". But is the software share harddisk to windows users? And can i share the harddisk through wireless connection? Is the software work on ubuntu desktop (not the server) and is it has Graphical User Interface?

Thank you for any answers.

A: Is the 250GB partition mounted when Ubuntu boots up? If not, first make sure that the partition is mounted automatically at boot. Follow this for help on editing fstab: Mount a partition on login?
Let's say the partition is mounted as /mnt/Shared. To share this partition with another computer in the same network running Windows follow the accepted answer to this question: 
How to transfer files between Ubuntu and Windows?


*

*Open the mnt folder in Nautilus and right click on the Shared
folder.

*If samba is not installed, you will get a prompt to install the
service. Follow the prompt.

*Click on sharing option and check Share this folder.

*Check "allow others to create and delete files in this folder."

*Open a terminal by pressing
Ctrl+Alt+T and enter
sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME
where USERNAME is your user-id in the Ubuntu computer you are setting up.
Now you should be able to find the shared folder from other Windows and Ubuntu computers by going into Network.
Hope this helps
