Mount Windows partition automatically using PySDM

It's always a headache to mount windows partitions manually everytime you login. I have tried almost all the possible methods to automatically mount them. Starting from manually editing fstab file to running scripts that do it to using ntfs-3g and a lot more. But PySDM is indeed the fastest and the simplest way to manage partitions.

PySDM is a Storage device manager written in PyGTK to allow full customization of hard disk mountpoints. And the best part is you don't have to open /etc/fstab at all. I know it doesn't sound like me because I love tweaking config files . But PySDM makes life easier for new linux users who don't like this. For example, I used it on my home computer so my Mother doesn't have to learn how to configure /etc/fstab on her first week of using Linux .

Now, let me tell you how easy is it to use PySDM. Let us start with the installation.

Installing PySDM

Either click this url(in case of trouble refer this) or enter the following command in the terminal to install it.

[shredder12]$ sudo apt-get install pysdm

Configuring PySDM

Go to System -> Administration -> Storage Device Manager, you will see something similar to this.

Once you select a particular partition, you will be prompted to configure it or not. Select yes and start filling the options you want. For most basic and painless configuration just change the name to whatever you want, click mount and then apply. This will do the job. Take a look at this.

I am sure this will be a problem solver for a lot of you.