HowTo: Create and Use a Separate Data Partition

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Hi. I am new LinuxLite user and in this community.

I am using a dual-boot Windows 7 / LinuxLite 3.8. I did three partitions, with a DATA shared partition between both:

Code:

e-yole@yole-PC:~$ blkid -o list
device                        fs_type     label        mount point                       UUID
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sda1                     ntfs                     (not mounted)                     8C9853D09853B782
/dev/sda2                     ntfs        DATA         /mnt/DATA                         45EB77F618AAC695
/dev/sda5                     ext4        LinuxLite    /                                 22fb55a4-bd8b-4495-a5a1-9869f07e5b46
/dev/sda6                     swap                     [SWAP]                            13597903-198d-4b78-b90e-8bd11ad08045

I use bind method for DATA partition, but I known not as hide the /dev/sda1 partition (Disk C:\ in Windows OS) from Thunar file manager:

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda5 with label "LinuxLite" during installation.
UUID=22fb55a4-bd8b-4495-a5a1-9869f07e5b46 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation.
UUID=13597903-198d-4b78-b90e-8bd11ad08045 none            swap    sw              0       0
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# DATA directory in /mnt was created and your owner and group allows was
# changed to $USER:$USER. This shared data partition was on /dev/sda2 with
# label "DATA" during installation.
UUID=45EB77F618AAC695 /mnt/DATA ntfs-3g defaults,windows_names,locale=es_ES.utf-8  0      0
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Bind personal folders between /mnt/DATA partition and $HOME folders in
# after mount /dev/sda2 in /mnt/DATA directory only.
/mnt/DATA/Documentos /home/e-yole/Documentos auto bind,x-systemd.requires=/mnt/DATA 0      0
/mnt/DATA/Descargas /home/e-yole/Descargas auto bind,x-systemd.requires=/mnt/DATA 0      0
/mnt/DATA/Imágenes /home/e-yole/Imágenes auto bind,x-systemd.requires=/mnt/DATA 0      0
/mnt/DATA/Música /home/e-yole/Música auto bind,x-systemd.requires=/mnt/DATA 0      0
/mnt/DATA/Vídeos /home/e-yole/Vídeos auto bind,x-systemd.requires=/mnt/DATA 0      0
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# For avoid inconsistencies in ntfs files systems on internal disks
# on computer with recent Windows or Linux OS's dual-booted, the
# hibernation and fast restart features was disabled, run Windows
# command 'powercfg /h off' as Administrator (see ntfs-3g man page).
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Windows OS (C:\ volume) /dev/sda1 partition is not show on desktop.
UUID=5C3ACAFB3ACAD0E6 /opt/sda1 ntfs noauto,ro,nouser 0     0

I have read that to use

hide

flag in Gparted would serve, but to boot from WindowsOS, that flag would be erased.

Any other idea is welcome...!

( I am sorry by bad English language use; I am learning it, yet.)