Installing Ubuntu Linux

[anonymez]

So with NTFS-3G Linux can read and write NTFS partition, and with ex2fds Windows can read and write ext3 partition

Correct, but there were typos in both our posts LOL; it's ext2fsd.

That means, I have to decide for shared data partition whether it's ntfs or ext3. right? If so, which one should I pick? which is better? Or maybe the principal issue for answer is whether NTFS-3G or ex2fsd works more stable?

NTFS would be my choice.

[beverly]

I have two Windows XP computers and a Ubuntu computer both connected to the same ADSL modem/router. One of the XP computers has its folder set for sharing. The other XP computer can happily access the shared folder. How do I access that shared folder from Ubuntu?
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[MilesAhead]

beverly, the easiest safest way would probably involve Samba. It's been a couple of years since I messed around with Linux but I seem to remember there's a Samba file access program that doesn't require a whole lot of configuration. You just run it on the command line to send and receive files, almost like ftp. To set up drag & drop on the X desktop, I'm not sure. Maybe there's applets to configure it for you. But a search on "Samba" should turn up some info.