How do I mount my windows partition so I can access it in Linux?

Try this command:

mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /mnt/dos

Two things:

Firstly, check that you have created the file /mnt/dos. You can do this as such:

mkdir /mnt/dos

Secondly, the part of the command mount (/dev/hda1) relates to the harddisk/partition Windows is on. In case you don't know this, harddisks under Linux are identified in this way:

hd : all harddisk drivers in /dev begin with hd

a : This is variable. The first IDE harddisk will have the letter a, the second b and so fourth

1 : The partition on that drive. Windows is usally on 1 or it complains and won't work.

Hope that helps
Profugus

You can also have linux automatically mount the windows partition on boot up.

First: create a directory

mkdir /mnt/ms_dosC

Then determine which device is the one you wish to mount (i.e. hda12; note this name is just for the sake of this example)

Then edit the /etc/fstab file with emacs
place this line at the end of the other lines:

/dev/hda12 /mnt/ms_dosC msdos defaults,user 00

This drive or partition would then be mounted at boot up and you can access the contents of the drive through your file manager.
HINT; make a copy of your fstab first