/dev/sda3   /mnt/devel  ext4    defaults    0   2
/dev/sda2   /mnt/excess ntfs    defaults    0   2

drwxr-xr-x  7 amanda amanda 4096 2012-03-14 19:07 devel
drwxrwxrwx  1 root   root   4096 2012-03-14 22:38 excess

/dev/sda2   /mnt/excess ntfs-3g    permissions,locale=en_US.utf8    0   2

sudo chown your_user:your_user /mnt/excess

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig

sudo blkid >> /etc/fstab

sudo cp /etc/fstab.orig /etc/fstab

sudo mkdir /media/mydrivename

sudo vim /etc/fstab

UUID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   /media/mydrivename ntfs    permissions,locale=en_US.utf8    0   2

# /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/sda2 during installation
UUID=5d4940cf-5cf5-443a-be11-1f7e551962d1 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=84b7e5e9-08c3-4641-b28b-99e0255e604d none            swap    sw              0       0

# 500 GB Webserver harddisk from lr-serv-01
UUID=BA9A48D39A488E37 /media/hdd1 ntfs permissions,locale=en_US.utf8 0 2

# 2 TB Movie share harddisk from lr-serv-01
UUID=7EB09666B09624A5 /media/hdd2 ntfs permissions,locale-en_US.utf8 0 2

#/dev/sda1: UUID="10EC004DEC003010" TYPE="ntfs"
#/dev/sda2: LABEL="system" UUID="88A4FE47A4FE3772" TYPE="ntfs"
#/dev/sda3: LABEL="storage_01" UUID="BA9A48D39A488E37" TYPE="ntfs"
#/dev/sdb1: LABEL="storage_02" UUID="7EB09666B09624A5" TYPE="ntfs"
#/dev/sdc1: UUID="84b7e5e9-08c3-4641-b28b-99e0255e604d" TYPE="swap"
#/dev/sdc2: UUID="5d4940cf-5cf5-443a-be11-1f7e551962d1" TYPE="ext4"
#/dev/sdd1: LABEL="storage_spotnet" UUID="EC6E8F416E8F0394" TYPE="ntfs"
#/dev/sdd2: LABEL="storage_backup_pcs" UUID="6C2699D026999BA0" TYPE="ntfs"
#/dev/sdd5: LABEL="storage_series" UUID="7670ABF770ABBC6D" TYPE="ntfs"
#/dev/sdd6: LABEL="storage_winmx" UUID="564AB81B4AB7F5B9" TYPE="ntfs"

sudo reboot

sudo chown -R USERNAME:USERNAME /media/mydrivename

LABEL=Portable_HD_2TB      /media/mintbox2/Portable_HD_2TB ntfs    permissions,defaults        0       2

LABEL=Portable_HD_2TB      /media/mintbox2/Portable_HD_2TB ntfs    defaults        0       2