I know you can do it by adding the necessary ntfs device entry in /etc/fstab.

But I have noticed that while in KDE, if you open up Konqueror and do the following, you'll have your device mounted...

I had similar issues with poor performance after startx, also running on a laptop. After I updated my Nvidia video driver, life became much faster.

I did the update as follows (credit to clorus...

Well not wanting to be lazy, thought I'd give google one last try, even trying the exact search as suggested. Funny enough the first link points to a utility called PLoP, which ironically I did come...

Objective: Run BackTrack 4 off my USB Thumb Drive.

Problem: No BIOS support to boot from USB.

Specs:
- Dell Dimension 4500 Series, with BIOS version A04
- using an 8GB USB drive, installed...