PC-BSD is based on BSD Unix meaning that it is not a Linux distribution. So if you have been used to Linux before, you will find that some features that you are used to have different names on a BSD system and that some of the commands are different.
BSD and Linux use different file systems during installation. Many Linux distros use EXT2, EXT3, EXT4 or ReiserFS while PC-BSD uses UFS or ZFS. So if you wish to dual-boot with Linux or access data on an external drive formatted with another file system, you will want to do some research first to make sure that the data will be accessible on both drives.
I've got this PC-BSD dual-booting with Windows 7 and this probably explains why the Windows 7 partition can't "see" what's on the other containing the PC-BSD system. The PC-BSD seems to be aware of the Windows 7, however.
And there are file managers available which can handle these differences. I just don't happen to have one just yet, because I haven't wanted to exchange files
between the two systems. But that can be done if necessary, so I'm told.
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