Originally Posted by UnseenMenace
Originally Posted by Thrush
I am holding onto the disc, purely for the reason you stated!
What I want to know tho, is if Windows fucks up, is there anyway I can boot up with Ubuntu from CD, and then access files/data on my C: (Windows) drive to safely squirrel it away before reinstalling Windows on the C: drive?
Yes you can use the hard disk which has windows on it from the CD and this is how
First of all you need open the 'teminal' which looks like the dos prompt in windows.
In this screen you need to set an administor password (this is called root) you do this by typing
sudo passwd the screen will now prompt you for your password..
You now need to make a directory or folder on the system related to the windows drive this is done by typing in the terminal
sudo mkdir /media/windows if you are prompted for a password you just enter your chosen admin password.
You now need to attach or mount the Windows drive to the system and this is done by typing in the terminal
sudo mount /dev/hda1 /media/windows -t ntfs -o this statement only works if your hard disk is a NTFS drive... if it is a FAT filesystem which has been used you require a different command
The drive is now mounted and can be accessed... which would allow you to drag files from a damaged windows install to a USB drive.. you can also transfer files over the network connection to another machine
Unfortunately these commands are in memory only and as such when you turn your PC off or enject the drive the information is lost
I'm trying to do this exact thing at the mo, any chance of some more info re: FAT filesystem. i've tried this way but when i go to drag data across onto USB drive nothing happens. when i try to open the folder it says i havent got permission to view contects, the owner is set as ROOT?
thanks in advance!!!