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Hi Rob 2009/9/22 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> >> Thanks for all the help with the network issue. Sorry I haven't got >> back to folks yet, I have only just got over a rather heavy cold. >> >> In the meantime, I need to try to recover files from a xp/vista >> down/upgrade that went wrong. I'm told the files are still there just >> not viewable and that a Linux distro will be able to recover them >> quite easily. So which distro and where do I download it from please? >> > You could try the Ubuntu Live Desktop CD. It should *hopefully* detect the > drive and allow you to mount it to recover the files. > > If it doesn't mount it then you may have to use ntfsfix (can't remember if > its on the live CD, you may need to install it). If it isn't installed, > from a terminal window on the live CD run the following: > > sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs > > Then from a terminal window, run ntfsfix. You'll need to know the partition > (i.e. sda1, sda2 etc). You can find this out by running fdisk -l. Here's > the output from my laptop... > > rob@laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x7f33fd84 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 7650 61440000 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 7651 10081 19527007+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda3 10082 30323 162593865 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 30324 30401 626535 82 Linux swap / Solaris > > > As you can see, /dev/sda1 is NTFS formatted. > > So if I was to fix this partition I would run... > > sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1 > > This would any errors on the partition and then allow me to mount it (either > from the desktop or from a terminal window). > Thanks for the reply. I have a copy of Ubuntu 8.04.1 lts desktop edition. But it won't run from the cd rom. It is the one that the dcglug produced. I thought a live version would boot from within xp. I have tried booting from start-up and have set the cd rom as the first boot device but it didn't recognise the cd. Any ideas please? -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html