• OS Fucked - Need to retrieve files before reformat
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My Acer laptop (5920G) is buggered. Upgraded from vista to 7 successfully, then refused to boot. I can reinstall Windows 7, but I need to recover some [highlight][B]MISSION CRITICAL RESOURCES[/B][/highlight] from the hard drive first. I tried running damn small linux from a usb stick, but it was cripplingly slow and wouldn't let me access any files on the HDD. What do I do? [editline]DVD drive is incredibly dodgy and it wouldn't read my Ubuntu disk properly.[/editline] DVD drive is incredibly dodgy and it wouldn't read my Ubuntu disk properly.
Sorry, should have mentioned that the DVD drive is incredibly dodgy and it wouldn't read my Ubuntu disk properly.
try the cd drive maybe? or do you only have one...
Here's a guide on how to mount an NTFS volume in Linux: [url]http://www.linux-faqs.com/faq/misc/ntfs.php#4.5[/url] Can you not fit Ubuntu on your Pendrive ? If not, I'm sure DLS can mount NTFS volumes.
You could put the HDD in another computer as a slave drive, and then access the files using that computer.
[QUOTE=I_Forgot;17994034]You could put the HDD in another computer as a slave drive, and then access the files using that computer.[/QUOTE] That's what I did in the end. Cheers.
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