I need some advice. I need to copy some files off of a laptop (Vista) onto a usb thumb drive. I heard I can boot via a live cd.
My question is how to I access that hd on the laptop?
Thanks for the advice.
Use a LiveCD to get files off of a windows machine
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Re: Use a LiveCD to get files off of a windows machine
Open terminal and run these:
Open the File manager and go to /media/vista
Now you can plug in the thumb drive and copy the files.
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sudo mkdir /media/vista
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/vista
Now you can plug in the thumb drive and copy the files.
Re: Use a LiveCD to get files off of a windows machine
EKMA,
First, what is wrong with the way merlwiz79 suggested? The user asked about using a live cd and merlwiz79 is a Linux user, so why not a Linux solution?
Also, what if the user wanted to move some system files or other files that are in use when Windows is running. We really don't know what the thread starter's purpose is here.
What if the thread starter doesn't have the Windows drivers for the thumb drive? In Linux they are probably already there.
Just playing devil's advocate a little bit.
Fred
First, what is wrong with the way merlwiz79 suggested? The user asked about using a live cd and merlwiz79 is a Linux user, so why not a Linux solution?
Also, what if the user wanted to move some system files or other files that are in use when Windows is running. We really don't know what the thread starter's purpose is here.
What if the thread starter doesn't have the Windows drivers for the thumb drive? In Linux they are probably already there.
Just playing devil's advocate a little bit.
Fred
Re: Use a LiveCD to get files off of a windows machine
Well if we're going to have a fight over this mind if I join in
Boot into the LiveCD
Double click the icon labeled "Computer"
Nautilus will open up and at the far left panel will be a list of all the partitions on the computer. You may not recognize the names ( it may be listed as 30GB Media for example ) but if you click on it you will see your Windows files.
Boot into the LiveCD
Double click the icon labeled "Computer"
Nautilus will open up and at the far left panel will be a list of all the partitions on the computer. You may not recognize the names ( it may be listed as 30GB Media for example ) but if you click on it you will see your Windows files.
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Re: Use a LiveCD to get files off of a windows machine
LoL... I am such a terrible person, but I can't help it. The devil makes me do it!
Fred
Fred
Re: Use a LiveCD to get files off of a windows machine
I can't the laptop because the OS is currupted and crashes during boot.
Re: Use a LiveCD to get files off of a windows machine
Vista corrupted...i cant believe that!!...LOLmjrwingnut wrote:I can't the laptop because the OS is currupted and crashes during boot.
Re: Use a LiveCD to get files off of a windows machine
You could try booting the vista dvd into the recovery console and running any of these.mjrwingnut wrote:I can't the laptop because the OS is currupted and crashes during boot.
chkdsk C: /f (chkdsk tries to fix any errors it finds.)
chkdsk C: /r (chkdsk tries to attempt to recover any bad sectors of the hard drive if any are found.)