Live linux cd for a gateway 64- bit/32bit computer

[rnr at sanctum.com]

> Christopher Chan wrote:
> > On Monday, March 01, 2010 05:18 PM, rnr at sanctum.com wrote:
> >>> rnr at sanctum.com wrote:
> >>>>> I need to pull some files from  a corrupted  visa on this 64/32
> >>>>> computer,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Do you mean Vista? Windows?
> >>>> 
> >>>>> we have also opensuse on this hard drive but suse can't.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Why not? If  this is a dual boot machine. Fire up Suse, mount the
> >>>> windows partition and copy your files over to SuSE.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Bob S
> >>> 
> >>> Can you elaborate on that, how to copy John H
> >> 
> >> OK John,
> >> 
> >> I am normally a SuSE KDE user and a sometimes Ubuntu user. First you
> >> have to go into Windows and determine where the files you want to save
> >> are located. The full path. ( /C:/My Documents  ??) I can have no idea.
> >> My crystal ball is broken. Then you must know what type of file system
> >> Vista uses. Again, no idea.
> > 
> > Vista would not still be using fat32 would it now? It has got to be ntfs.
> > 
> >> After you know that boot back into SuSE. Open a terminal as root then
> >> issue this command.  mount  -t  (whatever the windows file system is) 
> >> (wherever the files are located in windows)  /mnt
> >> 
> >> As an example - DO NOT USE THIS - Just an example.
> >> mount  -t  fat32  /C:/My Documents  /mnt
> > 
> > Run 'fdisk -l' to see what partitions you have got.
> > You can also type 'mount' and compare the list from fdisk and eliminate
> > partitions from the list. What remains over will be one that holds Vista.
> > 
> > I hope you have the ntfs-3g command. Although I suppose it would be okay
> > to use the ntfs filesystem driver in read-only mode.
> > 
> > Next would be something like this: mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/sda5 /mnt
> > 
> > Try something leftover from the list fdisk gave you. If it is not an
> > NTFS filesystem, it will simply refuse to load. You won't lose data.
> > 
> >> then cd to /mnt and you should see the whole directory there with all of
> >> your files using ls. Or, open and use your GUI  go to /mnt and drag and
> >> drop them where you want them or if continuing with the command line
> >> use   mv  (name of file)   (/directory you want to put them in)
> >> 
> >> Hope this helps
> >> 
> >> Bob S
> 
> Thanks Bob, I have a lot to learn it will be awhile to report succes. John
> H

Yes, You will learn it. Just take your time and be patient. It will all make 
sense to you eventually. It is just a matter of learning how powerful the 
Linux way is.

Take a look at what Christopher wrote. It adds to what I wrote and gives you 
other more advanced options and/or alternatives.

Good luck. Make sure you reply with a "SOLVED" when you are successful and/or 
if you need more help or clarification just ask.

Bob S