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[Douglas Pollard]

On 06/07/2011 01:53 PM, Roy Strachan wrote:
> Hi Doug
>
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> Ok originally I had a dual boot system and was doing some video on Xp in
> Premeir and some on Cinelerra in Ubuntu. With Openshot I no longer need
> Premeir so I no longer have XP on the machine. Now the question is how
> can I copy the files to another drive? Then I can repartition the 2tb
> drive ext 4 and put the files back on the drive??? Does this make
> sense? Doug
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>
> I've never done anything like this with a FAT filesystem but I think
> this will work.
>
> Do fdisk -l again just to make your drive is still listed as fdc.  If
> not adjust the partition designation in fstab (see below).
>
> In /etc/fstab add a line -
>
> /dev/sdc1 /mnt  vfat  ro
>
> Notice that you are mounting sdc1 NOT sdc.  You need to mount the
> partition you want to access.  The ro in the mount line is Read Only.
> Take no chances. :o)
>
> Reboot the computer and hopefully it will recognize the drive (Look for
> it in /mnt). If it does, copy what you want to another drive and follow
> your own instructions to format the drive and copy the files back to it.
>
> Hopefully that will work
>    Roy
>
>
>
I'll try that Roy . I went into my workshop and installed xp in my old 
computer out there. It can't read the drive either it says it us 
unformatted.  Since it is a vfat drive I had hoped xp might open and run 
it. I'll try your suggestion next.   Thanks Doug