Recovering files using Knoppix

[jere01]

I've got a SATA 120GB hard drive that no longer shows up in XP and there are some files that I need off of it. I downloaded a copy of Knoppix and attempted accessing the files using that and didn't really get too far. I managed to mount the hard drive and view all of the folders and I was able to open some text files in the root directory. The other weird thing is that I can enter only some of the folders in the root directory but other folders have a picture of a lock on them and say permission denied.

I need to know how I can access these files and get them copied over onto my other hard drive. Both the drive I'm using, and the broken drive are NTFS.

Any help would be great! Thanks

 

[Netopia]

I used a variation of Knoppix, Overclockix, to do the same thing and was able to retreive all my stuff. I don't know if the difference is with the distro or the way we have our FS structured on the drives though.

 

[powerMarkymark]

Try the ultimate boot cd to try and recover your files, it worked for me.

Marc

 

[KB]

I have used knoppix to retrieve files before from ntfs. You might try booting into the 2.6 kernel, by using the boot option "boot knoppix26". If you can't access the files, trying using "su" superuser utility to become root and then try to access it. If you still can't access the file, then my guess is the drive is dead.

 

[djdrastic]

If you go into the command line mode and login as root can you access the files ?

1)su root

2)cd /mnt/hdx ie x=the mountpoint of the disk on your desktop , if you right click the mount and go into properties
3)you can copy the files via cp /mnt/hdsource /mnt/hddestination

ch33rs

 

[jere01]

Hey guys. Thanks for the ideas!

Ok so I just tried booting up Knoppix again when I got home today and I had full access to the drive! It seems like it is a bit flaky and quite random. Anyways so I transferred a bunch of the stuff over the network (the files I needed the most first) and then started on some other files. All of a sudden, knoppix froze and when I rebooted, I couldn't see anything on the drive. Is there something else I should try or is the drive dieing?

Thanks!