Small question.

[Rahu]

I'm new to the whole linux thing, and plan on soon using knoppix. First I was wondering if it could find files on a NTFS hard-drive. Second, I was wondering if running it from a CD would leave any files on my HDD without me specifically saving them. Thanks for any help :D

[eco2geek]

First I was wondering if it could find files on a NTFS hard-drive.

Knoppix will typically put an icon for your NTFS partition on its KDE desktop; from there you can mount it, and view all the files on your NTFS hard drive. (Short answer = Yes)


Second, I was wondering if running it from a CD would leave any files on my HDD without me specifically saving them.

No, Knoppix doesn't leave anything behind unless you specifically tell it to. (Especially on NTFS.)

Here's a good page to read if you're interested in doing first aid on a Windows partition using Knoppix (http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/).

[Rahu]

Thanks for the help. Posting this from in Knoppix :)

[chris-harry]

it feels alot better posting in knoppix... :D:D

just remember, linux can find nearly (to me knowledge), of all the file types... aka NTFS, ext2, Fat32 etc...

like what eco2geek said, just mount the drives....

[Rahu]

Alright, I can reead files from my NTFS drives, but they are wite-protected from Knoppix. Any way i could change that?

EDIT:also, I tried changing permissions in file/folder properties, but it won't let me