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restoring windows files
hi everyone, im new to linux and am stil testing knoppix - i must say i am very pleased with it , and once i have fixed the curent problem will defianelty move to using linux full time. but for now i wil just dabble with it until i feel confident to make the switch.
the stroy goes:
the other day my xp OS was corrupted and i am missing the following file:
ntdll.dll - it is missing or corrupt so i cant boot into win xp (home ed)
i had the idea of booting into knoppix with cd version, and replaicng the corrupted file from the windows cd.
the only problem is my HD is detected, but i can only view one file on it! very odd. anyone know how to view the rest, i have heard that NTFS and linux dont mix well, or maybe alll the other files are corrupted and i wont be able to see them under any OS?
anyway i am thinking of taking the HD out and putting it into a USB enclosure - i know knoppix detects usb drives well - so this means i should be able to view all files on th HD easily - and simply copy n paste from the windows cd to the HD the corrupted file - ntdll.dll
can anyone tel me if either of the two above options are possible, and if simply replacing the corrupted/missing file in winwos will fix it? i have a hunch it wont b that simple
just another note - when attempting to boot to win xp it stops at mup.sys - does this mean anyhting to anyone? apparanty mup.sys is a memory or network problem? is this part of the above problem, or a sepaete EXTRA problem i may need to fix?
any help or pointers to relevent information/guides/tutes wil be very gratefully recieved
thanks
PS i have linux red hat 6.1 - and plan to instal that once my pc is back up and running - i wil format drive etc one all data is backed up - howevere can anyone give advice on best free linux os. is redhat 6.1 good for a noob to linux, or should i stick with knoppix - mayeb use an installed version? cheers again
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Putting it in a USB enclosure won't help anything if the problem is NTFS. The drive would still use the NTFS file system.
I suspect your problem with the files is related.
I'm worried that, if Knoppix really can see a single file on the drive, there may only one file there! You might have to reinstall Windows entirely if there really is only one file there.
You could try opening a Konsole and running 'df'. See if there's a filesystem in the list with the name /dev/hda1 and see if the size in 1k blocks is about the size of your hard drive. If there isn't, your hard drive didn't mount correctly and Knoppix isn't reading the drive properly, which means your Windows installation could still be there.
(This is my system which has Linux installed on the hard drive. The printout on yours will look fairly different.)
Code:
bash-2.05b$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 14000208 9802636 4197572 71% /
none 257476 0 257476 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda2 44031424 38393120 5638304 88% /win
Notice that /dev/hda2 is about 44,000,000 1k blocks. That's about 44 GB, which is roughly how large my windows partition is (42 GB). In your case, your partition will probably be /dev/hda1 and about the entire size of your hard drive.
The most I can suggest is going to the K menu->Penguin (knoppix) and selecting the Captive-NTFS option.
Captive-NTFS is a program that allows Linux to use Windows' NTFS reading utilities. It's not a perfect solution, but it ought to work. And don't worry if it can't find the files it requires on your hard drive, I recall that it also tries downloading the files from Microsoft.
Once that's done, yes you should be able to OVERWRITE the damaged file(s), provided you have a second CD drive or can put it/them on a floppy or find it/them online somewhere. That may not fix it, but that sounds as good as anything I can think of.
Once your PC is back up and running, I'd recommend installing Knoppix, rather than using Red Hat 6.1. Red Hat 6.1 is very old, and would be a pain to bring up to date even assuming it were possible. The most recent desktop versions from Red Hat apparently have bugs. Stick with Knoppix.
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