Quote Originally Posted by Nomadix
You guys are rough. I guess the real question should be...if your running windows XP and you NEED to write to a drive because an external like maxtor 5000dv just decides to stop working, then how do you do it. I need to get 40 gigs off of this piece of crap to continue my work and it needs to go onto my main drive ASAP. Please advise.
-Paul
Personally, I would transfer the files to another computer on my network. Since I would likely use FTP (there are a number of ways, I just know and like FTP), the other computer could be using NTFS partitions, since it would be running Winddows and not Knoppix.

Other ways would include:
  • Writing the files that you need to a CD.

    Installing another hard drive with a FAT partition and writing files there.

    Using a USB drive, such as one of the many flash memory drives.

    Using another flash memory device, such as a memory card for a digital camers (Knoppix can see my compact flash reader just fine).

    Sending the files that you need to some place on the Internet. yousendit.com for example will let you store up to a gig for a week on their system for free.

    Resize the NTFS partition (I did this with partition magic) and then put a FAT partition on the remaining space. This is something I would only do when everything on the NTFS directory was working, not during a disaster. But my notebook is Knoppix ready because I did this.