How do I use Knoppix to restore Win 9X Hdd.

[borgward]

I want to copy files from 9X HDD that won't boot, to a newer HDD that I have installed Win9x on.

I did a 9x minimum install on the new HDD, and made a folder (named lodi) to move or copy the old files to.

I have the new HDD installed as master, and the old one as slave. Windows can not see the slave.

I ran the Knoppix 4.02 DVD on a DVD R/RW, and could see the files in hdb1, and open the small ones. I could not ID the filesystem running the DVD from a DVD ROM.

I tried to drag and drop folders from hdb1 to hda1

For exampe, I tried to copy (by drag and drop) the folder acroread from hda1 to the lodi folder on hdb1. I get the following message:
"Could not make folder /mnt/hda1/lodi/acroread."

I gave all permissions user, group, and others for both hda1, and hdb1. (-rwxrwxrwx)

Under the Knoppix properties for hda1 on the permissions tab there are the following:

Class Read Write Exec Special

Users x x x Set UID

Group x x x Set GID

Others x x x Set Sticky


I am not familiar with the column under the Special column. I can guess the first 2, but will have to google Sticky. I would not be suprised if googleing "Sticky" sent me to a porn site.

The permissions are the same for hdb1

The funny think is that when I place the pointer ofer the hda1 or hdba icon on the desktop at the bottom of the message is the line "Writeable: No"

I suspect that I need to set UID, GID, or Sticky.

I do have a 52x24x52x CD burner on my computer that I could copy the files to. I am thinking about replacing it w/another DVD R/RW, so that I could put everything on one disk. There is about 4GB of material to be copied.

I looked at some of the posts relevent to XP, and 2000, but am wondering if there is info specific to 9x.

I have not tried copying to a CD yet, as I still need to learn how to do that using Knoppix.

[Harry Kuhman]

I have not tried copying to a CD yet, as I still need to learn how to do that using Knoppix.

See answer #1 then answer #5.

[rcook]

Knoppix mounts all drives as ro by default. You need to do a mount /mnt/hda1 -o remount,rw to enable writing to the partition. Being 9x windows it is a vfat or fat32 format which does not have serious security or writing problems. If you change the partition's mount to rw you should be able to copy files to your new folder lodi. the specifics of the chmod are ususally not relevant when using KNOPPIX to move files on vfat or fat32 partitions.

[Harry Kuhman]

While it is true that Knoppix can write to a FAT partition, unless the cause of the original proglem is well known then I would suggest that it is much safer to write the recovered data elsewhere, including to a network drive. If borgward kowns what caused the original problem and so is comfortable that writing to a FAT partition will be safe and not risk further data corruption then the above advice is valid.

[borgward]

Harry Kuhman Wrote:
See answer #1

borgward: I do not see the relevance of answer #1. Please excuse me If I don't get your meaning. I was refering to copying the files from hdb1 to a CD or DVD. I was not talking about downloading Knoppix, and burning it to a CD or DVD. I have to have some one else do that as I am on dialup. It seems the Downloading FAQ is about downloading Knoppix and burning it on a CD or DVD. Perhaps I ovelooked something.

[Harry Kuhman]

Perhaps I ovelooked something.

No, I think I overlooked something, I saw the line that I quoted and wasn't sure that you had the CD yet. Answer #5 still applies.

[|enouf|]

Harry Kuhman Wrote:
See answer #1

borgward: I do not see the relevance of answer #1. Please excuse me If I don't get your meaning. I was refering to copying the files from hdb1 to a CD or DVD. I was not talking about downloading Knoppix, and burning it to a CD or DVD. I have to have some one else do that as I am on dialup. It seems the Downloading FAQ is about downloading Knoppix and burning it on a CD or DVD. Perhaps I ovelooked something.

try these commands after CTRL-ALT-F1 (Virtual Console as root);
mkdir /mnt/tmp
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/tmp -orw,uid=knoppix
use CTRL-ALT-F7 to return to GUI (if no go, try F5, instead of F7)

now copy over your data using drag and drop - don't get caught up about which DIR it gets placed in at this time