Quote Originally Posted by Moody4U
I dnt' want to switch the topic, but please help me for this USB HDD backup issue.
kind regards
I don't understand the problem. Knoppix simply can't write to NTFS (a gift that Microsoft seems to have put a lot of work into). If you wat to read from a USB and save those files, you need any of the following:

  • A FAT partition on the hard disk that you can write to. Note that if you have files larger than (4 gig - 1 byte) on the USB device that they cannot be written to a FAT partition. Knoppix works fine for this.

    A XP system that can both see the partitions on the USB device and write to it's own hard disk. This uses XP and not Knoppix.

    A network that you can transfer the files across (local is better but the Internet may work depending on file size and your uplink speed). Knoppix works OK for this, although network transfers have their own issues (I use FTP to bypass Windows/Linux file sharing complexities).

    Another device to save the files to, such as a CD or DVD burner. (Knoppix works fine for this approach).

I don't know what more I can tell you.