Hi all,

I recently had a hard drive problem on my newest computer (about a year old now) and there are some files on there I would really like to be able to recover. I read up about Knoppix program just yesterday and managed to make the computer boot off a Knoppix cd. Entering the knoppix desktop I clicked on "Hard Disk [sda]", only to receive a message saying:

Could not mount device

The reported error was:

mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified.

I am at a loss. I have been using this http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/ guide. All I wish to do is get some files off that hard drive and on to a usb. Can anyone assist me with this problem? Are my files forever lost? I have spent a long long time to get this far and if anyone can help me it would be much appreciated. If there is any info needed which I haven't given just ask.

Thanks, Andrew