Actually, I am just that dumb and those 2 are both my external and my hdd...

The hda1 (my hdd) cannot mount due to an ntfs inconsistency error.
sda1 is fine and I can see all files.

Error message is:
Could not mount device.
$MFTMirr does not match $MFT (record 2).
Failed to mount '/dev/hda1/': I/O error.
NTFS is inconsistent. Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it twice.
etc...

SO, that is how I ended up here in the 1st place. When trying to repair my hdd I ran into several problems and decided I have been working on troubleshooting this for too long and just want to get my files and start from scratch.
But when trying to run chkdsk /r from the command prompt it went to about 70% and then restarted and kept getting stuck in a loop at 50%.

Anyway, so bottom line, I just want to recover my files. Can chkdsk /f be run from inside knoppix? Or is it telling me I need to do it from back out on the c: prompt because if that is the case then I can't do that. I was hoping knoppix would be able to help.

Anyone, please?