Using Knoppix 6.2 on a crashed PC to tranfer files

**poisonshift** · 01-28-2010, 01:27 AM

Ok, I'm using gpart.

I have 2 routers. A wireless netgear and a really old 8 out ethernet router (still works fine). I'll probably just connect both computers to the 8 router and see what happens.

I'll let you know what happens with the gpart as I go along.

Thank you again.

**poisonshift** · 01-28-2010, 01:40 AM

Currently the following filesystem types are known to gpart (listed by module names) :

beos BeOS filesystem type.

bsddl FreeBSD/NetBSD/286BSD disklabel sub-partitioning scheme used on Intel platforms.

ext2 Linux second extended filesystem.

fat MS-DOS FAT12/16/32 "filesystems"

hpfs IBM OS/2 High Performance filesystem.

hmlvm Linux LVM physical volumes (LVM by Heinz Mauelshagen).

lswap Linux swap partitions (versions 0 and 1).

minix The Minix operating system filesystem type.

ntfs MS Windows NT/2000 filesystem.

qnx4 QNX 4.x filesystem.

rfs The Reiser filesystem (version 3.5.X, X > 11).

s86d1 Sun Solaris on Intel platforms uses a sub-partitioning scheme on PC hard disks similar to the BSD disklabels.

xfs Silicon Graphic's journalling filesystem for Linux.

That's what was listed

Is there a manual you can link me to that explains how to use gpart, as opposed to using the onboard help included in the program itself.

I ran TestDisk since I'm waiting for a hint of how I'm supposed to go about recovering my files and this is what came up:

Disk /dev/hda - 730 MB / 696 MiB

that is the only media listed...

**poisonshift** · 01-28-2010, 03:27 AM

[quote="Harry Kuhman"]

Originally Posted by poisonshift

I got Knoppix 5.0.1

If the partition itself is corrupted, I know of no Linux tool that will help you. The best tool that I have found for trying to recover files from a corrupted Windows partition is Recuva, a free program that runs under Windows. To try to recover files this way you would need to install the corrupted disk into another Windows computer as a second (or third or fourth) drive. And, of course, there is a chance that the data is so badly damaged that you will not be able to get it back.

So, if I reformatted the computer, would there be a pretty good chance that I would be able to recover the lost content?

**Harry Kuhman** · 01-28-2010, 03:44 AM

If you reformat before recovering files the chance of recovering anything goesdown sharply.

For more information on gpart than is built into the command, type man gpart at a shell prompt. I expect that you could also find a lot of information on gpart with a few simple searches (Google is your friend).

**poisonshift** · 01-28-2010, 04:08 AM

Is there a tutorial directed at what I'm attempting to do? It seems there should be, seeing as it would be a huge asset...

a step by step to copy my desktop folder...