Thanks for your reply Stephen.

Unfortunately after I enter the knoppix console and type in any of the commands you have listed all I ever get is “can’t find” Are the commands you listed case sensitive, are gaps between words critical, etc. I’m unable to “noauto” anywhere. Where exactly do I find it?
I have tried the knoppix cd in another computer and it opened up fine, listing that computers “c” drive on the knoppix desktop as hdc1. When I click on the icon it opened up windows hard drive, works fantastic, however when I enter that Konsole and type in the commands you listed I get the same response message “can’t find” Therefore I must be typing something wrong, missing a gap out or something similar. Is there anything else I have to do before I enter the Konsole to type in these commands to allow them to work?

When I click on either hda2 or hda5 icon on the knoppix desktop (back on the knackered computer again know) a dialogue box opens which states the following;
Can’t mount dev/hda2
Wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock.
Or too many mounted file systems.
I take it that neither hda2 nor hda5 are my windows “c” drive. But what and how could I prevent this dialogue box opening? Does it have any significance to my particular problem?

Lastly, I tried the find option to see if this could highlight my windows “c” drive (it did on my other computer above) it listed a load of hda and hdc files it also listed a few files one in particular called devl (size) 536,809,472 it’s permission is set to inaccessible, does this have any significance and how do I allow myself access to this file?

Many Thanks

Daz