[SWLUG] Using Knoppix for data extraction

[Tony Pursell]

On 28 Sep 2009 at 17:47, Neil Jones wrote:

> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I have just been phoned by a family member who has a windows laptop 
> which appears to have developed a hard disk problem.
> It repeatedly checks the hard disk on boot with CHKDSK and then windows 
> starts but shuts down immediately.
> 
> There are data on this machine which are not backed up. Yes I know don't 
> tell me! What I am looking to do is the following.
> Stick in a Knoppix disk and try to get stuff off onto a memory stick drive.
> 
> Has anyone done this? Are there any snags to be aware of?
> 
> Neil
> 

I got my (grown up) step daughter to do this (but with an Ubuntu live 
disk) very successfully.  Her problem was that she somehow got into a 
state where she had no permission to the hard disk she had her data 
on.

The only thing I warned her about was to remember to virus check the 
files on the memory stick before puttin them back on a Windows 
machine!


Tony