I have successfully used a Knoppix Live Boot CD to read the disks of a Windows Computer running XP

I need to move some registry files around to make it boot into XP again, but I get a denied access error when pasting files into a directory.

Can anyone help on this

Can you mount it with read-write access manually?

http://www.linuxconfig.org/How_to_mo...d_write_access

Also it would depend on version of Knoppix. As CoderMan suggests you mount it read-write. You'd need nfts-3g to be safe.


http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/kno...9-ntfs-3g.html

I have Knoppix 5.1

I also see that the Wins XP comp has a RAID setup

Only Knoppix can read the files - I tried Puppy, with no luck

I am so used to just clicking on an icon on the desktop for stuff to happen - I see that writing in code is necessary to do stuff.

Is that the only way ?

I right clicked on the ntfs drive and tried to click "Change read/write mode" - then it sade "Do you want to change the partition /dev........ (fuseblk) to be writable

Then


"A remount command failed. Maybe there is another process accessing the filesystem already"

Stuck again at the moment

Sorry

Thanks

I tried "mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/(drive) /mnt/ntfs/ "

(drive=name of drive)

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"Only root can do that"

It is a RAID setup by the way


??

The link I gave you had a way to do it.

sudo ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -o umask=0,nls=utf8

Sudo ought to give you root privileges.


INFO:
Try command whoami

If it says knoppix then you have to su to root. Then try your mount command.


One knoppix they don't put a password, so sometimes you have to boot to the cd and then open terminal and su to root. Then use passwd to make a password. Then you can use tools that require a password. Only works as long as you are booted you know unless you make a usb or floppy save file.

Great

It said Knoppix

How do you su to root

No idea

did you try typing "su" in the command prompt to become the super user (root). And then typing your mount command?

From a terminal you type su (then press the enter key)

You don't type the (then press the enter key) by the way.