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Old 09-09-2020, 12:39 AM   #1
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I have a BUNCH of stuff saved from a Linux box I was running before it crapped itself. I've had to switch to windoze since. All I can find on the net is dual boot crap. I want to know, and as SIMPLE as possible how to get windoze 10 to open this USB and read it. I got things on here that are irreplaceable and trying to switch OS on this HP Stream isn't an option for a non-tech smart person.
 
Old 09-09-2020, 12:46 AM   #2
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Well, it would be to download a live image: Linux Mint or Ubuntu

Then burn it to DVD

Then boot to the DVD in Live mode and then plug in the USB.
 
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Old 09-09-2020, 12:55 AM   #3
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I want to know, and as SIMPLE as possible how to get windoze 10 to open this USB and read it.
If you created an EXT filesystem on that USB drive, Windows won't be able to access the files on it. You will have to try Turbocapitalist's suggestion.

If it's one of the various types of FAT filesystems, Windows should do it automatically. If not, the first thing I would do is checking drives with disk management.
 
Old 09-09-2020, 02:40 AM   #4
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since you gave no any information hard to say anything. Can you open this usb stick on windows at all? Did you try anything to recover your important files? Did you get any error message?
There is an ext4 driver for windows too and also there are some data recovery software to try.
If windows cannot read probably a linux box will...
 
Old 09-09-2020, 04:00 AM   #5
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EB76,

Either follow Turbocapitalist's suggestion, or if you don't fancy that, then find somebody local who uses Linux and ask them to transfer the data on the USB drive to a supplied drive formatted as fat32 for Windows.
 
Old 09-09-2020, 06:28 AM   #6
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I wonder why it is that Linux has always been able to read all Microsoft disk formats but Windows can't read a Linux disk. There has to be a moral there.
 
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Old 09-09-2020, 06:33 AM   #7
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Same reason as for file formats and protocols: to break and prevent compatibility and steer people into using M$ products. In the case of the file systems, the situation forces the use of either FAT or NTFS for even limited interoperability. Both of those file systems are loaded down with software patents, so that legally technically every single user working with them owes M$ money for access, in countries where software patents apply. It's not about copyright, that's distribution. It's about software patents, those are about usage. They've shaken down a lot of vendors but while the fight over software patents continues to brew in Europe, they avoid hammering end users ... for the time being.
 
Old 09-09-2020, 06:39 AM   #8
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Proprietary indifference maybe. They certainly have the smarts to do it - and in fact have recently announced file manager ext4 support for WSL. Dunno if you can pass through a USB such that it can be mounted in WSL. Not likely to be a user friendly solution methinks.
 
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Old 09-09-2020, 09:26 AM   #9
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I have a BUNCH of stuff saved from a Linux box I was running before it crapped itself. I've had to switch to windoze since. All I can find on the net is dual boot crap. I want to know, and as SIMPLE as possible how to get windoze 10 to open this USB and read it. I got things on here that are irreplaceable and trying to switch OS on this HP Stream isn't an option for a non-tech smart person.
Your thread title is not very descriptive. In the future when creating posts/threads here at LQ ou may find this helpful; https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...hp?faq=welcome

As to your issue then using Turbocapitalist methods would be the easiest to get copies from the Linux filesystem USB to a Windows filesystem USB. There are methods to create a Live USB to boot the distribution of choice. Hopefully you have numerous USB ports or a hub to allow multiple USB usage.
Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
 
Old 09-09-2020, 10:41 AM   #10
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https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-t...20Windows%2010.

there is a tool out there, but I have never tried it so cannot speak to how safe it might be.

that took less than 1sec of googling to find.
 
Old 09-12-2020, 01:26 PM   #11
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I wonder why it is that Linux has always been able to read all Microsoft disk formats but Windows can't read a Linux disk. There has to be a moral there.
I think that has to do with the fact that historically M$ has looked at linux as a competitor and actively does a lot to ensure their users don't get to use the competitors products without a lot of time, heartache, and jumping through hoops to find a solution.

Linux users OTOH just want everything to work and when a problem is met a solution that "just works" is created. I can remember when it was difficult to access NTFS volumes in any way but read-only. Now that is a thing of the distant past.
 
  


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