Well long story short I cannot log into windows. When I type in my password for pirate xp pro it starts to log me in then logs me out not 2 seconds later. In regular mode and safe mode. Someone suggested putting knoppix (5.1.1) on a flash drive and boot from it to get my data off, and I did and am trying... Key word trying.

System
LP UT NF3 ULTRA-D
AMD 64 X2 4200+
3GB RAM
3 SATA 120GB Seagate Barracuda drives
FastTrak S150 SX4
Apogee 6800 GT

Stuff so far. Someone suggested to me to run these commands:

create 2 directories to be the mount points of the HDD partitions.
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/windows-{c,d}

figure out which device node is your C drive and which is your D drive.
sudo fdisk -l

mount the partitions
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o force /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows-c
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o force /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows-d


When I type in the first one in Run Command a black window with no text just pops up. Titled "<Finished> - /bin/sh - Konsole"

When I type in the "sudo fdisk -l" I get another window like the first but it says
"Warning: ignoring extra data in partiotion table 5
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5

Unable to seek on /dev/sda"

When I type in the sda1 command I get a third window:
"$MFT has invalid magic.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error
Failed to mount '/dev/sda1' : Input/output error
NTFS is inconsistent. Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE!
The usage of the /f parameter is ver IMPORTANT! No modification was made to NTFS by this software."

When I type in the sda2 in Run Command I get this:
"Bootsector checksum failed.
Failed to starup volume: Invalid argument
Failed to mount '/dev/sda2' : Invalid argument
The device '/dev/sda2' doesn't have a valid NTFS.
Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the whole disk instead of a partition (e.g. /dev/hda, not /dev/hda1)? Or the other way around?"


On my knoppix desktop I have the following icons.
Floppy.
Trash.
Hard Disk [sdd1] - which has a flash drive icon.

Hard Disk [sda1] - with a HDD icon and following info
Name: sda1
Type: Destop Config File
Size: 708 B
Modified: 05/05/09 5:02PM
Owner: knoppix - knoppix
Permissions: -rw-r--r--
------------
Name: Hard Disk [sda1]
Type: Device
Device: /dev/sda1
File System: Auto
Mount Point: /media/sda1
Writable: NO

Hard Disk [sdb] - with HDD icon
Name: sdb
Type: Desktop Config FIle
Size: 698 B
Modified: 05/05/09 5:02PM
Owner: knoppix - knoppix
Permissions: -rw-r--r--
------------
Name: Hard Disk [sdb]
Type: Device
Device: /dev/sdb
File System: auto
Mount Point: /media/sdb
Writable: No

Hard Disk [sdc] - with HDD icon
Name: sdc
Type: Desktop Config FIle
Size: 698 B
Modified: 05/05/09 5:02PM
Owner: knoppix - knoppix
Permissions: -rw-r--r--
------------
Name: Hard Disk [sdc]
Type: Device
Device: /dev/sdc
File System: auto
Mount Point: /media/sdc
Writable: No

And when I click on the [sda1] icon I get this message again
"Error - KDesktop

Could not mount device.
The reported error was:
$MFT has invalid magic.
Failed to load $MFT: Input/output error
Failed to startup volume: Input/output error
Failed to mount '/dev/sda1': Input/output error
NTFS is inconsistent. Run chkdsk /f on Windows then reboot it TWICE!
The useage of the /f parameter is bery IMPORTANT! No modification was made to NTFS by this software."

And when I click on the [sdb/c] icons I get this message again
"Error - KDesktop

Could not moutn device.
The reported error was:
Mount: I coudl not determin the filesystem type, and none was specified."

I think I got those errors because the icons on my desktop, only one is named sda1. There is no sda2. Only sdb and sdc.

looks like your 'sda' is dying !

1. Why did you start another thread -- this is essentially the same as:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...06#post3535706

2. Why are you asking for help w/ apparently stolen ("pirate xp pro") s/w?


Reported.

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate.

Also, do not make any more posts which even **look like** asking for help with pirated SW.