Cannot access sda1 through command prompt.
 

I am trying to access another partition on my drive through the command prompt. I have tried to access it through the /dev directory but when I input "cd ./sda1" or "cd /sda1" it says no such file or directory. Help with this will be greatly appreciated.

you can't just cd into /dev/(harddrive) You have to mount the harddrive then you can cd to it. for example

# mkdir /mnt/sda1
# mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
# cd /mnt/sda1

Now the file you mount your harddrive does not have to be sda1 i can be anything you want it to be.

Incase sda1 don't mount because it does not exist try

# fdisk -l

See if you can figure it out from here.

Alright I got the partition to mount and now I'm able to look at the contents with the "ls" command. Now my trouble is that I cannot change my directory to one inside the partition. Specifically the "WINDOWS" folder. My ultimate goal is to access the SAM file in "WINDOWS/System32/config".

Windows usually creates 2 partitions try mounting sda2.

Yeah I made a typo in my original post. I have mounted sda2 and i can see WINDOWS when I use the "ls" command. When I try to switch to the directory it says the directory doesn't exist.

Please give us the exact command you use to switch to the directory.

cd /mnt/sda2
cd /Windows OR cd ./Windows

The first command successfully got me to /mnt/sda2 but I can't get to the WINDOWS folder.

If the folder is named WINDOWS, you should try cd WINDOWS, in Linux file-handling is case-sensitive.

Alright I found my problem. My problem was that i was adding a "/" before the Windows in "cd Windows".

Thanks for your help guys it was much appreciated.